Spirit Condition Upgraded as Twin Rover Nears Mars

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We aim to please.

Ah, George, George, ...George, ... ' Who ?'

Always the skeptic, eh Don?

$400 million buys about 1,600 man years of effort.
The recent PBS special shows a lot of these people behind the scenes.
It takes a lot of engineers, even to get the parachute right.

On 26 Jan 2004 07:27:33 -0800, (rick++) wrote:

$400 million buys about 1,600 man years of effort.
The recent PBS special shows a lot of these people behind the scenes.
It takes a lot of engineers, even to get the parachute right.


What recent PBS special?

Thanks in advance.

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On 26 Jan 2004 07:27:33 -0800, (rick++) wrote:

$400 million buys about 1,600 man years of effort.
The recent PBS special shows a lot of these people behind the scenes.
It takes a lot of engineers, even to get the parachute right.


What recent PBS special?

Thanks in advance.

It was very recent, within the last week. Sorry I can't give you more
details.

What recent PBS special?


I don't know the air-date, but maybe it was this one?

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mars/





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On 26 Jan 2004 07:27:33 -0800, (rick++) wrote:

$400 million buys about 1,600 man years of effort.
The recent PBS special shows a lot of these people behind the scenes.
It takes a lot of engineers, even to get the parachute right.


What recent PBS special?

Thanks in advance.

It was very recent, within the last week. Sorry I can't give you more
details.


It wasn't a special. It was Nova.

Tuesday after the first landing. Included two minutes of pics from the landing.