MER@5 Years, Your thoughts and congratulations to the MER teams |
MER@5 Years, Your thoughts and congratulations to the MER teams |
Jan 3 2009, 07:28 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Five Years of Spirit on Mars
I normally don't go re-posting the blogs that I know most of us here read regularly, but I have to point out what a wonderful job Emily did in digesting five years of Spirit's exploration into one commentary/column of under 1800 words. I can't wait to read Opportunity's story later this month. http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001796/ -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jan 4 2009, 10:07 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Great day!!
Have to echo everyone's comments so far, and congratulate everyone involved in the MER mission. I'd also like to congratulate Emily on her great write-up (hope it's getting LOTS of 365 Days of Astronomy downloads!) and Astro0 on his fantastic graphics work: I hope the MER teams print those pics out and plaster them all over JPL! ( Thanks for posterising my poem too!) My own reflections - too long to post here (I know, there's a shock! ) didn't make it here in the transfer from the other thread, so I hope no-one will mind me re-posting a link. Seriously, who would have thought we'd be here today celebrating this anniversary? Humans can be so stoopid sometimes it makes me want to cry, but occasionally, just occasionally, we stop scrabbling around in the filth and the garbage just long enough to reach out our dirty, blood-matted monkey paws towards the sky and touch greatness. The MER mission is one of those times. Take a moment today to find your favourite Spirit picture... and marvel at what we can do when we try. -------------------- |
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Jan 10 2009, 02:52 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 115 Joined: 8-January 05 From: Austin | Texas Member No.: 138 |
Seriously, who would have thought we'd be here today celebrating this anniversary? The great thing is we have been allowed to be such a part of this journey -- I can't off the top of my head think of any other mission where the public has been allowed such daily access. I really feel in some respects that the public was a part of the mission team to some small degree -- i'm sure they enjoyed the wonderful images and animations produced here at UMSF. |
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Jan 10 2009, 04:06 AM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
The great thing is we have been allowed to be such a part of this journey -- I can't off the top of my head think of any other mission where the public has been allowed such daily access. I really feel in some respects that the public was a part of the mission team to some small degree -- i'm sure they enjoyed the wonderful images and animations produced here at UMSF. As I said other times, I wish UMSF had been allowed to be even more involved in this mission. There is a whole part of the mission that you are missing that space enthusiasts like you would enjoy tremendously: trying to understand what happened on Mars from a tiny bit of data, figuring out the most efficient way of using the daily available resources, inventing new ways to use a broken or worn device. In spite of all this I have been amazed by how well you have been able to follow the various stages of the mission and provide amazingly good products, suggestions and comments. Thank you! I hope that future missions will allow the public to be part of the "other side" of a mission. One can always dream, can I? Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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