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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Mars Express & Beagle 2 _ Mars Express Camera Now In Its Third Year

Posted by: AlexBlackwell Feb 5 2007, 08:43 PM

http://www.dlr.de/mars/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-207/422_read-6855/
Deutsches Zentrum f Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Koeln, Germany
10 January 2007

Posted by: remcook Feb 6 2007, 09:54 AM

That title is just asking for trouble over here

Posted by: dvandorn Feb 6 2007, 09:42 PM

Sounds like a new entry in that venerable old film series: "Carry On Orbiting Mars!"

-the other Doug

Posted by: ustrax Mar 20 2007, 10:34 AM

Great article about Mars Express at http://www.planetary.org/news/2007/0317_The_Empire_Strikes_Back_Europes_First.html

Posted by: paxdan Mar 20 2007, 10:41 AM

That is one http://www.planetary.org/image/Mars_image_H.jpg!

Posted by: helvick Mar 20 2007, 11:08 AM

Yep - We build 'em big here in Europe. That would be the 30k model, dimensions approx 30x15x20km, mass ca 2 megaton. Context image with scale of http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMA1UULWFE_1.html#subhead1

Posted by: djellison Mar 20 2007, 11:09 AM

The plan is to put Mars under the rover and just turn the planet while the rover stays still

Doug

Posted by: AndyG Mar 20 2007, 11:17 AM

It might be a bit big, but it'll be handy for getting Mars core samples.

Andy G

Posted by: ustrax Mar 20 2007, 12:30 PM

When I wrote "great" I didn't mean to be THAT literal...