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Apr 4 2005, 02:38 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 13-January 05 Member No.: 143 |
I just heard that Odyssey went into safe mode on Saturday. I haven't seen any official announcement yet.
One result is that MER is having to replan using direct to earth only. Current estimate is that Odyssey will not be able to support UHF relay until "mid-week at the earliest". |
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Apr 6 2005, 09:52 AM
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I'm quite disgusted by the lack of information from JPL to be honest
I'm sure odyssey will be back up and relaying shortly - but that it's a 5 day old situation and we still have no proper news is a disgrace. Then again - why would the break the 2 year 6 month tradition of not giving a single Mars Odyssey status update http://mars4.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/mission/status.html If this is a bigger problem than just a small safing issue - then we're in trouble. I would hope that ESA would bend over BACKWARDS to assist with MEX given the enormous effort by JPL and MSSS in relaying and imaging attempts for Beagle 2. Doug |
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