Phoenix - End of Mission |
Phoenix - End of Mission |
Nov 10 2008, 10:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 24-November 04 From: Heraklion, GR. Member No.: 112 |
Sad sad sad. But looking forward to science results and HiRiSe images of our baby in early 2010. She 'll be there.
PS. Anybody has any idea about the last Twitter message from Phoenix posted 1h ago in binary code ? The numbers are (if I have done it correctly) 84 114 105 117 109 112 104 <3 Is it some kind of coded message ? (Well duh ?) |
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Nov 10 2008, 10:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
And this is a quick go at the last image of the Martian surface taken by Phoenix.
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Nov 10 2008, 10:45 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 153 Joined: 11-December 04 Member No.: 120 |
its plain decimal ascii.
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Nov 10 2008, 10:45 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 293 Joined: 22-September 08 From: Spain Member No.: 4350 |
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Nov 10 2008, 10:47 PM
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Martian Photographer Group: Members Posts: 353 Joined: 3-March 05 Member No.: 183 |
This unremarkable pair are sitting at the bottom of my MMB directory: http://www.met.tamu.edu/mars/i/SS151ESF909...5_20973L5M1.jpg http://www.met.tamu.edu/mars/i/SS151ESF909...5_20973R5M1.jpg These are the last two. Not exactly going out in a blaze of glory... But those are a water vapor band/continuum pair, so Phoenix was following the water to the end. |
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Nov 10 2008, 10:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: 19-August 07 Member No.: 3299 |
I have been following all of his story. Later I did not have doubt that its mission was going very well; before to land on Mars, I had high confidence of its good touchdown. Later, the Phoenix's team did not sleep trying to get the most of precious short time and they were able to exceed all goals.
Hence, the mission of Phoenix was a truly of a great achievement. Congratulations to a good job to Phoenix's team. The most peculiar things that comes up to my memory from Phoenix are:
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Nov 10 2008, 11:00 PM
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Martian Photographer Group: Members Posts: 353 Joined: 3-March 05 Member No.: 183 |
Back in January 2004, who would have thought that at the end of a successful Phoenix mission both of the MERs would still be going strong? Ssh. Don't jinx anything. We lost Phoenix approximately when expected, and in approximately the expected way. There was just no avoiding the harshness of the environment. With MER, there were those, not optimists but pragmatists, who expected Summer/Fall '05. A few optimists said more. I don't think I heard Fall '08 and beyond . Even so, only Opportunity is going strong. Spirit needs help--little recent odometry, minimal recent science, and dusty solar panels choking off power. Or to put it another way: one is still hopefully roving, the other is hopefully still roving. |
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Nov 10 2008, 11:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 101 Joined: 29-January 06 Member No.: 667 |
Phoenix Project Archive Generation, Validation and Transfer Plan (PDF)
QUOTE The Phoenix Project Level 1 requirements state that Level 0 and Level 1 imaging data shall be archived with PDS within six months of the end of the mission, and all other Level 0 and Level 1 data shall be archived within 12 months of the end of the mission [Applicable Document 3]. The actual delivery schedule will exceed these requirements: the Phoenix Project will make at least two deliveries to the PDS, the first one no later than six months after Sol 30 data are received on Earth, and the second one no later than six months after Sol 90 data are received on Earth. In the event of an extended mission, subsequent data releases will occur for every 90 sols; for example, Sol 180 plus six months, then Sol 270 plus six months, with the final delivery occurring no later than six months after the last data have been received on Earth. Table 5 shows the dates for archive data acquisition and release. QUOTE August 23, 2008 Sol 91: Start of extended mission
November 20, 2008 Sol 180 ~ December 9, 2008 Delivery of data from Sols 1 to 30 to PDS two weeks before first release ~ December 23, 2008 First data release 6 months after sol 30 ~ February 8, 2009 Delivery of data from Sols 31 to 90 to PDS two weeks before second release ~ February 22, 2009 Second data release 6 months after sol 90 TBD Subsequent data releases for every 90 sols through end of mission, with data delivered to PDS two weeks in advance of release date. |
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Nov 10 2008, 11:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 24-November 04 From: Heraklion, GR. Member No.: 112 |
Thanks Cugel and Fran.
I see 3 is fittingly "End of Text". |
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Nov 10 2008, 11:08 PM
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This unremarkable pair are sitting at the bottom of my MMB directory: .... http://www.met.tamu.edu/mars/i/SS151ESF909...5_20973R5M1.jpg I think that is a quite remarkable last image. I distinctly see the soul of Phoenix shooting lightning-fast into the Martian sky. |
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Nov 10 2008, 11:10 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 646 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Forest of Dean Member No.: 617 |
Looking forward, the AGU meeting and the PDS data releases are going to be very interesting. We know how hard a problem it was to get a lander down intact in the polar regions, let alone get an extended mission out of it; the whole team richly deserves a storm of applause as the curtain falls, and they certainly get it from me. And possibly some bouquets of flowers flying over the orchestra pit and cries of "encore!"
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Viva software libre! |
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Nov 10 2008, 11:27 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Damn...I've shed a couple of tears for Phoenix,I admit it...seing through the chute photo, the first images...the amazing, thrilling landing day...
Dear Phoenix...you were an amazing embassadress from our planet, sad to imagine you cold, dead on that desert landscape of another planet, far from all those who design and built you and made you fly high above from the craddle...I'll miss you. We'll soon join there on the Red Planet. Thank you for your fantastic life! It was your way! -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Alan Poe |
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Nov 10 2008, 11:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627 |
Just as parents live on in their children, Phoenix lives on in the data. Who knows that butterflies will come forth from that!?
Goodbye Mayfly..... your data will live on forever. May descendants of your fragile creators find you and touch you some future day. Craig |
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Nov 10 2008, 11:35 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Farewell Phoenix...
And everyone really should read this poignant farewell from the lander itself... just superbly written, and very touching... this is how Outreach should be done. -------------------- |
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Nov 10 2008, 11:56 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Touching indeed....(sigh)....
It's sad, but let's never forget the excitement of landing day here on UMSF; it's a fun read now, we were all a bit giddy! -------------------- 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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