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Mars lander aims for touchdown in 'Green Valley'
artorius castus blog ^
| 11 April 08
| David Shiga
Posted on 04/12/2008 10:02:35 PM PDT by cardinal4
With less than two months to go before it is due to land on Mars, NASA's Phoenix probe has been directed towards a specific landing site called Green Valley. The site has few boulders that could potentially endanger a landing and lots of water ice for the lander to study.
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Two months to go..
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posted on
04/12/2008 10:02:35 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
04/12/2008 10:04:21 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Do I need a Sarcasm tag?)
To: cardinal4
They could always land in Big valley instead....
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posted on
04/12/2008 10:11:18 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Army Air Corps
Yeah, but the lady that ranches there would send out her hands to run NASA off.
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posted on
04/12/2008 10:20:47 PM PDT
by
fella
(Is he al-taquiya or is he murtadd? Only his iman knows for sure.)
To: cardinal4
What kind of landing will occur here? Will it be a soccer-ball landing similar to the last two Mars rover landings, Opportunity and Spirit? Or will it be a landing as pictured below from the picture shown in the link?
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posted on
04/13/2008 12:15:34 AM PDT
by
rawhide
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