Mars Team Energized About "Sleepy Hollow" Near Rover

NASA ^ | January 5, 2004 | NASA

[mvpel]

It doesn't take weeks for a shuttle crew to check out, prep, and don their suits for an EVA, and Mars is a far less hostile environment than low-earth orbit.

[Age of Reason]

Even so, they should quit wasting time keep the thing moving before a metorite hits it.

[BushCountry]

The actual reason for the depression in the Martian sand is shown below.

WARNING: Sandworms, they need to stay away! };O)

[BushCountry]

Speaking of the sand.

Seriously, they mentioned something today about the sand acting completely strange, folding and adhesive (where the airbags pushed against it). They are completely baffled.

[Consort]

[irv]

Who was it who was saying we don't need people on Mars, that machines can do just as good a job?

It's taking a week for them to gear up to examine something that's a half dozen steps away.

I was thinking exactly the same thing. And if the thing sinks into the sand, who's going to get out and push?

It's interesting that the probe is there and all, but I still find it very frustrating. It's no substitute for a human expedition.

[Main Street]

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

ROFL!!!

[solitas]

http://wwwi.reuters.com/images/2004-01-06T183106Z_01_JPL01D_RTRIDSP_2_SPACE-MARS.jpg

Ah-HAH! Evidence that the mars landing is being faked! :)

[NormsRevenge]

LOL.. Thanks for the ping.

Well, at least Bill would feel at home, campaigning on a Red Planet.

[JSteff]

Didn't Luke's (Skywalker)family live underground?

[JSteff]

"I'll be more excited when humans are going to Mars."

But first we need to get back to the moon. Once we are established there it will be easier to get to Mars on a regular basis.

[The Raven]

[BlazingArizona]

Sleepy Hollow looks like Sedona,Arizona

If that's the case, then the Rover is going to have to apply for a $20 federal permit to explore the crater.

[KEVLAR]

The delay is so the batteries can charge. The temps at night are over a hundred degrees below zero. The martian day allows for four hours of full sun to the solar panels. It takes several days worth of charging to get underway.
Keep in mind that the rover is designed to last 90 days and travel about 3/4 of a mile during that time. Additionally the landing site is getting darker daily due to the change in seasons there.

[gitmo]

Speaking of the sand.

Seriously, they mentioned something today about the sand acting completely strange, folding and adhesive (where the airbags pushed against it). They are completely baffled.

Sticky martian sand here