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After scare, Spirit responding with data again
CNN ^
| Friday, January 23, 2004 Posted: 11:05 AM EST (1605 GMT)
| Jeordan Legon, Miles O'Brien, and David Santucci
Posted on 01/23/2004 8:36:14 AM PST by Crazieman
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:45 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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PASADENA, California (CNN) -- After two days having trouble with transmissions, the Mars rover Spirit sent data Friday morning to its NASA flight team in a communications session lasting at least 20 minutes, the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said.
"The spacecraft sent limited data in a proper response to a ground command, and we're planning for commanding further communication sessions later today," Mars Exploration Rover Project Manager Pete Theisinger said.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: mars; rover; spirit
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This is wonderful news. At least to us science buffs.
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posted on
01/23/2004 8:36:14 AM PST
by
Crazieman
To: Crazieman
I just have this weird picture of some Martian laughing their tail/? off while removing and re-installing the Spirt's antenna.
To: Crazieman
Here's hoping they get this cleared up soon and not 'burn' too much time trouble-shooting.
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posted on
01/23/2004 8:40:34 AM PST
by
DoctorMichael
(Thats my story, and I'm sticking to it.)
To: Crazieman
"Previously, the rover's performance had been virtually flawless."
In a way, this performance is still correct. Error correction schemes were built into the system, both on Earth and Mars, and it seemed to fit the bill. Mostly, Spirit helped itself, which is great.
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posted on
01/23/2004 8:41:08 AM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Crazieman
Now if we can only re-establish communications with Washington....
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posted on
01/23/2004 8:42:07 AM PST
by
azhenfud
("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
To: Crazieman
WooHoo!
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posted on
01/23/2004 8:42:38 AM PST
by
stevio
To: Crazieman
But due to recent security updates, when the onboard computer is re-booted, the password will have to be entered from a physically connected keyboard.
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posted on
01/23/2004 8:43:09 AM PST
by
js1138
To: Crazieman
Great news!
Here's hoping Spirit doesn't start sending SPAM emails in the background, heh.
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posted on
01/23/2004 8:46:12 AM PST
by
Spruce
To: Crazieman
Good news but, it does not say that the problems are understood or corrected yet. Pretty much just a 'beep', "I'm still here".
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posted on
01/23/2004 8:46:32 AM PST
by
blam
To: Crazieman
Those dang h4xx0r5!!
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posted on
01/23/2004 8:47:15 AM PST
by
CygnusXI
(Where's that dang Meteor already?)
To: Crazieman
Sounds like there's a pulse, but know brain activity. I wonder if thet can reboot and or reload the system?
To: Crazieman
Geez, more bad news for the luddite/tightwad wing of Free Republic.
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01/23/2004 8:48:03 AM PST
by
TomB
To: Crazieman
In previous reports, they were saying that the data rate was a mere 120 bits/second --problems with the high gain antenna, perhaps?
To: Crazieman
To: Spruce
"Here's hoping Spirit doesn't start sending SPAM emails in the background" NASA said that the Spirit rover had sent back 94 "Enlarge Your Penis" messages during its communications session.
Michael
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posted on
01/23/2004 8:49:11 AM PST
by
Wright is right!
(Never get excited about ANYTHING by the way it looks from behind.)
To: Crazieman
Water discovered on Mars? Maybe it's pure alcohol. Rover to report after hangover.
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posted on
01/23/2004 8:49:50 AM PST
by
ctonious
To: TomB
Geez, more bad news for the luddite/tightwad wing of Free Republic.Those woul be the Anti-Bushies... libs in elephant clothing.
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posted on
01/23/2004 8:50:57 AM PST
by
Porterville
(Traitors against God, country, family, and benefactors lament their sins in the deepest part of hell)
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To: blam
NO, the article says that Rover communicated for 20 mins.
As I understand, they were going to ask for a few minutes of data to be sent in hopes that the data will indicate what is wrong.
Basically, they are trying to avoid re-booting, since a reboot would lose the data already collected and stored.
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01/23/2004 8:58:22 AM PST
by
Lokibob
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