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Phoenix scheduled to land on Mars Sunday
If you haven't heard of this, I find that kind of cool.
 It's amazing that we live in times when a human-made, computer space machine is landing on another planet to such little widespread fanfare.  http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/ Best, |
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I hope it doesn't run into Russell's teapot along the way.
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Very cool, thanks!
"When Phoenix reaches Mars on May 25, 2008, the spacecraft will have traveled about 423 million miles." |
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Pretty sweet. And sad, because Britney Spears and American Idol are bigger news than landing a craft on a distant planet. The dumbing down of our society continues......
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05-21-2008, 11:24 AM
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Its mission is to find ice on Mars, so future astronauts can keep their beer cold while hanging out on the red planet.
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I am going to tune in to NASA TV this Sunday and see if there is anything to watch, very cool!!!
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"But Mars is a cold planet now; the average recorded temperature on Mars is -63? C (-81? F) with a maximum temperature of 20? C (68? F) and a minimum of -140? C (-220? F). "
http://www.marsnews.com/focus/mars/ No worries about hot beer. Sign me up!
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Matt, it's all relative. You'll still need to ice it down before the ball game. I'll bring the chips and salsa.
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05-21-2008, 11:29 AM
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Landing is schedule for 4:38 pm Pacific time, FYI.
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05-25-2008, 07:18 AM
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I think their website may be having trouble keeping up with traffic.
I always loved this kinda stuff.
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Tell them to say hi to dipso & 70satman.
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05-25-2008, 11:39 AM
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70satman is still back here on Earth sending the guideance signals to the sat!
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Parachute deployment!
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05-25-2008, 03:51 PM
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Phoenix has landed . . . and signal received!
Remarkable. |
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05-25-2008, 03:54 PM
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Should get some pictures soon.
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Just hope that the solar panels come out so that they can keep it powered up.
Great accomplishment! Funny how America always seems to be the country to be on the forefront of exploration like this.
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