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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Apr 2 2010, 04:04 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
You live in a different world to me re airplanes etc, Nick, but I can absolutely identify with the feelings those air crews have. There's something in us that makes us want to have physical contact with the machines we use and rely on, and, yes, love. Yet again, I'm reminded of that wonderful scene in "Star Trek: First Contact" when a wide-eyed Picard reaches out and tenderly touches the hull of the "Phoenix", the first warp-capable starship, down in that silo. I watched that and suddenly had something in my eye...
I'm sure many of us have been to museums, galleries and places like that to see something special to us, and have felt an urge to ignore the "Do Not Touch!" sings and just reach out and touch it. I would love to visit the Air and Space Museum one day, to see all those legendary machines from the history of flight and spaceflight, but I'll probably get thrown out because there'll be something in me that will desperately want to touch the exhibits, just to, I don't know, bond with them, if that makes sense? Ok, just me then... -------------------- |
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