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 24 2011, 09:43 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 555 Joined: 1-May 06 From: Scotland (Ecosse, Escocia) Member No.: 759 |
May I be controversial and say "forget it ... it's gone... dead " ?
Hold a little hope if you wish, but I suspect most of us now feel that Spirit is finished, after a tremendously vailant service to science. |
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Mar 24 2011, 11:09 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
May I be controversial and say "forget it ... it's gone... dead " ? You can if you like, but I think you'd be jumping the gun Big Time. If the men and women at JPL aren't prepared to give up on Spirit, then we shoudn't be either. To be clear, and honest, I personally fear the worst, but I'm nowhere near ready to put coins on Spirit's eyes and pull the blanket up over her. Any day - any day - we could log on to UMSF and hear wonderful news. As the great man has said, many times, "Don't bet against the rovers - it's a sure way to lose money..." -------------------- |
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