Conjunction Conjecture, A pancam update in a couple of weeks |
Conjunction Conjecture, A pancam update in a couple of weeks |
Oct 9 2006, 01:14 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
More questions for JB - drop them in there - probably be doing a new update in a couple of weeks
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Oct 9 2006, 05:56 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Has the team developed any contingency plans for extended missions should one or both of the MERs become immobile yet otherwise operational? Spirit's winter stops may have already provided some of these ideas, but here they are anyway:
-Long-term atmospheric optical property observations -Long-term nighttime meteor watch (objective: gain some idea of how many annual showers hit Mars, plus a rough estimate of their density; might identify some unknown comets that way) -Navigational beacon duty for future advanced landers (really extended mission) -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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