Phoenix - End of Mission |
Phoenix - End of Mission |
Oct 15 2009, 02:59 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
"We are going to attempt to contact Phoenix after the new year. Just next week we are planning to get together and finalize plans as to when. Not very likely we will hear anything back however!"
Hey! I was able to recover contact with Barry Goldstein today...who knows what might happen with Phoenix in January? -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Oct 15 2009, 04:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
I'm waiting for a Hi-Rise picture.
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Oct 15 2009, 08:46 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
If they can contact it, which is of course doubtful, I hope that at the very least they can get it to send back the remaining data that was left stranded when contact was lost.
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Oct 15 2009, 11:04 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 105 Joined: 27-August 05 Member No.: 479 |
That's why I still have phoenix running on http://www.dmuller.net/realtime/mars.php will this click and make a sound ( twitter? ) when( if) she wakes up? |
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Oct 15 2009, 11:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
If they can contact it, which is of course doubtful, If the contact is successful there will be a chorus of "I knew it all along, I had a feeling" from the armchairs gathered round. So I'm going to remove myself from that crowd and state right now that I believe there is a fairly good chance that Phoenix WILL be operational when the sun comes back up again. Call me naive. Call me a foolish optimist, but I believe that sound reasoning has driven me toward that conclusion. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Oct 16 2009, 12:38 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
I'm gonna give her a 50/50 shot @ waking up for one reason: Don't think that we have a good understanding of the insulating properties of CO2/H2O calthrate frost, or even what the precise composition of the frost that covered Phoenix ultimately was. Might've eased her a bit more gently into peak low temp than otherwise, which in turn might have put less stress on electrical connections.
I hereby claim the coveted "Most Desperate Rationalization For Hoping That Phoenix Made It" award! -------------------- 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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Oct 16 2009, 10:43 AM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Phoenix WILL be operational when the sun comes back up again. But...were there any doubts? I'm with you on this Dan, that winter ain't that harsh... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Alan Poe |
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Oct 16 2009, 04:03 PM
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Martian Photographer Group: Members Posts: 352 Joined: 3-March 05 Member No.: 183 |
With respect to data left stranded: it'd be nice to get, and I think that it is technically possible (ie, the issue is lander survival not loss of data despite a miracle wake up). As far as I recollect, all that was successfully acquired but left on board was Sol 148 MET data and sol 149 lidar data. I suppose there's a chance of access to half of the safe mode engineering data from the lazarus cycles (which half depends on which side of the electronics works first). And there may be some more engineering data on the last TEGA fault--but TEGA has no role in possible hospice mode science, so that might serve only as a cautionary tale for the future.
One small silver lining is that orbiter pass data volumes the last sol exceeded available flash storage--so everything commanded for downlink made it down. Phoenix was unlike MER in that respect, with little flexibility to defer downlink to a later sol. |
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Oct 16 2009, 05:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 28-October 08 From: Boston, MA Member No.: 4469 |
Is there any potential risk associated with trying to contact her too early? In other words, if they tried to contact her now and failed, could that compromise future attempts? The only thing I can think is that attempting contact before she's ready could trigger an inadvertent low-power fault by overburdening what's sure to be a tenuous power situation. This, of course, assuming she's able to respond at all. Is there any other reason that waiting until January is advised?
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Oct 16 2009, 08:13 PM
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Martian Photographer Group: Members Posts: 352 Joined: 3-March 05 Member No.: 183 |
I think the negatives are things that would happen anyway -- there will be many brownouts while trying to wake up, under any scenario with a good outcome. I'd guess a major factor is that the people involved have other mission critical or mission relevant jobs and you have to pull them away. Their time is a money cost, and an opportunity cost to a functioning or planned mission. So, you wait until the odds of getting something for their effort is significant.
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Oct 16 2009, 08:30 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 28-October 08 From: Boston, MA Member No.: 4469 |
Thanks, Deimos. Operational costs... I wasn't thinking along those lines. I suppose that pulling together the personnel, facilities, and resources necessary just to attempt contact would have so much overhead as to make anything less than a dedicated effort not worthwhile.
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Oct 20 2009, 08:10 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1084 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
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Oct 20 2009, 10:22 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
There have been two since spring - but I've not had enough chance to really hunt for Phoenix in them.
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Oct 20 2009, 02:42 PM
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May 24 2010, 07:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Long-Silent Mars Lander is Broken and Dead, Photos Show
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/phoen...oto-100524.html MRO images show that the solar panels on Phoenix were damaged by a heavy coating of dust and ice during the Martian winter, as predicted. Oh, and tomorrow marks the 2-year anniversary since Phoenix successfully landed on the Red Planet -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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