Spirit waking up?

Message from JPL listeserver half an hour ago says 10 minute
communication with spirit produced some data at 12.34 and that they
hope for 2 way communication this afternoon

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Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 02 E 0 47

Message from JPL listeserver half an hour ago says 10 minute
communication with spirit produced some data at 12.34 and that they
hope for 2 way communication this afternoon

Must have finished doing a scandisk and windows has finally booted )

It seems so.....

The JPL website has a little more info..

The flight team for NASA's Spirit received data from the rover in a
communication session that began at 13:26 Universal Time (5:26 a.m. PST) and
lasted 20 minutes at a data rate of 120 bits per second.

"The spacecraft sent limted data in a proper response to a ground command,
and we're planning for commanding further communication sessions later
today," said Mars Exploration Rover Project Manager Pete Theisinger at
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

The flight team at JPL had sent a command to Spirit at 13:02 Universal Time
(5:02 PST) via the NASA Deep Space Network antenna complex near Madrid,
Spain, telling Spirit to begin transmitting.

"Martin Frey" wrote in message
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Message from JPL listeserver half an hour ago says 10 minute
communication with spirit produced some data at 12.34 and that they
hope for 2 way communication this afternoon

--
Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 02 E 0 47

"a" wrote in message
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Message from JPL listeserver half an hour ago says 10 minute
communication with spirit produced some data at 12.34 and that they
hope for 2 way communication this afternoon

Must have finished doing a scandisk and windows has finally booted )



Na!

More like their 30 days before needing to register were up on Windoze and
Spirit had to call Mickeysoft's Windoze registration helpline, but Spirit
couldn't remember it's registration code (it's a sticker on the underside of
the Rover) so someone at NASA had to answer 30 questions to prove that their
licence included other planets!!!

Martin