Phoenix scheduled to land on Mars Sunday - Page 2

Jim Richards · 05-25-2008, 04:11 PM

Nice job! Now, to prove that the teapots are still circling Mars.

kstar · 05-25-2008, 07:52 PM

Live presser coming up @ 9pm Pacific on NASA TV.

kstar · 05-25-2008, 07:53 PM

NASA will certainly play down or even cover-up Teapot encounters.

Joeaksa · 05-26-2008, 05:39 AM

Here it is....

At least its shooting pics and info our direction.

flashgordon13 · 05-26-2008, 06:10 AM

It's shocking that nasa didn't create another crater! Given their record, I didn't hold much hope of seeing any pics, but this is pretty cool stuff.

kstar · 05-26-2008, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Joeaksa

Here it is....

At least its shooting pics and info our direction.

I had to pull some strings with some friends of mine working on the Phoenix Mission to get this, so please keep it secret, okay? Here's the original, unretouched version of the image Joe posted:

Jim Richards · 06:51 AM

Roflmao!

trekkor · 05-26-2008, 07:57 AM

This certainly is cause for thought...

KT

sammyg2 · 05-26-2008, 08:05 AM

Lesse, they spent billions to send ANOTHER unmanned craft to a desert planet to send back pictures just like the pictures we already have, and you wonder why some people are not getting excited?

kstar · 05-26-2008, 08:07 AM

It's all about the pictures, man.

trekkor · 05-26-2008, 08:09 AM

Studio hoax...

KT

kstar · 05-26-2008, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by trekkor

Studio hoax...

KT

Yup, just like the Apollo "landing".

Jim Richards · 05-26-2008, 08:40 AM

Fossils are fakes, too.

Jim Richards · 05-26-2008, 08:46 AM

Jim Richards · 05-26-2008, 08:49 AM

sjf911 · sjf911's Garage

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Originally Posted by kstarnes

It's all about the pictures, man.

Bummer, no inter-dimensional aliens with crystal skulls (they clearly weren't into coffee)!

kstar · 05-26-2008, 09:40 PM

Here's a money shot.

First photograph of a space machine descending into the atmosphere of a foreign planet.

To top that off, there are two (IIRC) ships currently orbiting Mars and two functioning rovers on the surface. The orbiters and Phoenix make up a small local area network millions and millions of miles away.

It's really staggeringly impressive what this all represents, yet "we" are so -almost- unimaginably far from the closest stars. And these "close stars" are but a few in our 100B star galaxy among 100B other galaxies.

We are still relative monkeys, no doubt.

Best,

Drew001 · 05-28-2008, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sjf911

Bummer, no inter-dimensional aliens with crystal skulls (they clearly weren't into coffee)!

Not yet!

Here's footage that I captured from NASA TV of the Control Room.

Great moment! (but I think arm-pumping-guy could be the next internet meme).

70SATMan · 05-29-2008, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by kstarnes

I had to pull some strings with some friends of mine working on the Phoenix Mission to get this, so please keep it secret, okay? Here's the original, unretouched version of the image Joe posted:

Is that a tea bag in the foreground?