Sol 150+, Time marches on... |
Sol 150+, Time marches on... |
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![]() The Poet Dude ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 ![]() |
Sol 150 raws are up so this seems like a good time to start a new thread...
Hang on in there Phoenix... -------------------- |
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 ![]() |
Well said. I would add, one isn't really praying for the inanimate object; one is praying that human understanding may be allowed to advance.
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![]() Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 101 Joined: 29-January 06 Member No.: 667 ![]() |
The NASA Phoenix Twitter Feed is sounding sad but brave:
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![]() Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 206 Joined: 15-August 07 From: Shrewsbury, Shropshire Member No.: 3233 ![]() |
...Many questions about next Martian summer and will I wake up? It is beyond expectations. But if it happens you'll be among the 1st to know... Even in my most optomistic moments I can not believe that Lazarus mode will suceed in rebooting Phoenix next Spring. Broken tracks and components will make this impossible. However I do believe that if contact is lost with Spirit next winter due to lack of power that Spirit will phone home again in the following Spring. The great advantage that Spirit has over Phoenix is that Spirit has a well insulated warm electronics box with 8 little radioactive heaters to keep it warm. http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/mission/spacecr...rover_body.html So far as MSL is concerned I think that MSL's RTG will ensure that MSL will continue working on Mars for decades after broken wheels have turned it into a fixed lander. |
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