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Mars News ...
"rk" wrote in message ... | From: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/ | | Opportunity Mars Rover Targeted For Launch No Earlier Than July 7 | | The second Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, is now targeted for | launch no earlier than Monday, July 7. The delay is due to the failure | of a battery cell associated with a component of the launch vehicle's | flight termination system. The battery must be removed and replaced. | | -------------- | | From: http://www.spacedaily.com/2003/03070....e7mu6qrn.html | | Power glitch hits Mars Express, but mission should be OK: ESA | | PARIS (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 | | Europe's first solo mission to Mars has been hit by a 30-percent | shortfall in power, but this should not affect any of its goals, the | European Space Agency (ESA) here said Wednesday. | | Ground engineers checking out the Mars Express as it heads towards the | Red Planet came across a faulty connection between its solar wings and a | unit that distributes the electricity generated by those panels, ESA | said in a mission update. | | -- | rk, Citizen, Noooo Yawk | "Sometimes when you connect the dots you get a picture. Other times you | just have a bunch of dots." | -- rk, January 23, 2003 I do hope this launcher is not one put together on a Monday morning or Friday afternoon.... Poor bonding of adhesives, now a duff battery.... Brian -- Brian Gaff.... graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: __________________________________________________ __________________________ __________________________________ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.495 / Virus Database: 294 - Release Date: 30/06/03 |
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