|
|
 Up |
|
|
  |
Author: Steven L.Steven L. Date: May 22, 2008 21:26
PASADENA, Calif. — It's going to be a nice day on Mars when NASA's
Phoenix Mars Lander makes its planned touchdown in the northern plains
of the red planet on Sunday, mission engineers said Thursday.
"The weather is good for our landing on Sunday, no dust," said Phoenix
principal investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona. "We are
ready to explore the northern plains of Mars."
Now in the homestretch of its 422 million-mile (679 million-km) trek to
Mars, Phoenix is just 77 hours away from its May 25 landing, mission
managers said during a briefing here at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(JPL).
Phoenix is slated to land on the arctic plains of the Vastitas Borealis
region of Mars, where it will dig down into the rock-hard layers of
water ice thought to lie under the Martian soil near the planet's north
pole.
Mission scientists had been monitoring a dust storm in the vicinity of
Phoenix's planned landing site, but determined it won't pose a problem
during the craft's descent through the Martian atmosphere, Smith said.
|
| Show full article (2.07Kb) |
|
| | 10 Comments |
|
|
Author: GiseleGisele Date: May 23, 2008 07:42
"Steven L." earthlink.net> wrote in news:Be-
dnf6K28Ec2qvVnZ2dnUVZ_qXinZ2d@earthlink.com:
> PASADENA, Calif.
|
| |
|
| | no comments |
|
|
Author: AMUNAMUN Date: May 23, 2008 19:07
After all the hype about this latest mission.
Nasa would look more than silly if they lost this spacecraft too.
While I wish them success, with millions of miles to go, hitting a planet in
the right position is still a crap shoot with odds that would make most Las
Vegas bookies cringe.
"Gisele" nospamyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9AA76CDBC6E67giselelarochenospamy@66.175.223.2...> "Steven L." earthlink.net> wrote in news:Be-
> dnf6K28Ec2qvVnZ2dnUVZ_qXinZ2d@earthlink.com:
>>> PASADENA, Calif.
|
| |
| no comments |
|
|
Author: Al SmithAl Smith Date: May 23, 2008 21:14
> After all the hype about this latest mission.
> Nasa would look more than silly if they lost this spacecraft too.
>
> While I wish them success, with millions of miles to go, hitting a planet in
> the right position is still a crap shoot with odds that would make most Las
> Vegas bookies cringe.
I hope they cover this live somewhere. I'll be watching. I remember
the crash of one Mars lander (the one before the balloon jobs). That
was interesting.
-Al-
|
| |
| no comments |
|
|
Author: AMUNAMUN Date: May 24, 2008 02:43
"Al Smith" address.com> wrote in message
news:iCMZj.3808$Yp.1415@edtnps92...>> After all the hype about this latest mission.
>> Nasa would look more than silly if they lost this spacecraft too.
>>
>> While I wish them success, with millions of miles to go, hitting a planet
>> in the right position is still a crap shoot with odds that would make
>> most Las Vegas bookies cringe.
>
>
> I hope they cover this live somewhere. I'll be watching. I remember the
> crash of one Mars lander (the one before the balloon jobs). That was
> interesting.
>
> -Al-
I would assume the NASA channel will have some live coverage.
And apparently Discovery Channel is running a "live" special Sunday Evening.
|
| |
| no comments |
|
|
Author: RobertVARobertVA Date: May 24, 2008 13:20
AMUN wrote:
> "Al Smith" address.com> wrote in message
> news:iCMZj.3808$Yp.1415@edtnps92...>>> After all the hype about this latest mission.
>>> Nasa would look more than silly if they lost this spacecraft too.
>>>
>>> While I wish them success, with millions of miles to go, hitting a planet
>>> in the right position is still a crap shoot with odds that would make
>>> most Las Vegas bookies cringe.
>>
>> I hope they cover this live somewhere. I'll be watching. I remember the
>> crash of one Mars lander (the one before the balloon jobs). That was
>> interesting.
>>
>> -Al-
>
> I would assume the NASA channel will have some live coverage.
> And apparently Discovery Channel is running a "live" special Sunday Evening.
Discovery's Science Channel 8:00 EDT "Mars Live - The Phoenix Lands"
|
| Show full article (0.97Kb) |
| no comments |
|
|
Author: Al SmithAl Smith Date: May 25, 2008 15:25
> AMUN wrote:
>> "Al Smith" address.com> wrote in message news:iCMZj.3808$Yp.1415@edtnps92...>>>> After all the hype about this latest mission.
>>>> Nasa would look more than silly if they lost this spacecraft too.
>>>>
>>>> While I wish them success, with millions of miles to go, hitting a planet in the right position is still a crap shoot with odds that would make most Las Vegas bookies cringe.
>>>
>>> I hope they cover this live somewhere. I'll be watching. I remember the crash of one Mars lander (the one before the balloon jobs). That was interesting.
>>>
>>> -Al-
>>
>> I would assume the NASA channel will have some live coverage.
>> And apparently Discovery Channel is running a "live" special Sunday Evening.
>
> Discovery's Science Channel 8:00 EDT "Mars Live - The Phoenix...
|
| Show full article (0.99Kb) |
| no comments |
|
|
Author: heremonheremon Date: May 28, 2008 18:00
At this rate, we'll have a habitable tunnel system up there in time
for the Tricentennial.
|
| |
| no comments |
|
|
Author: DanielDaniel Date: Jun 4, 2008 03:41
heremon wrote:
> At this rate, we'll have a habitable tunnel system up there in time
> for the Tricentennial.
|
| |
| no comments |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: WiseguyWiseguy Date: Jun 5, 2008 03:27
> heremon wrote:
>> At this rate, we'll have a habitable tunnel system up there in time
>> for the Tricentennial.
>
> Couple of hundred years ..... yes, that seems about right.
>
> Daniel
> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
>
|
| |
| no comments |
|
|
|
|
