Celebrating MER rovers in France !, Spirit & Opportunity : "Nous voilą !" |
Celebrating MER rovers in France !, Spirit & Opportunity : "Nous voilą !" |
 Mar 18 2006, 11:30 AM
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 Dear UnmannedSpaceflight Forum friends,MER's success is being celebrated in France ! A special issue of "Espace Magazine" was introduced yesterday on newsstands. It features exclusive interviews of Steve Squyres ("Roving Mars" book) and of George Butler ("Roving Mars" IMAX film) ! ==> Here is the link : http://www.espace-magazine.net/kiosque/spe...mars/index.html Order form for those who read French and want to order it (works for International orders) : http://www.espace-magazine.net/boutique/pd...lletin_mars.pdf ==> Also the French chapter of the Planetary Society is celebrating the event : http://www.planete-mars.com/ ...with 19 NEW free Mars desktop wallpapers on 2 webpages (each one offered with 2 sizes : 1280x1024 and 1440x900 pixels) : http://www.planete-mars.com/goursac/2006/vision.html http://www.planete-mars.com/goursac/2006/vision2.html ...AND for those who want to compare the Mars sunset of the Espace Magazine cover with its counterpart in Paris, here are the Paris wallpapers (pics taken yesterday evening) Enjoy ! 
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Mar 19 2006, 02:37 AM
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QUOTE (vikingmars @ Mar 18 2006, 06:30 AM)  ...with 19 NEW free Mars desktop wallpapers on 2 webpages (each one offered with 2 sizes : 1280x1024 and 1440x900 pixels) : http://www.planete-mars.com/goursac/2006/vision.html http://www.planete-mars.com/goursac/2006/vision2.html Very nice wallpapers, thank you. Do you have any in 800 by 600 size for smaller monitors? -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Mar 19 2006, 12:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1089 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Mar 19 2006, 03:37 AM) Do you have any in 800 by 600 size for smaller monitors? Dear ljk4-1, here they are in 800x600, just for you (well the quality is not quite the same as the higher resolution wallpapers...)... uploaded in several posts. Enjoy !(next 800x600 desktop wallpapers) (last 800x600 desktop wallpaper)
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Mar 19 2006, 03:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
QUOTE (vikingmars @ Mar 19 2006, 07:03 AM) Dear ljk4-1, here they are in 800x600, just for you (well the quality is not quite the same as the higher resolution wallpapers...)... uploaded in several posts. Enjoy !(next 800x600 desktop wallpapers) (last 800x600 desktop wallpaper) Thank you once again VikingMars, much appreciated. Did you notice that in the image of Opportunity's crashed heatshield, you can see the famous meteorite directly behind it: http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...pe=post&id=4621 I also learned an interesting little Frenchish tidbit the other day: The USA's current national debt of nine trillion dollars is the equivalent to 28 full-scale replicas of the Eiffel Tower made out of solid gold. -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Mar 19 2006, 08:22 PM
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QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Mar 19 2006, 10:58 AM) Thank you once again VikingMars, much appreciated. Did you notice that in the image of Opportunity's crashed heatshield, you can see the famous meteorite directly behind it: http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...pe=post&id=4621 I also learned an interesting little Frenchish tidbit the other day: The USA's current national debt of nine trillion dollars is the equivalent to 28 full-scale replicas of the Eiffel Tower made out of solid gold. Hey now, it's not THAT high. It's "only" $8.27 trillion.  So maybe 27 full scale replicas of the Eiffel Tower, and two MER replicas made of gold. |
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vikingmars Celebrating MER rovers in France ! Mar 18 2006, 11:30 AM
Phillip Merci beaucoup Vikingmars. C'est formidable... Mar 18 2006, 12:30 PM
dilo QUOTE (Phillip @ Mar 18 2006, 01:30 PM) M... Mar 18 2006, 12:51 PM PhilCo126 Nice work !
Phill
BELGIQUE Mar 18 2006, 01:42 PM ElkGroveDan I didn't know the MERS went to Paris! Did... Mar 18 2006, 04:16 PM vikingmars Yes no autostich.
Spirit & Opportunity falled ... Mar 18 2006, 06:30 PM ljk4-1 I know this connection is stretching it a bit, but... Mar 18 2006, 07:08 PM Oersted Hey, great EDL over the Invalides! - But I tho... Mar 18 2006, 10:51 PM vikingmars QUOTE (Oersted @ Mar 18 2006, 11:51 PM) v... Mar 19 2006, 11:17 AM Oersted QUOTE (vikingmars @ Mar 19 2006, 12:17 PM... Mar 20 2006, 11:53 PM mars loon Olivier
A magnificent collection
ken Mar 21 2006, 11:46 AM vikingmars QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Mar 19 2006, 04:58 P... Mar 19 2006, 07:35 PM MERovingien Thank you very very much VikingMars for the great ... Mar 19 2006, 01:36 PM tedstryk Great work Vikingmars! Mar 19 2006, 02:44 PM Ant103 Bonjour ą tous!
En France, il n'y pas que... Mar 20 2006, 08:48 AM Rakhir QUOTE (Ant103 @ Mar 20 2006, 09:48 AM) Vi... Mar 20 2006, 10:56 AM |
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