I'm still hoping that it's okay. You know that the Beagle2 team is doing more than their share of pacing the halls right now. They've done great in getting one of their two devices to hit proper orbit, a significant achievement in itself. But naturally nobody wants to be half-successful.
If the Lander never plays the "down and safe" signal by Blur do you think that the band's going to hear a few jokes in the music biz press?
Hind site is 20/20 but maybe it was a mistake to rely on charging the batteries after touchdown to keep the thing alive. Maybe two days worth of juice would have made a difference?
Well, it does make you realize just how much stuff goes on between here and there. It's always amazing to me that these things get as far as they do. The chances of everything going right must be so slim.
The Voyager, Galileo and Pioneer missions sort of spoiled us. But they didn't try to safely crash onto anything safely, they really just tried to avoid stuff by not too much.
There's a remote possibility that Beagle 2 went down a crater and cannot get it's signal. There's still some hope that Mars Express will get a signal but ... they were supposed be long past that point by now.
The down-signaling is a smart idea, I hadn't read about that. Looks like the Mars Express has made a successful switch to the polar orbit and will eventually tighten its orbit of the planet - that lander could still surprise everyone!
Not to worry, there are two more missiles from Earth headed that way...look for Mars to hit the airwaves again in a few days!
We could set up the telecommunications space race. As more and more rovers/man made objects find themselves on mars, they are going to need a way to talk to eachother/earth. Why cant we get verizon to send up a few satelites, in an exclusive contract with NASA/the european space agency?...
Next thing you know, wireless web access points all over mars.
We could set up the telecommunications space race. As more and more rovers/man made objects find themselves on mars, they are going to need a way to talk to eachother/earth. Why cant we get verizon to send up a few satelites, in an exclusive contract with NASA/the european space agency?...
Next thing you know, wireless web access points all over mars.
On this website, you can download a scaled-down version of the program that NASA scientists use to operate Spirit and Opportunity. During the mission, updates will be released on this site containing real data from Mars that you can add to your copy of Maestro.
Panther only for Mac... other platforms too
almost don't need the "closeup view" in the corner
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If the Lander never plays the "down and safe" signal by Blur do you think that the band's going to hear a few jokes in the music biz press?
The Voyager, Galileo and Pioneer missions sort of spoiled us. But they didn't try to safely crash onto anything safely, they really just tried to avoid stuff by not too much.
Beagle 'might be in a crater'
and are shooting our landers out of the sky before they reach the surface.
GORT KLAATU NARADA!
OT: Pillinger's facial fur reminds me of Asimov and Darwin... coincidence?
back on topic...
After the failure of Mars Polar Lander during descent,
NASA decided that future landers should signal on the way down instead of after landing,
so Spirit and Opportunity will be sending tones during entry and landing,
hopefully allowing better confirmation of the success of each arrival phase.
Originally posted by curiousuburb
Pillinger's facial fur reminds me of Asimov and Darwin...
His choice of facial hair is reminiscent of the mullet, part scholarly sophistication, part party animal. All one needs to do is join the two:
Pillinger + Mullet = World Domination.
Not to worry, there are two more missiles from Earth headed that way...look for Mars to hit the airwaves again in a few days!
Originally posted by drewprops
The hairstyle or the Beagle2 probe?
Not to worry, there are two more missiles from Earth headed that way...look for Mars to hit the airwaves again in a few days!
We could set up the telecommunications space race. As more and more rovers/man made objects find themselves on mars, they are going to need a way to talk to eachother/earth. Why cant we get verizon to send up a few satelites, in an exclusive contract with NASA/the european space agency?...
Next thing you know, wireless web access points all over mars.
Originally posted by billybobsky
We could set up the telecommunications space race. As more and more rovers/man made objects find themselves on mars, they are going to need a way to talk to eachother/earth. Why cant we get verizon to send up a few satelites, in an exclusive contract with NASA/the european space agency?...
Next thing you know, wireless web access points all over mars.
actually, Vint Cerf has had proposals for an Interplanetary Internet for some time
and there are plans for pending missions to "relay email" packets rather than stream direct
Beagle to begin 'frequent calls'
If it's down and working it should start making more frequent calls soon.
Entry and landing events start about 2:28 into the 9 minute film,
and that'll be what we hope happens Saturday evening
NASA TV says they'll webcast live from Rover Control at JPL from 6:45pm PST
screw the meaningless bowl,
Landing on Mars is must see tv for me...
and you can now download Maestro,
On this website, you can download a scaled-down version of the program that NASA scientists use to operate Spirit and Opportunity. During the mission, updates will be released on this site containing real data from Mars that you can add to your copy of Maestro.
Panther only for Mac... other platforms too
almost don't need the "closeup view" in the corner