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Phoenix Lands on Mars this Sunday!!!
Phoenix Home http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ph...ain/index.html News Release http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/news...20080516a.html Anyone care to stick their necks out and make predictions on what they'll find? 1) Spheres? 2) Organic material? 3) Will they find the northern lowlands used to be covered by a sea? 4) habitable? I'm saying yes on all counts. Good luck Phoenix! s |
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Phoenix Lands on Mars this Sunday!!!
Somebody throw the Great Martian Ghoul a treat, and distract it!
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On May 20, 7:46*pm, Damon Hill wrote:
Somebody throw the Great Martian Ghoul a treat, and distract it! --Damon I grit my teeth alot thinking about leaving the womb of landing bags and going to thrusters. I think about the landscape that sorrounded the Vikings and how lucky they were, with that technique. It would be worth it all to see ice and organics under the camera or in the results..........Doc |
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... On May 20, 7:46 pm, Damon Hill wrote: Somebody throw the Great Martian Ghoul a treat, and distract it! --Damon I grit my teeth alot thinking about leaving the womb of landing bags and going to thrusters. I think about the landscape that sorrounded the Vikings and how lucky they were, with that technique. It would be worth it all to see ice and organics under the camera or in the results..........Doc I saw the NASA TV media briefing on the landing a couple of days ago. The reason for using thrusters instead of air bags is that the bags have limitations on how much mass they can land. |
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Phoenix Lands on Mars this Sunday!!!
On Tue, 20 May 2008 19:31:14 -0400, "jonathan"
wrote: Anyone care to stick their necks out and make predictions on what they'll find? Wreckage. I'm betting the next we hear of it is wreckage spotted by MRO sometime next month. Oops, sorry. Way to pessimistic lately. Brian |
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Phoenix Lands on Mars this Sunday!!!
In sci.space.history Brian Thorn wrote:
Wreckage. I'm betting the next we hear of it is wreckage spotted by MRO sometime next month. Oops, sorry. Way to pessimistic lately. Well, to put an optimistic spin on it, the crater it makes on impact will expose enough stuff from below to get some interesting data from MRO rick jones -- denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, rebirth... where do you want to be today? these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |
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On May 20, 5:49 pm, Brian Thorn wrote:
On Tue, 20 May 2008 19:31:14 -0400, "jonathan" wrote: Anyone care to stick their necks out and make predictions on what they'll find? Wreckage. I'm betting the next we hear of it is wreckage spotted by MRO sometime next month. Oops, sorry. Way to pessimistic lately. Brian Science via impacting is actually fairly good, especially if captured on camera at the exact time of impact and shortly thereafter. .. - Brad Guth |
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On Wed, 21 May 2008 00:49:50 GMT, Brian Thorn
wrote: Wreckage. I'm betting the next we hear of it is wreckage spotted by MRO sometime next month. ....Part of me is expecting this as well. JPL's been way too cocky about claiming their success at fixing what killed MPL for me to be comfortable about the use of a descent engine system over tried-and-proven airbags. If Phoenix makes an ash out of itself, you can bet your ass that they'll go back to airbags and stick with them for the forseeable future. Oops, sorry. Way to pessimistic lately. ....Well, that's what you get for responding to a troll like "Jonathan", Brian. Let that be a lesson to you :-P OM -- ]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ |
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Phoenix Lands on Mars this Sunday!!!
On Tue, 20 May 2008 18:46:54 -0500, Damon Hill
wrote: Somebody throw the Great Martian Ghoul a treat, and distract it! ....We tried that. We threw it an English Tea Biscuit, and in revenge it ate two of our probes! OM -- ]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ |
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Phoenix Lands on Mars this Sunday!!!
On May 20, 6:31 pm, "jonathan" wrote:
Anyone care to stick their necks out and make predictions on what they'll find? dirt? |
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