Live Dust Devil? |
Live Dust Devil? |
Mar 10 2005, 11:17 PM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 109 Joined: 2-May 04 From: Litchfield Park, Arizona (Phoenix area) Member No.: 71 |
Man, this looks an awful lot like a dust devil in the distance. What do you think?
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Mar 11 2005, 11:00 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14448 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I think actually - that's highly unlikely. The Voyager/Ulysses funding is a totally seperate pot of cash to the Mars Program - and if nothing else - having two rovers on mars is an excellent way to train people for future missions w.r.t. planning, operations, communication, colaboration, long term planning and so forth - some excellent modes of practice are being put in place that will only benefit ( and save money ) future missions
They only shut down one of the viking landers iirc - and then only by accident The other just died. FWIW - I think we'll find that the public outrage and turning functioning probes off will save Voyager, Ulysses - and the others. Doug |
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