In article
tatelephone, Pat
Flannery wrote:

Damon Hill wrote:
Wow! indeed.

One in a million shot, but considering we've got something like
three orbiters it's getting harder for the Martians to hide...


Was Phoenix supposed to take any photos during its descent? The MERs did
IIRC.

There was trouble with the descent camera, so it was not activated.
http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/science_mardi.php

--
David M. Palmer (formerly @clark.net, @ematic.com)