Spirit has landed on Mars! — #34
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Originally posted by vmpaul:
Same questions I've always had for the Hubble. Why can't it just stay up there indefinitely?
Where'd you hear that it was com…
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Spirit has landed on Mars! — #33
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Originally posted by Aiglos:
Sounds awesome, too bad for Beagle. I hope a miracle opens up for them. The data collected from 2 probes would be better than 1.
I…
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #32
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Originally posted by ironknee:
woo hoo!
any news on the beagle2?
The last I heard they figured out it went in too fast. The Telegraph had a cute line:
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Spirit has landed on Mars! — #31
I have the JPL "NASA TV" Real feed open now, and is that a Sound stick that the Mission Manager Has on the top part of his desk? Near the blue "Mission Manager" Sign
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #30
Congratulations to NASA on the successful mission with Spirit. May they continue in safety
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #29
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Originally posted by Aiglos:
Sounds awesome, too bad for Beagle. I hope a miracle opens up for them. The data collected from 2 probes would be better than 1.
I…
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #28
Great news! But I don't believe Beagle2 has made it. Imagine, maybe in some decades man search for Beagle2 and find it somewhere hidden under dust, and those of us who are still al…
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #27
What a great day for NASA/JPL!
It was exciting to follow the whole landing procedure and to see the first B&W images. Color images are due soon. I wonder if Mar's sky will…
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #26
Sounds awesome, too bad for Beagle. I hope a miracle opens up for them. The data collected from 2 probes would be better than 1.
It's beyond me why America doesn't do this more …
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #25
pretty freaking sweet!
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #24
Most excellent news for NASA.
And here's to the hope I have UK brings Beagle 2 back to life. Good luck, team.
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #23
This is awesome news..with so many failures in the past 10 years, it's great that NASA finally has a win on their hands...
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #22
Yay!
I wonder how much longer till people actually go? :|
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #21
Wow, that's really neat.
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #20
pretty cool ****
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #19
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0612 GMT (1:12 a.m. EST)
"When you walk outside today, if it is clear, you can see Mars. Just think, we just landed a rover on that planet. That is very sobering," JPL d…
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #18
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Originally posted by ironknee:
woo hoo!
any news on the beagle2?
They have another chance to hear from it on Sunday, January 4th. If they don't hear from…
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #17
woo hoo!
any news on the beagle2?
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #16
NASA TV live feeds (requires RealPlayer):
http://www.unitedspacealliance.com/live/nasatv.htm
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #15
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Originally posted by Spliff:
Entry, Descent, and Landing Diagram
I don' get it.. the airbags deployed after the first bounce?
Wow, we've been doign it wro…
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #14
press conference at 12:30 am EST...
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #13
The Spirit is powered by the PowerPC chip. Cool.
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The computer in each Mars Exploration Rover runs with a 32-bit Rad 6000 microprocessor, a radiation-hardened version o…
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #12
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Originally posted by Chris Grande:
Hot Damn! She made it!
Entry, Descent, and Landing Diagram
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #11
This is a happy day... NASA knows the difference between Pounds and Newtons after all!!!
This really is good news though. Congrats, NASA!
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #10
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0453 GMT (11:53 p.m. EST)
The Mission Control room is a wild place at the moment with handshakes, screams and some very happy tears.
Not to get sappy…