Sol 150+, Time marches on... |
Sol 150+, Time marches on... |
Oct 27 2008, 09:22 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Sol 150 raws are up so this seems like a good time to start a new thread...
Hang on in there Phoenix... -------------------- |
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Nov 5 2008, 05:44 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
They don't. As of yesterday they had still not commanded Phoenix out of Lazarus mode, in which it is only trying to communicate, not do anything else. We'll have to wait until they can get the terminal science mode sequence uplinked. Even then, we may not get pictures -- pictures require more power than pressure, temperature, and TECP measurements, so those will be done and telemetered first before Phoenix tries to take any pictures with any remaining power.
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Nov 5 2008, 06:25 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 206 Joined: 15-August 07 From: Shrewsbury, Shropshire Member No.: 3233 |
They don't. As of yesterday they had still not commanded Phoenix out of Lazarus mode, in which it is only trying to communicate, not do anything else. We'll have to wait until they can get the terminal science mode sequence uplinked. Even then, we may not get pictures -- pictures require more power than pressure, temperature, and TECP measurements, so those will be done and telemetered first before Phoenix tries to take any pictures with any remaining power. --Emily I presume that Phoenix is transmiting a small packet of engineering data each day? Does engineering data normally included a temperature reading? If Phoenix is returning temperature readings then do they show that increased dust in the atmosphere has actually raised the temperature? Can engineering data be mined for other scientific results? For example can the electricity output from the solar panels be used to estimate the atmospheric dust level? |
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