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Old July 7th 03, 10:24 AM
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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.
|
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| 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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Old July 7th 03, 03:57 PM
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And on the mars Express problem, (which somehow my text got lost from
earlier)...

Connector with a high resistance will get hot surely? I trust nothing else
too important flows through the same cables.

Brian

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| | From:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/
| |
| | 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.
| |
| | --------------
| |
| | 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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