Mars Lander Mission Appears to be Over

space.com ^ | 11/13/08 | Andrea Thompson

[KevinDavis]

The end seems to have finally come for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission at the planet's north pole, scientists said Monday.

"At this time we're pretty convinced that the vehicle is no longer available for us to use," said Phoenix project manager Barry Goldstein of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

[KevinDavis]

Job well done..

[KevinDavis]

[djf]

[informavoracious]

The Martians took it to Area 51.

[aWolverine]

And on a completely weirder note:
Saturn's inexplicable polar aura

[KoRn]

I hope we got our money’s worth.....

[djf]

Except the mission that was supposed to absolutely, positively, undubitously tell us if there was life - didn’t.

[Red_Devil 232]

Same thing happened to the USA 10 days ago.

Sad.

Wonder who was watching OUT THERE?

[KevinDavis]

Considering that we got more out a NASA mission than some $700 billion bailout, then yes I guess we did..

[AntiKev]

That’s the thing with hypotheses. This is one case in real life when you can legitimately change the play because you don’t like the look of the defense.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

/bkmark

[Peanut Gallery]

ping

[anymouse]

"It's dead, Jim."