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Mars Team Energized About "Sleepy Hollow" Near Rover
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| January 5, 2004
| NASA
Posted on 01/06/2004 6:15:49 PM PST by gitmo
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To: MrConfettiMan
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.
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:29:21 PM PST
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: MrConfettiMan; mvpel
Even so, they should quit wasting time keep the thing moving before a metorite hits it.
To: gitmo
The actual reason for the depression in the Martian sand is shown below.
WARNING: Sandworms, they need to stay away! };O)
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:44:35 PM PST
by
BushCountry
(To the last, I will grapple with Democrats. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at Liberals.)
To: 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.
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:47:56 PM PST
by
BushCountry
(To the last, I will grapple with Democrats. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at Liberals.)
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posted on
01/06/2004 8:03:38 PM PST
by
Consort
To: mvpel
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.
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posted on
01/06/2004 8:06:33 PM PST
by
irv
To: gitmo
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posted on
01/06/2004 8:16:51 PM PST
by
Main Street
(Stuck in traffic.)
To: Main Street; NormsRevenge
ROFL!!!
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posted on
01/06/2004 8:20:16 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(Davis is now out of Arnoold's Office , Bout Time!!!!)
To: Orange1998
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posted on
01/06/2004 8:29:31 PM PST
by
solitas
(sleep well, gentle reader; but remember there ARE such things...)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
LOL.. Thanks for the ping.
Well, at least Bill would feel at home, campaigning on a Red Planet.
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posted on
01/06/2004 9:01:00 PM PST
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NormsRevenge
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To: FreedomCalls
Didn't Luke's (Skywalker)family live underground?
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posted on
01/06/2004 9:21:50 PM PST
by
JSteff
To: KevinDavis
"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.
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posted on
01/06/2004 9:26:14 PM PST
by
JSteff
To: gitmo
To: cyborg
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.
To: mvpel
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.
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posted on
01/07/2004 7:07:12 PM PST
by
KEVLAR
To: 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.
Sticky martian sand here
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posted on
01/07/2004 7:10:12 PM PST
by
gitmo
(Who is John Galt?)
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