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Entry, Descent, and Landing Diagram
I don' get it.. the airbags deployed after the first bounce?
Wow, we've been doign it wro…
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…
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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…
It's been awhile since we had a joke thread. Here are a few to get things started:
Two blondes were taking a test. They sat down, stared at their papers. The first question read:…
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SPIRIT IS ALIVE ON MARS! A "very strong signal" is now being received from the Spirit rover from the Gusev Crater on the surface of the Red Planet!
w00t…
MacNNHardwareby Earth Mk. IISat, 3 Jan 2004 - 22:53
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Originally posted by Mr. Blur:
we got a little blast of winter here overnight...woke up to 2 or 3 inches of snow....always creates havoc aound here as people are …
MacNNSoftwareby King Bob On The CobSat, 3 Jan 2004 - 22:51
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Originally posted by Earth Mk. II:
I hope this one actually makes it.
So do I.
But I'm starting to freak out. It's been 10 minutes and they still haven't …