Watch this thread: Mars is getting closer!

Nightshade · Post by **Nightshade** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 5:02 am

This is the view from the "Spirit" Mars Rover that is approaching the red planet.

I shouldn't re-edit posts and steal more bandwith

Getting closer and closer!

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 7:42 am

So is this just another lander that is going to show us the sky is pink and ground is red?

I find this interesting and all, but what is this one going to do? Check for life? Water?

WarAdvocat · Post by **WarAdvocat** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 5:39 pm

Why does it have to do something special?

Just the research, materials and science necessary to make this possible have long-reaching societal benefits.

If we learn something useful as a result, so much the better.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 5:46 pm

Yeah learning is cool and all, but my question was what?

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 6:18 pm

who gives a shiz

Sting_Ray · Post by **Sting_Ray** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 6:31 pm

I care.

Warlock · Post by **Warlock** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 8:03 pm

i care to

i cant wait till jan 2nd IIRC i cant rember the probes name but it arives at satern

whats the web addy for that page?

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 8:23 pm

its mission is to attempt to find all the mars probes lost over the last decade.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 11:31 pm

and knowing nasa's track record, this probe too, will be lost.

Just a hunch.

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 11:59 pm

STTTOOOOPPP!!!.........STTTOOOOOPPP!!!!

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 10:33 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Warlock:
 i care to

whats the web addy for that page?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html

Fernman...the eternal optimist

Sting_Ray · Post by **Sting_Ray** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 10:38 am

And Leon is getting LAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGER!

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 12:28 pm

First there were the dinosaurs, but they were too big and fat, so they died and made oil. And then the Arabs came, and they all drove Mercedes Benzes....

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 1:31 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by fliptw:
its mission is to attempt to find all the mars probes lost over the last decade.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hey, atleast the rover survived intact.

With any luck, they won't have any english -> metric blunders anytime soon.

Warlock · Post by **Warlock** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 2:45 am

thank you woodchip

WarAdvocat · Post by **WarAdvocat** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 10:12 pm

I'm looking forward to hearing about the Canadian Space Program.

yes indeedy!

Jon the Great · Post by **Jon the Great** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 10:44 pm

I used to have a shirt for a probe named Cassini heading for Saturn. This was a really old shirt and I wouldn't be surprised if it was probe you mentioned Warlock.

Sting_Ray · Post by **Sting_Ray** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 12:18 am

Heh, Naji.. only one to get the joke :-p

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 12:18 pm

TB, host it on your own server or don't embed it. Its that simple.

Skyalmian · Post by **Skyalmian** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 3:48 pm

Now it's a lot bigger...

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 4:29 pm

What the hell, its gotten 3 times bigger within 10 hours

Skyalmian · Post by **Skyalmian** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 5:41 pm

I'll be frequently hitting refresh tonight.
1,776 km passed between 23:40 and 23:50...

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Spirit Lands:
January 3, 2004
about 8:35 pm PST<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Skyalmian · Post by **Skyalmian** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:42 pm

They're updating the pic practically every minute now.

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 7:07 pm

Every 2 minutes.

Okay, it's moving at about 91km per minute, and right now I'm going to bed... So when I get up in the morning, that Mars should be even bigger.

By my calculations the probe should go from range 41640km (I think, can't remember *sigh*) to '0' in approx. 7 hours 26 minutes. Though my calculations are always wrong and range 0 means hitting the planet

//Edit - Looking at those figuires again, I think I'm totally wrong. Hey, theres nothing wrong with doing a bit of simple mathematics at 1:18am after being awake for 19 hours. Nothing wrong with it at all

Skyalmian · Post by **Skyalmian** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 7:10 pm

It'll be on Mars long before you awaken.

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 7:20 pm

Time to go drink something nasty. I must punish myself for poor calculations.

Yummy... diesel...

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 11:04 pm

Can we get a link to the pics you all are talking about, or is it the one that is in the original post?

catch22 · Post by **catch22** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 11:32 pm

That link is useless now. Too close to get anything good.

Spirit has landed. Congrads to NASA

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 7:29 am

that'd be funny if it blew up.

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 7:39 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Sage:
that'd be funny if it blew up.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 8:36 am

Succes! Pics are now coming in:

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html

Oh and Snoop the Dog Beagle...neener neener

Phantasmagirl · Post by **Phantasmagirl** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 11:59 am

Our local imax theatre had a special in person thing from like 8pm-1am last night of Spirit's landing on Mars. It was pretty amazing.. first there was a talk in detail about Spirit's entry as well as what its goals were for the mission. The animation was amazing. It was apparently made by some 22 year old at Cornell. http://origin.mars5.jpl.nasa.gov/galler ... ation.html They also had a live telephone interview with one of the head op guys at JPL which was pretty cool. And then a live broadcast of mission control at JPL.. everyone was pretty nervous (as to be expected, considering the first one was lost). It was pretty cool when the first signals arrived confirming that Spirit was indeed on the surface of Mars. It was something that most of those people have spent a lot of their lives dreaming of. Hopefully 'Opportunity' on January 24th has the same success.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 12:22 pm

The first pictures from the surface were great.

Entire panoramas, you could see the horizen, and there's even a handy boulder nearby for it to investigate. One of the people in mission control commented "Our rover is a rock magnet!"

Pity the pictures were b/w though.

catch22 · Post by **catch22** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 2:14 pm

The Pictures we are seeing right now are from the Navigation Cammeras. The full color/panoramic pictures should be showing up in a day or 2 when the rover has had time to charge it's batteries.

Warlock · Post by **Warlock** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 11:35 pm

its ganna be bad ass if they find life there, be really funney if its alive

but im really watching over this
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/today/4.jpg

Nitrofox125 · Post by **Nitrofox125** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 11:52 pm

OOooohhh my

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 12:48 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Warlock:
 its ganna be bad ass if they find life there, be really funney if its alive

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thats the whole point to life isn't it? being alive that is....

Warlock · Post by **Warlock** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 9:08 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Tyranny:
Thats the whole point to life isn't it? being alive that is.... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

true
but i just waiting to see a image with a little alien holding a sign that says "piss off, we dont want you here"

Nitrofox125 · Post by **Nitrofox125** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 12:51 pm

Check out that first pic again, this time it's the view from the new ship.

Nitrofox125 · Post by **Nitrofox125** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 12:53 pm

The Opportinity, that is.