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American Mars rover.
U.S. mars rover "Spirit" is apparently dead according to Reuters about half
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MarkMcDonald wrote:
U.S. mars rover "Spirit" is apparently dead according to Reuters about half an hour ago. It's either fallen over or suffered an electrical failure. Anyone know any more please? I have been pretty much following: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/status.html This morning (Mtn time), they seemed to be updating pretty quickly. I am thinking that we are now in a "no news is not good news", meaning that if there is something real positive to report, we will hear about it quickly. Otherwise I feel JPL will stay away from the press while they work the problem. Based on the way I am feeling about this problem today, I can't imagine how the JPL folks are feeling. Sam |
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"MarkMcDonald" wrote in message
... U.S. mars rover "Spirit" is apparently dead according to Reuters about half an hour ago. It's either fallen over or suffered an electrical failure. Anyone know any more please? This from CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/0...act/index.html -- James Summers |
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Sam Seiber writes:
Otherwise I feel JPL will stay away from the press while they work the problem. They said at the 9 AM (PST) briefing that they were telling everyone to get some sleep during the rover's normal sleep period, so I don't expect any more news until this evening (PST). This morning (PST) they sent up a simple command and got unconfirmed news from the DSN that the rover replied with an indication that it was in fault mode. A previous (but recent) pre-scheduled fault-mode communication didn't happen and the symptoms are not ones that point to previously-considered problems. |
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Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
They said at the 9 AM (PST) briefing that they were telling everyone to get some sleep during the rover's normal sleep period, so I don't expect any more news until this evening (PST). This morning (PST) they sent up a simple command and got unconfirmed news from the DSN that the rover replied with an indication that it was in fault mode. A previous (but recent) pre-scheduled fault-mode communication didn't happen and the symptoms are not ones that point to previously-considered problems. Been pretty happy with the spaceflightnow.com site. It is now looking like Spirit went into "safe mode". If that is true, it looks like we will hear nothing from them via MGS or MO tonite. Looks like they will try to get a "core dump" (my words) around 6AM EST. I feel good that their "ping" worked. For others that didn't get the URL: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/status.html These guys seem to really be on top of the story and have been getting the news out quickly. Their latest release dated Thursday 2320GMT is the last one I read. I will be hitting Reload every so often. For as bummed as I was feeling today about the MER-A problem, I don't think I can even imagine how the JPL folks are feeling. One part of the story mentioned above they said they sent the team to go home and get some rest. Yea, right, If I was one of them, I doubt I would manage any shut eye. Sam Seiber |
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James Summers wrote:
This from CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/0...act/index.html After following spaceflightnow.com, I wasn't real pleased with the CNN write up. It seems a bit dumbed down. Spaceflightnow also is updating the story as things develop. Anyone else have a favorite news source for this story? Sam |
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