1 posted on
12/28/2004 7:23:42 PM PST by
Phil V.
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2 posted on
12/28/2004 7:26:22 PM PST by
Phil V.
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3 posted on
12/28/2004 7:28:35 PM PST by
Paradox
(Occam was probably right.)
To: Phil V.
What was impact velocity?
To: Phil V.
A spring! The thermal blanket seems to be in excellent condition.
6 posted on
12/28/2004 7:31:15 PM PST by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
To: Phil V.
Looks like somebody dropped a plastic "spring water" bottle on the left side of the thing.
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8 posted on
12/28/2004 7:32:15 PM PST by
Texas_Jarhead
(I believe in American Exceptionalism! Do you?)
To: Phil V.
Now I see! That thing is "truckin'"!!
To: Phil V.
This isn't a "crash" site, is it? It's the heat shield that was jettisoned prior to landing.
11 posted on
12/28/2004 7:33:21 PM PST by
mikegi
To: Phil V.
361+ days on Mars (for spirit) and still ticking. Those things are tougher than a Timex watch. Makes you proud to be an American. Too bad the LSM don't consider it worth reporting.
12 posted on
12/28/2004 7:33:43 PM PST by
ProudVet77
(MERRY CHRISTMAS, damn it!)
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13 posted on
12/28/2004 7:34:21 PM PST by
The Duke
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Always have my 3D specs next to the PC for just such and occasion. Real Cool. The spring is a nice touch, just seems weird to see such a common item sitting on a planet so far away.
15 posted on
12/28/2004 7:34:36 PM PST by
BallyBill
(I'm a God fearing man and with many I stand....)
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17 posted on
12/28/2004 7:35:15 PM PST by
Texas_Jarhead
(I believe in American Exceptionalism! Do you?)
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19 posted on
12/28/2004 7:39:24 PM PST by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,019,003 Bush fans.)
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I see George Lucas has spared no expense for his filming of Star Wars 3(6).
28 posted on
12/28/2004 7:49:32 PM PST by
nhoward14
(Frodo failed. Hillary has the One Ring.)
To: Phil V.
Thanks Phil. these are great. Earlier today I threw together a few glyphs too, though yours are always better.
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v387/elkgrovedan/heatshieldcrater.jpg)
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v387/elkgrovedan/heatshield2.jpg)
To: Phil V.
Not much of an impact crator or obvious surface abrassions. the ground there must be pretty hard. I know the heat shield is pretty light weight, but if you dropped it down on most Earth soils, you would expect at least some surface markings. The ground is probably like a desert permafrost tundra. Tough place to dig a hole I'm sure.
34 posted on
12/28/2004 8:02:13 PM PST by
anymouse
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That is not a heat shield!!! It is a blanket that the martians put on that poor thing cause it is cold at night!!!... : ) <<< me
35 posted on
12/28/2004 8:02:47 PM PST by
stopsign
( ("What great fortune for government, that people don't think". ...Der Fuhrer... [hummmm...]))
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The there's this cool shot
![](http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20041227a/1NN325EFF40CYLA3P0685L000M1-crop-B330R1_br2.jpg)
To: Phil V.
Well, there's the problem, your spring fell out.
To: Phil V.
Neat photos. Someday the scene you are looking at will include human visitors, looking at the heat shield to do some research on materials aging in the martian environment.
56 posted on
12/28/2004 9:46:15 PM PST by
Arkinsaw
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