Spirit - 2010 Winter@Troy, The first stationary science campaign |
Spirit - 2010 Winter@Troy, The first stationary science campaign |
Feb 1 2010, 12:48 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Well, with perhaps a few more weeks of tilt-enhancing drives to go and then settling in for the winter, I thought it might be a good time to have a thread dedicated to ideas and observations that will come. It's likely that we won't hear much from Spirit during the coldest part of winter (April-June) possibly longer. There'll hopefully be beeps to tell us that she's still alive.
Already there are plans for radio science and determining the fluidity or otherwise of the Martian core, plus weather observations, surface changes etc. What else could you think of that Spirit could do? Remember that she's not going anywhere (vonBraun is out) In the meantime, have you sent your postcard to Spirit yet?! It's a great idea from the Mars outreach team. http://beamartian.jpl.nasa.gov/spiritpostcards What would you say to Spirit? |
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Mar 11 2010, 09:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 18-December 07 From: New York Member No.: 3982 |
Odds are we are going to be in "hibernation" (low power fault) during the breaking of the record. We will only know if she made it if we regain radio communication come spring. Scott Maxwell referred to this as "Schrödinger's Rover" on Twitter a few weeks ago.
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Mar 12 2010, 12:37 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 25-May 09 Member No.: 4794 |
Odds are we are going to be in "hibernation" (low power fault) during the breaking of the record. We will only know if she made it if we regain radio communication come spring. Scott Maxwell referred to this as "Schrödinger's Rover" on Twitter a few weeks ago. Such wit. I can't believe I feel emotion about Spirit as if she were my own pet. Is it odd? I realised when I watched a video about Opportunity I don't know ANY of the people involved as I do with Spirit. Fingers & toes crossed we break the record. |
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