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NASA detects communication from too-quiet Mars rover
Houston Comical ^
| 1/23/04
| Mark Carreau and AP Staff
Posted on 01/23/2004 7:06:26 AM PST by The_Victor
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To: EQAndyBuzz
They sent out a work order and a repairman already...but he had some problems working under such pressure.
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posted on
01/24/2004 9:10:05 AM PST
by
LibertarianInExile
(When law is used to promote inequity, those oppressed will inevitably use it to turn the tables.)
To: The_Victor; EuroFrog
Shhhhhh! We're having EuroFrog calculate the exchange rates for the next increment of national debt payments due to foreign banks. Don't confuse him! :)
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posted on
01/24/2004 9:17:49 AM PST
by
LibertarianInExile
(When law is used to promote inequity, those oppressed will inevitably use it to turn the tables.)
To: The_Victor
"to turn on a drilling tool"
Um OK, first I'd heard of that. Suggests things, doesn't it? Drill turns on, instant glitch. Suggests hardware. Drill in contact with rock, rock chips fly, rock chips hit things, things stop working.
They say they are only getting "meaningless radio noise" or the safe mode beep. Suggests a problem with the transmitter. What is the layout of this? Anybody got a diagram?
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posted on
01/24/2004 12:53:02 PM PST
by
JasonC
To: JasonC
Another thread says, more specifically, that they were trying to calibrate the motors in the arm when the failure occurred. Which doesn't suggest bits of flying rock, but still does suggest a possible hardware problem. Perhaps all the heating and cooling cycles the thing has been through cracked something that failed when one motor was used at above a certain speed, or something similar. It sounds like the software has been rebooting over and over, but transmission is clear for limited periods, suggesting no serious damage to the actual transmitter or antennae.
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posted on
01/24/2004 1:25:47 PM PST
by
JasonC
To: LibertarianInExile; The_Victor
Ya ya ya, I made a mistake, sue me.
By the way, Im a she, not a he.
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posted on
01/24/2004 2:21:36 PM PST
by
EuroFrog
(Outlaw abortion.)
To: The_Victor
This has got to be a Democratic rover . . won't work and still on the government payroll!
To: EuroFrog
Sorry, I caught that after I saw another of your posts...but it was too late. I made a mistake, sue me. :)
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posted on
01/25/2004 4:49:56 AM PST
by
LibertarianInExile
(When law is used to promote inequity, those oppressed will inevitably use it to turn the tables.)
To: EuroFrog
Even the most minute mistakes do not go unnoticed on this forum. I suspect the new "Spell" button has cut the post volume significantly. We can't pick on each other's spelling errors as much anymore. Unless JimRob has gone WICCA, and every time we hit "Spell" it casts a hex on the democRATs.
To: The_Victor
Hexes on the democrats wouldn't be such a bad thing....Shoot, just sit back and watch them hex themselves every time they open their mouths.
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posted on
01/26/2004 5:59:13 AM PST
by
EuroFrog
(Being held hostage by my cat.....please send mice!!)
To: The_Victor
Spirit was only the fourth of 13 spacecraft to complete the seven-month journey successfully over the past 34 years. I've gone stupid again. I count 2 Viking landers, the 2 current orbiters, the Carl Sagan station, a couple of Mariners and the European orbiter. Where does 4 come from????
To: The_Victor
INPUT......need INPUT....
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