To: bd476
Well built. It's amazing how long these probes last on (or around) Mars.
2 posted on
11/13/2006 2:18:46 AM PST by
kinoxi
To: kinoxi
Depends on whethher the spacecaft is Russian or American.
4 posted on
11/13/2006 2:30:27 AM PST by
screaming eagle2
(No matter what you call it,a pre-owned vehicle is still a USED CAR!)
To: kinoxi
Just gets bugs Bunny to fly up there.. I have a sneaking suspension that Marvin the Martian is playing with our satellites :-)
5 posted on
11/13/2006 2:32:12 AM PST by
dcrider182
(Col. Dean R. Hiatt.. WWII Hero. LC.Cpl. Brad Shuder. 9-11 Hero.. you are both loved and missed)
To: kinoxi
kinoxi wrote: "Well built. It's amazing how long these probes last on (or around) Mars."
That's true, Kinoxi.
Last Spring I went on a tour of JPL. It was a fascinating tour and the most fun day I've had in a long time.
The 30 year old technology for one of our outer space probes continues controlling the probe as it approaches (or by now, is already in) the Kuiper Belt.
The power for the satellite/probe is a now 30 year old small nuclear powered battery.
We are still in communication with the satellite/probe even though the satellite/probe's communication system is based on 30 year old computer programming.
7 posted on
11/13/2006 2:38:12 AM PST by
bd476
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