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RIP, Schiaparelli: European Mars Lander's Crash Site Seen By NASA Probe
Space.com ^
| 10/21/16
| Mike Wall
Posted on 10/21/2016 2:22:19 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
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posted on
10/21/2016 2:24:45 PM PDT
by
Flag_This
(Liberals are locusts.)
To: LibWhacker
Did it have a Koran on board?
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posted on
10/21/2016 2:25:11 PM PDT
by
Lent
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
10/21/2016 2:28:00 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: RightGeek
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posted on
10/21/2016 2:29:53 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: LibWhacker
That’s too bad. I’m sure a lot of effort went into the project.
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posted on
10/21/2016 2:32:49 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(18 days: Until Presdient Pre-elect becomes President Elect Donald J. Trump. Help is on the way!)
To: LibWhacker
Did it send the message “Aloha Snackbar” just before hitting the ground and exploding?
To: LibWhacker
Look closely just to the left of the impact point, you’ll see the reason why it didn’t make it.
It was landing too close to a Martian runway, and they shot it down.
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posted on
10/21/2016 2:45:48 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: LibWhacker
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10/21/2016 2:58:48 PM PDT
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VanDeKoik
To: RightGeek
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posted on
10/21/2016 2:59:43 PM PDT
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dfwgator
To: LibWhacker
NTSB’s gonna have a helluva time getting to *that* crash site!
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posted on
10/21/2016 3:02:05 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
(Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
To: LibWhacker
I hate when my descent slowing thrusters don’t fire as long as they are supposed to.
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posted on
10/21/2016 3:06:35 PM PDT
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DannyTN
To: VanShuyten
Runway? Nah. I'm rather proud I'm the only one who noticed the giant chicken footprint right next to the parachute.
To: LibWhacker
At least it didn’t crash due to a units conversion error...
To: VanDeKoik
It only a 2/3rds chance of failure. Go ogle, “Mars curse.”
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posted on
10/21/2016 3:17:17 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: LibWhacker
They should have hired the people that built the Opportunity
Mars lander, and Spirit and Curiosity landers to build their Mars lander. Would have saved a lot grief and money. But no, they've got to have it the EU way. JPL has proved they know how to do it.
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10/21/2016 3:52:11 PM PDT
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StormEye
To: DoughtyOne
“That’s too bad. I’m sure a lot of effort went into the project.”
Yes, I agree. People put their lives into these projects - they typically take years from conception to fruition. It must be heartbreaking to see it all go wrong in the last mile, so to speak, although that is typically where the largest danger is, also.
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posted on
10/21/2016 4:44:22 PM PDT
by
-YYZ-
(Strong like bull, smart like tractor.)
To: -YYZ-
In a way, that’s how I felt about the F22.
Decades of planning, the best aircraft of it’s kind by far, incredibly capable with cutting edge technology, and we cut the production way short.
Just when the cost of the unit prices was ready to fall due to all the overhead already having been spent, they cancelled it.
Frankly, it made me angry.
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posted on
10/21/2016 4:54:27 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(18 days: Until Presdient Pre-elect becomes President Elect Donald J. Trump. Help is on the way!)
To: LibWhacker
Question for all: The video had a caption that the tanks were full of propellant, the lander hit the ground at 186mph and it probably exploded upon impact. Does the Martian atmosphere have enough oxygen to allow for combustion?
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posted on
10/21/2016 5:20:30 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
To: LibWhacker
I don’t think the Martians appreciate us sending probes to their planet.
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posted on
10/21/2016 9:37:34 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(Welcome to the "interesting times" you were warned about.)
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