I don't think MSL needs a "name" as there is only one. MSL also flows off the tongue easily.

"Astronaut Eileen Collins is leaving NASA. Collins was the first woman to
command a space
shuttle and the leader of Discovery's Return to Flight mission last year. She
plans to pursue
private interests and spend more time with family."

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.nl.html?pid=19730

Maybe she knows something about the CEV we suspect, i.e. its going to take a lot longer than anyone realises, and also the STS is a tad too dangerous.

I passed the Stardust@Home training, 10/10

Congradualtions Emily.

That would just add more weight and complexity to the design...........and I am sure the MSL wheels will be designed to last a whole Martian year.

I bought the plastic glasses too from Rainbow and they are tight on my head too, and my hat size is 6 7/8th's, which is not big.

Another JAXA screwup eh ?

Holy Moly !!!! These are just the test images too ! I can see a new way of idling away many many hours

Some dramitic low angle sun illumination pics from Spirit's Pancam today

e.g. http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/...00P2408R1M1.JPG

8 months at Low Ridge Haven, I hope we don't get bored.................

There seems to be something white sticking up on the horizon, about 1/4 way in from the left.

http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...M8P2386R2M1.JPG

That is a nice short story.

or possibly what the PHX lander might see at the North Pole of Mars ? minus the robot and tracks of course.

That was an excellent episode of "The Simpsons".

I am curently reading "Saturn".

Excellent, my mother in law is called Vesta .

Thanks for the update, we are always interested

Michael, FL.

Nice and straight drive too, she is just Zooming along

You don't just "snap anywhere" with a multi million $ camera..................

"We're now in a drive or die situation," says Steve Squyres of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, who leads the rover science team. "Our current focus is to drive like hell and get to a safe winter haven."

I did not realise the situation was that dire...............

I say Sol 842.

Strange co-incidence......today the front left wheel bearing went kaput on our van, its fixed now though

I'd be satisfied if Victoria has to be Oppy's last port of call.

I had to call them.

It's nice to see a new perspective