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MER@5 Years, Your thoughts and congratulations to the MER teams

ElkGroveDan View Member Profile	Jan 3 2009, 07:28 AM Post #1
Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197	Five Years of Spirit on Mars I normally don't go re-posting the blogs that I know most of us here read regularly, but I have to point out what a wonderful job Emily did in digesting five years of Spirit's exploration into one commentary/column of under 1800 words. I can't wait to read Opportunity's story later this month. http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001796/ -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.

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Guest_Oersted_*	Jan 28 2009, 11:15 PM Post #2
Guests	Thx for the link climber! I'm a bit saddened, though, if the first MER landing press conferences are nowhere to be found on the web. With so much drivel on internet video.. - and then not this wonderfully historical footage? I did try to search http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/ but with no luck...

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ElkGroveDan MER@5 Years Jan 3 2009, 07:28 AM

Enceladus75 It's fantastic that Sprirt and Oppy have reach... Jan 3 2009, 06:38 PM

Del Palmer Excellent summary! To celebrate the milestone... Jan 3 2009, 08:02 PM

john_s QUOTE (Del Palmer @ Jan 3 2009, 09:02 PM)... Jan 4 2009, 04:44 PM

mhoward QUOTE (john_s @ Jan 4 2009, 10:44 AM) Tha... Jan 4 2009, 05:06 PM

marswalker QUOTE (Del Palmer @ Jan 3 2009, 12:02 PM)... Jan 22 2009, 05:14 PM

Del Palmer QUOTE (marswalker @ Jan 22 2009, 05:14 PM... Jan 22 2009, 09:40 PM

aggieastronaut I opened up a bottle of sparkling grape juice to c... Jan 3 2009, 08:19 PM

peter59 Official "Bonestell" panoramas available... Jan 3 2009, 10:13 PM

jamescanvin QUOTE (peter59 @ Jan 3 2009, 10:13 PM) Of... Jan 4 2009, 02:51 PM

Phil Stooke Very nice panorama. Unfortunately they have repea... Jan 3 2009, 10:22 PM

elakdawalla I'm glad y'all liked the synopsis. Actual... Jan 4 2009, 01:03 AM

Astro0 As has been done previously with Mars Rover annive... Jan 4 2009, 02:11 AM

nprev Beautiful picture, Astro0, and beautiful words, St... Jan 4 2009, 03:46 AM

stevesliva QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jan 3 2009, 02:28 AM... Jan 4 2009, 03:48 AM

elakdawalla QUOTE (stevesliva @ Jan 3 2009, 07:48 PM)... Jan 4 2009, 06:38 AM

dot.dk Scott Maxwell has started a blog about the early p... Jan 4 2009, 05:15 AM

Oersted QUOTE (dot.dk @ Jan 4 2009, 06:15 AM) Sco... Jan 4 2009, 06:44 PM

OKB001 Thanks for the head-ups dot.dk, it looks like it... Jan 4 2009, 06:04 AM

ups Simply amazing -- never in my wildest dreams did I... Jan 4 2009, 07:08 AM

CosmicRocker Oh my gosh. I'm becoming exhiliarausted (tm) ... Jan 4 2009, 08:36 AM

CosmicRocker Oh, and I thought this was an interestingly new pe... Jan 4 2009, 09:41 AM

Stu Great day!! Have to echo everyone's... Jan 4 2009, 10:07 AM

ups QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 4 2009, 11:07 AM) Seriou... Jan 10 2009, 02:52 AM

RoverDriver QUOTE (ups @ Jan 9 2009, 06:52 PM) The gr... Jan 10 2009, 04:06 AM

DarthVader http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/ is hosting ... Jan 7 2009, 10:52 PM

CosmicRocker Thanks, Darth. I hadn't seen that before. Th... Jan 8 2009, 05:12 AM

eoincampbell I love this place too, thanks drivers; image whiz... Jan 10 2009, 05:54 AM

HughFromAlice QUOTE (eoincampbell @ Jan 10 2009, 03:24 ... Jan 10 2009, 10:43 AM

brellis 5 more years! 5 more years! Jan 10 2009, 07:26 AM

CosmicRocker QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jan 9 2009, 10:06 PM... Jan 10 2009, 08:40 AM

RoverDriver QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Jan 10 2009, 12:40 ... Jan 10 2009, 01:35 PM

fredk From the NASA TV schedule: January 15, Thursday ... Jan 12 2009, 10:42 PM

PhilCo126 Looks like a series of interesting talks to celebr... Jan 13 2009, 07:30 AM

cschmidt On a different note, honoring five-years: I’m a ... Jan 20 2009, 11:34 PM

RoverDriver QUOTE (cschmidt @ Jan 20 2009, 03:34 PM) ... Jan 21 2009, 12:47 AM

cschmidt Heavens, YES! PMing you now... Jan 21 2009, 01:06 AM

RoverDriver QUOTE (cschmidt @ Jan 20 2009, 05:06 PM) ... Jan 21 2009, 01:29 AM

Phil Stooke It's not really correct to say Terra Meridiani... Jan 21 2009, 02:01 AM

cschmidt Phil, what a relief to hear that Terra Meridiani w... Jan 21 2009, 10:01 PM

centsworth_II Spirit flashback... five years ago.... "Art ... Jan 23 2009, 02:56 AM

elakdawalla Yeah, I've been waiting for that sol 18 shoe t... Jan 23 2009, 06:04 AM

centsworth_II QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jan 23 2009, 01:04 A... Jan 23 2009, 09:31 PM

Astro0 From Scott's Blog: As I'm coming in, Jeng ... Jan 23 2009, 07:01 AM

Stu QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jan 23 2009, 07:01 AM) We... Jan 23 2009, 09:06 AM

nprev Yeah, I can see it now: "Mr. Astro, has Tidbi... Jan 23 2009, 01:30 PM

Stu Some 5 Years+ musings... http://cumbriansky.wordp... Jan 27 2009, 08:29 AM

Oersted Thanks Stu, that was a very nice tribute with whic... Jan 27 2009, 12:08 PM

Oersted By the way, are there any places to see full video... Jan 27 2009, 12:32 PM

climber QUOTE (Oersted @ Jan 27 2009, 01:32 PM) B... Jan 27 2009, 02:37 PM

Oersted Thx for the link climber! I'm a bit sadde... Jan 28 2009, 11:15 PM

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