NASA nervous as orbiter nears Mars - MRO begins orbit acquisition process FRiday, March 10 (LIVE Thr

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[LibWhacker]

These landers we've been putting on Mars have me spoiled. I wanna see pictures right away, lol!

[Drammach]

Also good to see they have so many women. TAKE THAT, HARVARD.

LOL !

I think women are more detail oriented than men.
They also, IMHO, make better "team" players..

Men and Women may think "differently"..
Not to say one is better or worse than the other, more like Male and Female pattern of thought processes can complement each other..
It improves the odds for success..

[Drammach]

The Mars Landers..

Takin' a lickin' and still Tickin'...

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html

[BuglerTex]

...pattern of thought processes can complement each other.. It improves the odds for success..

Right you are there. And the odds of a lot more.

[Calvin Locke]

A cubit is a unit of measure. Maybe money in the original BSG. Socials workers/engineers are afflicted with
"The Susquehanna hat company!" disease. Somebody was offended for reasons having nothing to do with present circumstances.

As for km v. mi. fiasco, from what I read, it was another example of the dangers of "Just in Time" management.
The team that designed the mission didn't meet the team that was going to run the mission until the very last moment.

Actually, the latter wasn't hired until they would actually be running the mission. Thank you, Dan Goldin.

"Better Faster Cheaper". Too bad it didn't work.

[Drammach]

KM vs MI fiasco.. Yeah.. We don't want to do that any more.. ROFL !!!

[BuglerTex]

870 watts? delta v 1000m/sec Man, that is some bird.

[Drammach]

NASA TV is " Off the Air."..

[BuglerTex]

So am I, have a great weekend.

Out here.

[LibWhacker]

I haven't visited that website in a long time. Seems Opportunity has found some interesting new features to explore. Will check it out later. Amazing! And to think NASA was hoping they'd last for 90 days!

[cabojoe]

Thanks for the live thread. It is appreciated!

[Howlin]

So, tell me what happened; my inlaws "dropped over!"

[RightWhale]

The spacecraft worked perfectly. There are now four satellites orbiting Mars, all working.

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks!

I appreciate you folks having at it here on the thread, I been doing a bathroom renovate all day.

Glad to hear the MRO bird may be sending back a lot of good pics and data real soon.

[RightWhale]

Hoagland will be on Coast tonight. He'll have some good inside info and then have some highly imaginative and unlikely speculations. Might be worth tuning in for a few minutes.

[SunkenCiv]

Braking News

[rimshot!]

[SunkenCiv]

Excellent!

[RightWhale]

MRO seems to be running well--no problems reported. Bush's fault?

[SunkenCiv]

NASA has been getting the calculations on the money ever since the incident (late 90s I think) of the confusion of km and miles. Of course, sometimes the hardware just fails to perform. I remember it took a lot of tries just to get an automated, successful, soft landing on the Moon the first time, a mere quarter million miles away. :')

[Wilhelm Tell]

He told me that they couldn't voice the word "cubits" at his place of employment since a cubit was the unit of measurement that was used to define the maximum length of the rod that one could use to beat the wife.

He could tell his progressive employer that the cubit is still the the unit of measure Islamists use for wife-beating implements. I don't know if it is true or not (using cubits, that is). If they believe that, quicker than you can say "dhimmi" they will mandate that the cubit be the measurement standard for everything!