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Phoenix Mars Lander - Yahoo! News Photos
whew, cool pix. the surface is more/less the same sa atoa pud... and they are still on process of studying those things up there.
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05-27-2008, 10:49 AM #1C.I.A.
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Mars Lander - Successful! Congratz to mankind
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05-27-2008, 11:29 AM #2
woot! Not the first, not the last.
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05-27-2008, 11:33 AM #3
My Phoenix thread must've been swallowed up by oblivion when the server changeover happened (or maybe I forgot to press submit, shrugs) Nonetheless yep, it's there. The main cam hasn't rotated yet so we only have a sliver (about 20 degrees worth) of Martian near-polar terrain images for now.
Update: It just started taking new shots...
NASA - Phoenix
...better source for info and images there.
Yet Another Update:
This image is a very important reminder of how far human technology has progressed. This image was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, while it was orbiting over the landing site...it shows in amazing detail, the Phoenix lander descending down the Martian surface, main para deployed, this is about 3 1/2 minutes after EDL-start. One robot photographing another...both robots are 277,773,326 kilometers away from us, and it takes 9 minutes to send commands, and another 9 minutes to receive a response, to both of them, all done with grace like a ballet...amazing.
-RODIONLast edited by rodsky; 05-27-2008 at 12:17 PM.
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05-27-2008, 11:38 AM #4
It's not going to really do anything but test equipment for a week.
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05-27-2008, 11:44 AM #5
good thing it ddnt crash, or they'd wait for another 5 years to complete another "cheaper" probe.
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05-27-2008, 11:48 AM #6Yep, and we'd all have to cringe at all the new conspiracy theories flooding in YouTube stating that the crash was "...caused by Starscream!"
Originally Posted by potterboy
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05-27-2008, 01:10 PM #7C.I.A.
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rodsky: lol! xaonz.... we need science truth hir
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05-27-2008, 01:14 PM #8C.I.A.
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the next few days would be interesting
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05-27-2008, 02:09 PM #9Junior Member
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i saw this in discovery last night... excellent news. one small step for man, etc, etc...
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05-27-2008, 03:02 PM #10C.I.A.
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oh yes thats true Originally Posted by darkwing
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