Mars rover touches down

by **Buliwyf** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 6:06 pm

saw the landing last night LIVE on CNN. Was great

by **hightimber** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 3:53 pm

This memorial for the Columbia shuttle crew is located on the back of the high-gain antenna on Spirit.

What a cool memorial.

by **=V!per=** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 9:36 pm

You know what I think.... you guys are just a bunch of geeky computer junkies. :tard:

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Place me on that list:rotflmao:

I spent all of yesterday and watched four newschannels to hear about the Spirit landing.

by **hightimber** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 1:36 am

It's nice to hear that young folks are excited about NASA and space travel, too! Welcome to geek-dom.

by **Kurith** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 7:00 am

So when do we find out if there are little green men with tazers on the planet?

by **Ryan** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 8:10 am

VERY cool new pics from Mars.

by **Murgatroyd** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:15 am

...and within 5 years there will be a Starbucks somewhere in that picture.

by **hightimber** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 10:35 am

Originally posted by C. Murgatroyd
...and within 5 years there will be a Starbucks somewhere in that picture.

Don't be ridiculous. Everyone knows it'll be a McDonald's.

by **hightimber** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 12:34 pm

Rover status update:

TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2004
1704 GMT (12:04 p.m. EST)

The final umbilical running between the lander and rover was successfully cut overnight, and Spirit performed a 45-degree turn in place atop the lander. This was the first in a series of three turns to position the rover in the direction for the drive to the surface later this week.

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For those that may be unaware, they are turning the rover 120 degrees on the base to avoid possible contention with a partially deflated airbag on their perferred path off the lander. The second-most desirable ramp will be utilized instead.

by **hightimber** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 10:25 am

A picture looking backward at the lander. Rover's getting dirty!

Mars rover touches down

Columbia crew memorial on Mars

6 wheels in the dirt!

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