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…
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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!
Now this is innovation! — #2
OMG!
I never heard it in the local news here...
What's next?
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…
Joke Thread — #1
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:…
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #8
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Originally posted by King Bob On The Cob:
It's transmitting...
Woo hoo! Spirit lives!
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #9
Hot Damn! She made it!
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #5
It's transmitting...
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #6
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!
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #7
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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…
Where is winter?!?! — #30
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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 …
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #4
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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 …
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #3
I hope this one actually makes it.
If it doesn't, I'll be convinced that the martians don't want us spying on their tea parties.
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #2
This is nerve-wracking. I can't take it. They had indications that it was bouncing on the surface, but now it's gone silent.
Spirit has landed on Mars! — #1
Updates here:
http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html
Just refresh the page.
Dunno if it survived yet.
What do you people think about the M�gane ? — #31
It's absolutely disgusting. Aestheticallly. I'm sure it's quite a nice car, though.
Where is winter?!?! — #29
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 not used to it.
Now this is innovation! — #1
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39118834,00.htm
Where is winter?!?! — #28
come visit me..
Great lines from songs... — #26
"I found god and his devils inside her"
- Nick Cave - Do You Love Me (Let Love In album)
"Excuse me, a doormat is good honest work...Only the bored and the wicked rich don't know…
Where is winter?!?! — #27
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Originally posted by kmkkid:
Well? Where did it go?
13�C, January 3rd, Southern Ontario, Canada.
I think it all went here:
-30�C, January 3rd, Southern A…
Where is winter?!?! — #26
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Originally posted by Stradlater:
Damn, I'll be flying into Chicago tomorrow!
Be happy you get to stay where you are. I am supposed to fly out of Ohare tomo…