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 May 15 2008, 10:29 AM
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Rover Driver  Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47  |
My first one was Pathfinder, which the BBC spent a whole evening covering
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May 15 2008, 11:34 AM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
I got REAL lucky & followed Viking 1 live. PBS here in the US had live coverage, and it was summer so no school.
Watched the first-ever pic from the surface of Mars come in line by line...absolutely unforgettable!!!! Rui, can hardly wait to hear you describe your feelings after Phoenix is down & safe; it's quite an experience!
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May 15 2008, 11:41 AM
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 Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
QUOTE (nprev @ May 15 2008, 12:34 PM)  Rui, can hardly wait to hear you describe your feelings after Phoenix is down & safe; it's quite an experience! Down & SAFE...that's the mantra... That will deserve a special "teary eyes" spacEuropeTV emission...  -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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May 15 2008, 02:27 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 378 Joined: 21-April 05 From: Portugal Member No.: 347 |
Rui, you will have a great time following the landing! I've missed Pathfinder (although I asked a friend to tape it from CNN) but for Spirit and Opportunity I saw the whole thing.
(I can also add to the list Mir deorbiting, Deep Impact, Huygens, and SL9 impact with Jupiter - I was observing visually the planet with a telescope during those days and saw the black markings produced by the impacts) It's always an exercise of patience with some moments of anxiety :-) . The most interesting thing for me is the fact that you will see something new. It's impossible to guess what the landscape will look like or what the instruments will measure. So save some strength to when the first images arrive. If for some reason I'd be unable to follow the actual landing, I'd certainly get up latter to see if we have images already (these things always happen in the middle of the night for us in Europe...). Just some more days to wait ! -------------------- _______________________
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May 15 2008, 02:38 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Saudações 4º calhau a contar do Sol!
If nothing goes wrong I planning not to sleep...and to start working at 9AM... I believe it deserves the effort... And all the hypertension...  Guys...we are already live at spacEurope! Barry arrives in 20 minutes! EDITED: Barry's is in the house!  EDITED 2: Not anymore... 
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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May 15 2008, 02:57 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3652 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
QUOTE (4th rock from the sun @ May 15 2008, 04:27 PM) I'd certainly get up latter to see if we have images already (these things always happen in the middle of the night for us in Europe...). I remember Opportunity landing was happening at some weird hour for us as well, something like 3 or 4 A.M., was frustrating to have to go to sleep after the landing and then quickly get up again at something like 8 A.M. to see the first navcam image. Too bad Phoenix will be the same way as this time I have work to go to in the morning! Watching Pathfinder coverage on CNN, it sure was anticlimactic knowing it's down safe and realizing we'd have to wait a long time for pictures. For me, Huygens' landing was the most emotional, especially the confirmation of carrier signal directly on the ground. It actually took a while for the first surface image to sink in, to realize this is a completely different world than anything we've ever seen before! I can imagine it must have felt something like that with the Vikings as well. If only there was an archive of footage of all these historical events as they happened so we can relive the drama as it happened... -------------------- |
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May 15 2008, 02:58 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
QUOTE (ustrax @ May 15 2008, 03:38 PM) If nothing goes wrong I planning not to sleep...and to start working at 9AM... Looks like a lot of us Europeans will be needing some...  J
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May 15 2008, 04:19 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Rui's latest spacEurope Q&A was excellent, with some very interesting info given by Barry Goldstein. Catch up on the conversation here.
Also, there are quite a few Phoenix-related blog posts at this week's Carnival of Space... -------------------- |
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May 15 2008, 04:31 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Barry was in a great mood wasn't he?
And faster than his shadow replying...if it weren't Doug we would be there asking about what did he had for breakfast... Did BG said that an orbiter would see LIDAR's laser? And that this would be spectacular?!... Simulation anyone?! 
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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May 15 2008, 04:43 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14445 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Well - Galileo did it during an Earth flyby, and I think a Surveyor spacecraft managed it from the Moon.
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May 15 2008, 04:53 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
I wasn't aware of that...
And this will be Mars...not Earth or the Moon... ;-) -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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May 15 2008, 06:39 PM
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Regarding the huge dust devils - what risk do they post to the landing?
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May 15 2008, 07:06 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14445 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
We covered that elsewhere - but the collective conclusion was basically, none. Chance of encountering one during EDL = very very low. Actual impact if it does = low.
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May 15 2008, 08:10 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 447 Joined: 1-July 05 From: New York City Member No.: 424 |
QUOTE (ugordan @ May 15 2008, 10:57 AM) I can imagine it must have felt something like that with the Vikings as well. If only there was an archive of footage of all these historical events as they happened so we can relive the drama as it happened... I've posted a response in the Mars Missions: Past & Future Forum. TTT |
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May 15 2008, 09:09 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
So do I
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