NASA artist's conception image shows the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). NASA scientists were nervous as the MRO neared Mars after a seven-month voyage, carrying the most expensive equipment ever sent to another planet.(AFP/NASA-HO/File)
Posted on 03/08/2006 9:35:55 PM PST by NormsRevenge
NASA artist's conception image shows the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). NASA scientists were nervous as the MRO neared Mars after a seven-month voyage, carrying the most expensive equipment ever sent to another planet.(AFP/NASA-HO/File)
This artist rendering provided by NASA shows the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter over the Martian landscape. (AP Photo/NASA)
Please keep us updated on this great feat and is a robot lander included.
Will do.
No robotic landers onboard this bird.
More are in the works tho..
The Nasa MRO main page is
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/main/index.html
Instead of "landing" maybe they should consider calling it "splashdown". Positive thinking can lead to positive results.
Wimp.
Right around now is when they always get shot down.
Thank you for posting this. I love this stuff.
Yup, A 60% loss rate is pretty high.
This is an arduous journey and has definitely tested the craft and those controlling them millions of miles away as they seek to either orbit or land the craft.
My hunch is this one will make it.
I'd feel a whole lot better if they weren't still talking in both miles and kilometers...
Here's to hoping that the latest generation of rocket scientists remember to do their math right. We've already had one lost due to someone's lack of attention to detail.
That said, I'm with Bubbatuck. Being a space program junkie from the Apollo days, I love hearing about the ongoing programs.
I'm glad we have a place like FR to share what was a hobby and a real spellbinder for all of us as kids and kids at heart. ;-)
I used to get the program info packages from NASA and put all the posters and pamphlets on my bedroom wall. This was back in the 60s.
MRO almost 'there' Ping
Even though I was in single-digit age at the time, I have vivid memories of Apollo 8, Apollo 11, and Apollo 13.
I hope someday, the adventure continues.
Oh, it's time again for NASA to "lose" another martian spacecraft...so it can go black op. \sarcasm
Mar 10: Live Mars Orbit Insertion Coverage (12:30 - 2:45 pm Pacific) will be on NASA TV: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
It's not just spatial units:
timeline of Friday's major events (in Earth-received Eastern Time)
E-rET is yet another time scale.
Colleagues and friends of mine are on that flight team.
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