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 May 26 2008, 12:30 AM
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This give good mood for skycrane.
1- they'll do a lot of studies since this will be THE futur landing system 2- Only the last meters will change as compared to full powered descent -------------------- |
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May 26 2008, 12:31 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 362 Joined: 13-April 06 From: Malta Member No.: 741 |
Congrats to the Phoenix team!Great job guys!
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May 26 2008, 12:32 AM
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QUOTE (scalbers @ May 26 2008, 12:28 AM)  Yes - I can attest to the 32 year time span, having been at JPL for the Viking 2 landing... And I remember following the Viking mission as a child. No live coverage back then, at least not where I live. Now I get to see everything live. How things have changed... |
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May 26 2008, 12:32 AM
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I had to switched from Discovery Channel to my computer to watch NASA TV to rid myself of their commentary! A lot more exciting on NASA TV!
I'm still quite emotional. Landing on an alien world does that to the soul. |
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May 26 2008, 12:36 AM
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Woohoo! Wonderful! Can't believe how happy these moments are.
Has somebody already put the last few minutes on youtube so we can relive those wonderful moments of telemetry-bliss! -------------------- Antti Kuosmanen
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May 26 2008, 12:37 AM
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I'm working late tonight at the moment, deadline next morning, so it's perfect for waiting for those first few pics
 The first views from an alien landscape, so incredibly far and yet now so close Very emotional landing, specially doing it live here with all of you. Many Congrats for the Pheonix team, thanks so much for sharing your vision with all of us. Spirit and Oppy have company! |
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May 26 2008, 12:37 AM
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QUOTE (TheChemist @ May 25 2008, 07:22 PM) Shall we get solar panel confirmation any minute now ? Maybe during the checkoff in five minutes power production will indicate the state of the panels. Don't know if it will be clearly stated at that time, but surely the first pictures to come down in a little over an hour will show the panels in all their glory! |
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May 26 2008, 12:37 AM
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Emily has taken her laptop into the press briefing - see her Ustream. Sounding good.
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May 26 2008, 12:37 AM
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I recorded the NASA TV windows media stream during EDL. About 70 MB. I'm trying to upload on youtube...
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May 26 2008, 12:38 AM
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QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ May 25 2008, 04:32 PM) And I remember following the Viking mission as a child. No live coverage back then I think my two quickest streams of information were National Geographic and hardcover books. But by Pioneer Venus I'd started to make use of the small-town newspaper. And after Voyager at Jupiter, Science News. Galileo's arrival was when I joined the world of "real time". Seems like we're at the end of that evolution now. We could only cut seconds off. |
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May 26 2008, 12:40 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 82 Joined: 22-July 05 From: Portugal Member No.: 445 |
Someone please add a link to Emily's Ustream, can't get through to Planetary Society blog
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May 26 2008, 12:41 AM
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QUOTE (climber @ May 25 2008, 08:26 PM) This is an unMANNINGspaceflight My mistake. An off-hand comment by Doug led me to think that Rob was part of the Phoenix EDL team, but maybe he was just part of a review panel. But Rob always has something interesting to say. >>I'm not giving Rob the questions till after Phoenix is away smile.gif >>I'm not going to get the blame if Phoenix has EDL issues |
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May 26 2008, 12:42 AM
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-------------------- Steve [ my home page and planetary maps page ]
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May 26 2008, 12:42 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 82 Joined: 22-July 05 From: Portugal Member No.: 445 |
Thanks!!
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May 26 2008, 12:47 AM
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Link to Emily's ustream, PM are live there
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