Spirit - MER@6 |
Spirit - MER@6 |
 Dec 28 2009, 03:59 AM
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The sixth anniversary of the MERs landing on Mars is coming soon.
Number of wheels on one of the Mars Exploration Rovers equals how many Earth years they have been on Mars. Hopefully Spirit has this many wheels on her working soon. 
-------------------- "Thats no moon... IT'S A TRAP!"
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Jan 3 2010, 06:49 PM
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I hate to sound like the ungrateful beggar in the Life of Brian, but I like this one so much that I took the liberty of creating a 1680 x 1050 for the monitor I now use at home so I wouldn't have to ruin the image with a stretch. (But Astro0 will tell you I've done worse things to his artwork before.)
So if anyone else wants it, (along with a right-aligned version for people like me with cluttered desktops) heretis:
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-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jan 3 2010, 09:32 PM
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Dan, you only had to ask
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Jan 4 2010, 05:47 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Does anyone have a link to YouTube/elsewhere footage of Spirit's landing? You know, the NASA TV coverage at the time? Can't find any.
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Jan 4 2010, 06:12 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 79 Joined: 11-September 09 Member No.: 4937 |
On YouTube, "Mars: Two for Two" and the Nova episode "Mars: Dead or Alive" have good edits of NASA footage. (I'm assuming you mean in the control center.) The Nova episode is a riveting account of the mission and what the team surmounted to fly.
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Jan 4 2010, 06:16 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Cheers, thanks.
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Jan 4 2010, 09:49 PM
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 Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
The 5th part of the Nova documentary still brings that naughty tear into my eyes...it even has bagpipes for goodness sake...
"GO BABY!!!" -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Jan 5 2010, 02:00 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
There's always this very cheerful beginning of the mission: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E2zwDYf_c4...feature=related
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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