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[Redstone]

According to the NASA TV schedule, there is an MER news conference set for September 1, at 1 pm EDT (5 pm GMT). Take it with a pinch of salt, because these schedules change a lot. Whenever it happens it will be shown on NASA TV.

This is the first press conference since when? I can't remember when we saw the last one...

I'm guessing this is when we'll see the "Mother of all Panoramas". Hopefully some news on the science too, and future route plans.

[djellison]

It's fairly simple.

With only 600 whrs, there's not much you can do really - basic function, couple of naps during the day, a uhf pass - jobs-a-goodun.

But if you've got 950 whrs - you can do a couple of UHF passes, loads of imaging, loads of Minites work, lots for the rover to do - you can expend all that energy

But so well insulated is the WEB, that doing all the work generates a lot of heat (anything except mobility and IDD work involves heat being generated in the WEB ) - 300 Whrs of it Thats like putting a really REALLY bright lightbulb in there for the afternoon. No wonder it can get so hot in there! So - to stop it overheating - you throttle back on what you want to do in the day.

Doug

[Marcel]

Exactly, it took me some more words to say the same.....(English is not my mother tongue....sometimes i wish it was, participating between you all....).

Who the .... would have ever thought by the way, that after 590 sols of operation, we could need a FAN and RADIATOR to pump martian air through the web to cool it !! It's fantastic news !! I suddenly get the feeling that this missions (or at least one of them) could be supported by MRO passes