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It was ten years ago today, Pathfinder taught the Martians to play...
....Egads, did a decade pass quickly or what?
* Official NASA Mars Pathfinder Site Index: http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/ * Dryden Image Suppository: http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/Pho...der/index.html * JPL's briefer page: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/pas...athfinder.html * NASA's briefer page: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ma...der/index.html * Pathfinder Fact Sheet, with apologies to Rusty: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/mpf.pdf * PAO Anniversary Video: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/vid...hfinder320.mov * CNN's news article: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9707/04/path...nds/index.html * Imager for Pathfinder: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/imp/index.html * NSSDC Pathfinder Page: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/mesur.html * SpaceRef's 5th Anniversary Article: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=493 * ******pedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Pathfinder * Mike Jones' in-depth on Pathfinder software glitches: http://research.microsoft.com/~mbj/Mars_Pathfinder/ * Build Your Own Pathfinder Model...which will no doubt result in theft accusations by Rob Arndt: http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/...n/cutouts.html * VRML of the Sagan Station. Carl would've been proud: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/mars/vrml/pathvrml.html * Planetary Image Atlas based on Pathfinder data: http://www-pdsimage.jpl.nasa.gov/PDS...frontpage.html * QTVR of the landing site: http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen3/f2_mars97.html 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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It was ten years ago today, Pathfinder taught the Martians toplay...
OM wrote:
...Egads, did a decade pass quickly or what? Damn, dude. You're _right_. Whoa. I was up at the wife's parents' place at a big pool party and cookout and when I realized how close it was getting to the expected landing time...guess who was inside watching the huge color tv in the den, waiting for the landing announcement and the first images to come through, while people were outside scarfing burgers, drinking beer and lounging on innertubes in the pool? That's right. Sad. -- .. "Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few: Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!" --grateful dead. __________________________________________________ ______________ Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org Mike's Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org |
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It was ten years ago today, Pathfinder taught the Martians to play...
OM
You have been taken in by deceptive project naming *S* . . . the Pathfinder images you cited being at the Dryden site are pitures of the solar powered airplane that shared the same name. There ought'ta be a law . . . Take care John |
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It was ten years ago today, Pathfinder taught the Martians to play...
On Jul 5, 12:05 pm, John wrote:
OM You have been taken in by deceptive project naming *S* . . . the Pathfinder images you cited being at the Dryden site are pitures of the solar powered airplane that shared the same name. There ought'ta be a law . . . Take care John Of course I score no points for spelling . . going to the board to write "pictures" one hundred times. This is totally OT but it reminds me of an experience in grade school where I had misspelled the word "benevolent" Of course when I stayed after school to do so . . . I misspelled the darn word 100 hundred times. Honest, I didn't mean to. When the teacher expressed her (loud) disappointment, I responded by saying that I didn't even know what the word meant. She replied it meant being kind. The last thing I remember was asking her why would I use the word "benevolent" when the word "kind" meant the very same thing . . . I am not quite sure how long it took for me to recover consciousness. Take care . . . JP |
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It was ten years ago today, Pathfinder taught the Martians to play...
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:59:46 -0700, John wrote:
This is totally OT but it reminds me of an experience in grade school where I had misspelled the word "benevolent" Of course when I stayed after school to do so . . . I misspelled the darn word 100 hundred times. ....I had a similar situation in 2nd grade with the Luddite Anti-NASA bitch I had for my first teacher that year. After I'd written the word 100 times "incorrectly", I looked up the word and showed her that *she* was the one that was incorrect. "Argument" only has one "e". 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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It was ten years ago today, Pathfinder taught the Martians to play...
"mike flugennock" wrote in message ervers.com... OM wrote: ...Egads, did a decade pass quickly or what? Damn, dude. You're _right_. Whoa. I was up at the wife's parents' place at a big pool party and cookout and when I realized how close it was getting to the expected landing time...guess who was inside watching the huge color tv in the den, waiting for the landing announcement and the first images to come through, while people were outside scarfing burgers, drinking beer and lounging on innertubes in the pool? I was visiting my mom, and she made sure we didn't miss the first pic. She couldn't wait. When she was a teenager the headlights on cars were lanterns you had to light with a match. That's right. Sad. -- . "Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few: Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!" --grateful dead. __________________________________________________ ______________ Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org Mike's Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org |
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