"rk" wrote in message
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| From: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/
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| Opportunity Mars Rover Targeted For Launch No Earlier Than July 7
|
| The second Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, is now targeted for
| launch no earlier than Monday, July 7. The delay is due to the failure
| of a battery cell associated with a component of the launch vehicle's
| flight termination system. The battery must be removed and replaced.
|
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|
| From: http://www.spacedaily.com/2003/03070....e7mu6qrn.html
|
| Power glitch hits Mars Express, but mission should be OK: ESA
|
| PARIS (AFP) Jul 02, 2003
|
| Europe's first solo mission to Mars has been hit by a 30-percent
| shortfall in power, but this should not affect any of its goals, the
| European Space Agency (ESA) here said Wednesday.
|
| Ground engineers checking out the Mars Express as it heads towards the
| Red Planet came across a faulty connection between its solar wings and a
| unit that distributes the electricity generated by those panels, ESA
| said in a mission update.
|
| --
| rk, Citizen, Noooo Yawk
| "Sometimes when you connect the dots you get a picture. Other times you
| just have a bunch of dots."
| -- rk, January 23, 2003

I do hope this launcher is not one put together on a Monday morning or
Friday afternoon....


Poor bonding of adhesives, now a duff battery....

Brian

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Brian Gaff....
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