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Watch this thread: Mars is getting closer!

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 5:02 am
by Nightshade
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! Image

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 7:42 am
by JMEaT
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?

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 5:39 pm
by WarAdvocat
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.

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 5:46 pm
by JMEaT
Yeah learning is cool and all, but my question was what?

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 6:18 pm
by Beowulf
who gives a shiz

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 6:31 pm
by Sting_Ray
I care.

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 8:03 pm
by Warlock
i care to

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

whats the web addy for that page?

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 8:23 pm
by fliptw
its mission is to attempt to find all the mars probes lost over the last decade.

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 11:31 pm
by Ferno
and knowing nasa's track record, this probe too, will be lost.

Just a hunch.

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 11:59 pm
by Topher
STTTOOOOPPP!!!.........STTTOOOOOPPP!!!!

Image

Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 10:33 am
by woodchip
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Arial" size="3">Originally posted by Warlock:
<b> i care to



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

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

Fernman...the eternal optimist Image

Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 10:38 am
by Sting_Ray
And Leon is getting LAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGER!

Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 12:28 pm
by Beowulf
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....

Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 1:31 pm
by MD-2389
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Arial" size="3">Originally posted by fliptw:
its mission is to attempt to find all the mars probes lost over the last decade.</font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hey, atleast the rover survived intact. Image With any luck, they won't have any english -> metric blunders anytime soon. Image

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 2:45 am
by Warlock
thank you woodchip

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 10:12 pm
by WarAdvocat
I'm looking forward to hearing about the Canadian Space Program.


yes indeedy!

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 10:44 pm
by Jon the Great
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.

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 12:18 am
by Sting_Ray
Heh, Naji.. only one to get the joke :-p

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 12:18 pm
by MD-2389
TB, host it on your own server or don't embed it. Its that simple.

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 3:48 pm
by Skyalmian
Now it's a lot bigger...

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 4:29 pm
by Robo
What the hell, its gotten 3 times bigger within 10 hours :-D

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 5:41 pm
by Skyalmian
I'll be frequently hitting refresh tonight.
1,776 km passed between 23:40 and 23:50...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Arial" size="3">Spirit Lands:
January 3, 2004
about 8:35 pm PST</font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:42 pm
by Skyalmian
They're updating the pic practically every minute now.

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 7:07 pm
by Robo
Every 2 minutes. Image

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 Image

//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 Image

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 7:10 pm
by Skyalmian
It'll be on Mars long before you awaken.

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 7:20 pm
by Robo
Time to go drink something nasty. I must punish myself for poor calculations.

Yummy... diesel... Image

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 11:04 pm
by JMEaT
Can we get a link to the pics you all are talking about, or is it the one that is in the original post?

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 11:32 pm
by catch22
That link is useless now. Too close to get anything good. Image

Spirit has landed. Congrads to NASA

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 7:29 am
by Sage
that'd be funny if it blew up.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 7:39 am
by Robo
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Arial" size="3">Originally posted by Sage:
that'd be funny if it blew up.</font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Image

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 8:36 am
by woodchip
Succes! Pics are now coming in:

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

Oh and Snoop the Dog Beagle...neener neener

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 11:59 am
by Phantasmagirl
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.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 12:22 pm
by MD-2389
The first pictures from the surface were great. Image 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!" Image

Pity the pictures were b/w though. Image

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 2:14 pm
by catch22
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.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 11:35 pm
by Warlock
its ganna be bad ass if they find life there, be really funney if its alive Image

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

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 11:52 pm
by Nitrofox125
OOooohhh my

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 12:48 am
by Tyranny
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Arial" size="3">Originally posted by Warlock:
<b> its ganna be bad ass if they find life there, be really funney if its alive Image
</b></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

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

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 9:08 am
by Warlock
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Arial" size="3">Originally posted by Tyranny:
Thats the whole point to life isn't it? being alive that is.... Image</font><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"

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 12:51 pm
by Nitrofox125
Check out that first pic again, this time it's the view from the new ship.

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 12:53 pm
by Nitrofox125
The Opportinity, that is.