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."

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...

"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