Spirit shuffle; Mars watches.....

"Mars time" mechanical watches rigged to run 39 minutes slow per day:

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/spotl..._20040108.html
and
http://executivejewelers.com/mars/

Spirit two-step and watch story

http://www.geocities.com/kent_betts2000/p5.html

"They said it couldn't be done. But in the sleepy little town of Montrose,
California, nestled in the hills surrounding JPL, master watchmaker Garo
Anserlian of Executive Jewelers is perfecting a timepiece for hundreds of
Earthlings bound to Mars' irregular day. Past the glass cases of what looks
like an ordinary jewelry store is a workshop where watches are losing 39
minutes a day."

In sci.space.history Kent Betts wrote:
"Mars time" mechanical watches rigged to run 39 minutes slow per day:

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/spotl..._20040108.html
and
http://executivejewelers.com/mars/

Spirit two-step and watch story

http://www.geocities.com/kent_betts2000/p5.html

"They said it couldn't be done. But in the sleepy little town of Montrose,

I think you'll find that they said it shouldn't be done...

Why would that be? The Mars rovers teams LOVE there new watches.


I think you'll find that they said it shouldn't be done...

In sci.space.shuttle fxmurphy2001 wrote:
Why would that be? The Mars rovers teams LOVE there new watches.


I'm just a bit annoyed at the hopelessly overblown style of NASA PR
releases over the whole mars thing.

"Ian Stirling" wrote:

In sci.space.shuttle fxmurphy2001 wrote:
Why would that be? The Mars rovers teams LOVE there new watches.

I'm just a bit annoyed at the hopelessly overblown style of NASA PR
releases over the whole mars thing.

Overblown? Do you know how many hits their web site has had since the
landing?

Jon

In sci.space.history Jon Berndt wrote:
"Ian Stirling" wrote:

In sci.space.shuttle fxmurphy2001 wrote:
Why would that be? The Mars rovers teams LOVE there new watches.

I'm just a bit annoyed at the hopelessly overblown style of NASA PR
releases over the whole mars thing.

Overblown? Do you know how many hits their web site has had since the
landing?

Yes, I'm not claiming it's not a magnificent achievement. (however there
should be some way round that annoyingly slow flash animation on
www.nasa.gov)

However, some of the statements coming out are so overblown that they are
almost factually incorrect.