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Exomars etsting at Mt Teide
djellison
post May 13 2006, 10:46 AM
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I went to Mt Teide twice as a teenager - it's an astonishing, barren, beautiful place - the plateau on the top of Tenerife from which the final tip of the volcano spikes upwards.....

Anyway - I spotted this vid at the BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4767403.stm

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post May 16 2006, 07:23 AM
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I imagine they've read the book - but seing as the most primitive drawings of the MER design were metaphorically ripped out of my hands by Cal-Tech Lawyers, I very much doubt there could or would be much feed-forward of informationa cross the pond.

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- djellison   Exomars etsting at Mt Teide   May 13 2006, 10:46 AM
- - akuo   Teide is a beautiful place. Some areas there reall...   May 13 2006, 11:22 AM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (akuo @ May 13 2006, 12:22 PM) As f...   May 13 2006, 11:35 AM
|- - Bob Shaw   Slightly altered! Bob Shaw   May 13 2006, 01:18 PM
- - MizarKey   I know it's a dog eat dog world out there, but...   May 16 2006, 12:26 AM
- - djellison   I imagine they've read the book - but seing as...   May 16 2006, 07:23 AM
- - Analyst   Very sad they have to invent the wheel again (not ...   May 16 2006, 07:44 AM
- - djellison   Well - you could look at it 1000 ways, but I have ...   May 16 2006, 08:15 AM
- - climber   They (we) gona need MRO anyway for site selection,...   May 16 2006, 08:43 AM
- - karolp   Coming back to the design of the rover itself: whe...   May 18 2006, 03:46 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (karolp @ May 18 2006, 04:46 PM) RT...   May 18 2006, 04:15 PM
|- - tty   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ May 18 2006, 06:15 PM) ...   May 18 2006, 06:04 PM
|- - monitorlizard   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ May 18 2006, 11:15 AM) ...   May 18 2006, 07:41 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   Here's that ESA PR shot, but with ExoMars move...   May 18 2006, 07:44 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   Have a look at the CAD drawing of the proposed Mar...   May 19 2006, 04:02 PM
- - ljk4-1   One of the attractions at the ILA2006 Space Pavili...   May 18 2006, 03:55 PM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ May 18 2006, 04:55 P...   May 18 2006, 04:22 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (helvick @ May 18 2006, 05:22 PM) A...   May 18 2006, 04:50 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Oh, yes -- the drill on that thing would have been...   May 19 2006, 09:44 PM

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