Russian Phobos-Grunt mission launches today

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1111/07phobosgrunt/

That picture with the lander on Phobos is out of scale, but why did
they illustrate it like that?

On 8/11/2011 11:48 PM, Kulin Remailer wrote:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1111/07phobosgrunt/

That picture with the lander on Phobos is out of scale, but why did
they illustrate it like that?




Anyone who uses a remailer is a coward.

On Nov 8, 1:26*pm, Alan Erskine wrote:
On 8/11/2011 11:48 PM, Kulin Remailer wrote:http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1111/07phobosgrunt/

That picture with the lander on Phobos is out of scale, but why did
they illustrate it like that?

Anyone who uses a remailer is a coward.

Isn't that a virtue? I suppose you run naked and
bare foot in the snow?
WGAS

That was a **** poor bit of trolling there Alan.................Trig

mars ate another probe, the martians are getting stronger, this one is
stuck in LEO, apparently its booster never fired to send it on to mars

"bob haller" wrote in message
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mars ate another probe, the martians are getting stronger, this one is
stuck in LEO, apparently its booster never fired to send it on to mars



Eh, not the first Russian Mars probe to fail to leave LEO. Mars 96 anyone?
(it left some nice Pu-238 in its wake as I recall.)


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On Nov 9, 7:44*pm, "Greg \(Strider\) Moore"
wrote:
"bob haller" *wrote in message

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mars ate another probe, the martians are getting stronger, this one is
stuck in LEO, apparently its booster never fired to send it on to mars

Eh, not the first Russian Mars probe to fail to leave LEO. *Mars 96 anyone?
(it left some nice Pu-238 in its wake as I recall.)

If Pat were still with us, I'm sure he'd say something witty about how
the Russians are cursed when it comes to Mars, and that we need to
remove the Russian instrument on Curiosity before it launches.
-Mike

"If Pat were still with us, I'm sure he'd say something witty about how
the Russians are cursed when it comes to Mars, and that we need to
remove the Russian instrument on Curiosity before it launches.
-Mike

I'll second that thought - and add - was it just me or did the groups Pat
frequented seem to pause in shock for a while after he left us.


Val Kraut

In article 56a9911b-9d90-4061-8bcc-
, says...

mars ate another probe, the martians are getting stronger,

Mars did no such thing.

this one is
stuck in LEO, apparently its booster never fired to send it on to mars

Which only means the Russians screwed up again.

Jeff
--
" Ares 1 is a prime example of the fact that NASA just can't get it
up anymore... and when they can, it doesn't stay up long. "
- tinker

Val Kraut wrote:

I'll second that thought - and add - was it just me or did the groups Pat
frequented seem to pause in shock for a while after he left us.

It wasn't just you, in phraseology Pat would appreciate:

On Usenet newsgroups, a pause or void, can be thought of as an informational
shock wave, noticeable only to those left behind and is the natural result
formed in the wake of a person passing beyond the speed-of-life.

Dave

It's Alive! Russia's Phobos-Grunt Probe Phones Home:

"The European Space Agency announced Wednesday (Nov. 23) a ground
station in Australia heard signals from Russia's marooned Phobos-Grunt
Mars mission, but prospects are fading for the probe to reach the Red
Planet as scheduled next year."

See:

http://www.space.com/13717-phobos-gr...d-station.html