Posted on 01/12/2007 3:33:00 PM PST by blam
I didn't know Rover was lost....that's is why there are microchips, so you can always find a lost Rover.
Laaaaaaaasie! Come home!
It's the lack of diversity that kills me in these martian photos.
On Earth, early Man found gold on the surface, exposed to the elements. Ditto for iron and coal ("the rock that burns") and salt.
On Mars...nothing. Barren. Where are the gemstones? No diamonds? No opals? No rubies?
Can NASA even take a picture of some quartz on Mars? Flint?
At most I've seen are minerals such as carbonates, silicates, hydroxides, sulfates, hydrothermal silica, oxides, and phosphates. Lots of basaltic rocks, of course.
That would be the Beagle 2 lander that ESA launched in June, 2003 with the Mars Express orbiter. Beagle 2 landed on Christmas day in 2003, but was never heard from again. It was declared lost on February 6, 2004.
In December 2005, ESA announced Beagle 2 may have been spotted on the surface of Mars in enhanced, lower resolution images taken by the camera on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter. The likely location identified is in the vicinity where Beagle 2 was expected to land, Isidis Planitia, an ancient impact basin just north of the equatorial region on Mars.
You're right, Buck W., NASA believes MRO can spot Beagle 2 on the surface and a search has been placed in future work plans for the HiRISE camera.
Lost rover? I never realized Sojourner was lost. It lasted for two months longer than its one month design.
New Mars orbiter spots landing site of 1997 Pathfinder probe
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Posted on 01/12/2007 12:25:05 AM EST by NormsRevenge
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