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MER-A is on the ground!
....Strong signal is being received from the Rover, carrier is locked
by Goldstone, and the Rover finally settled right-side up. Landing bag retraction will commence in ~2 mins. And yes, the JPL folks are all over themselves with joy, and deservedly so! OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr |
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MER-A is on the ground!
"OM" om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org wrote
in message news ...Strong signal is being received from the Rover, carrier is locked by Goldstone, and the Rover finally settled right-side up. Landing bag retraction will commence in ~2 mins. And yes, the JPL folks are all over themselves with joy, and deservedly so! OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr .... and there REALLY was great rejoicing ... hot f***in' damn! |
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MER-A is on the ground!
"Graypearl" wrote in
hlink.net: "OM" om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org wrote in message news ...Strong signal is being received from the Rover, carrier is locked by Goldstone, and the Rover finally settled right-side up. Landing bag retraction will commence in ~2 mins. And yes, the JPL folks are all over themselves with joy, and deservedly so! OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr ... and there REALLY was great rejoicing ... hot f***in' damn! Can I start breathing again? Lost my 'net video connection just before touchdown. Looks like the Great Martian Ghoul was distracted with the remains of Beagle. --Damon, shivering in the cold and snow in Seattle |
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MER-A is on the ground!
On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 23:05:24 -0600, Damon Hill
wrote: "Graypearl" wrote in thlink.net: "OM" om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org wrote in message news ...Strong signal is being received from the Rover, carrier is locked by Goldstone, and the Rover finally settled right-side up. Landing bag retraction will commence in ~2 mins. And yes, the JPL folks are all over themselves with joy, and deservedly so! OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr ... and there REALLY was great rejoicing ... hot f***in' damn! Can I start breathing again? Lost my 'net video connection just before touchdown. Looks like the Great Martian Ghoul was distracted with the remains of Beagle. --Damon, shivering in the cold and snow in Seattle NET CONNECTION????? Where?? :-) |
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MER-A is on the ground!
Scott Ferrin wrote in
: On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 23:05:24 -0600, Damon Hill wrote: Can I start breathing again? Lost my 'net video connection just before touchdown. Looks like the Great Martian Ghoul was distracted with the remains of Beagle. --Damon, shivering in the cold and snow in Seattle NET CONNECTION????? Where?? :-) www.jpl.nasa.gov in RealAudio --Damon |
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MER-A is on the ground!
OM wrote:
...Strong signal is being received from the Rover, carrier is locked by Goldstone, and the Rover finally settled right-side up. Landing bag retraction will commence in ~2 mins. And yes, the JPL folks are all over themselves with joy, and deservedly so! OM Yeah, baby! -- bp Proud Member of the Human O-Ring Society Since 2003 |
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MER-A is on the ground!
I am about to bust with happiness and pride over this.
12K MPH to a full stop in six minutes and its working. What the hell. This ROCKS!!!! From: Bruce Palmer Organization: Optimum Online Newsgroups: sci.space.history,sci.space.policy Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 06:04:53 GMT Subject: MER-A is on the ground! OM wrote: ...Strong signal is being received from the Rover, carrier is locked by Goldstone, and the Rover finally settled right-side up. Landing bag retraction will commence in ~2 mins. And yes, the JPL folks are all over themselves with joy, and deservedly so! OM Yeah, baby! -- bp Proud Member of the Human O-Ring Society Since 2003 |
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MER-A is on the ground!
On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 23:23:02 -0600, Damon Hill
wrote: Scott Ferrin wrote in : On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 23:05:24 -0600, Damon Hill wrote: Can I start breathing again? Lost my 'net video connection just before touchdown. Looks like the Great Martian Ghoul was distracted with the remains of Beagle. --Damon, shivering in the cold and snow in Seattle NET CONNECTION????? Where?? :-) www.jpl.nasa.gov in RealAudio --Damon Yep, I watched the whole thing. Awesome, and nail-biting stuff. -- Find out about Australia's most dangerous Doomsday Cult: http://users.bigpond.net.au/wanglese/pebble.htm "You can't fool me, it's turtles all the way down." |
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