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What did you expect?, The day they landed, what did you expect the MERs to achieve? |
 Jul 13 2006, 08:14 PM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60  |
Having survived two years on Mars, obviously both MERs have succeeded beyond our wildest dreams... but I'm curious. What did everyone expect/hope them to go on to achieve on those heady landing days? How far did you think they'd get? What did you think would be their "best picture"? How long did you think they'd survive?
Might be interesting to compare our hopes and dreams with the reality... 
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Jul 14 2006, 06:02 PM
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After the landing, it was my extravagent hope that the mission would make it to Bonneville with Spirit and Endurance (for a quick and dirty look) with Oppy. I had faint hopes that one of the rovers might be able to hit a second major target.
I thought there was a minor chance that one of the rovers would be be able to survive as a stationary outpost through the winter...like Spirit is now (her, I suspect, final resting place). |
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Stu What did you expect? Jul 13 2006, 08:14 PM
djellison Squyres is on record saying that he thought, 120 -... Jul 13 2006, 08:27 PM
Stephen QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 13 2006, 08:27 PM)... Jul 20 2006, 01:12 AM climber QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 13 2006, 10:14 PM) Havin... Jul 13 2006, 08:34 PM bigdipper QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 13 2006, 08:14 PM) Might... Jul 13 2006, 09:40 PM Mizar Stu, great thread !
Never, never expected tha... Jul 13 2006, 09:59 PM dvandorn When Spirit took a look around, I figured that, if... Jul 14 2006, 01:39 AM jamescanvin I remember talking to my dad about Beagle 2 and sa... Jul 14 2006, 02:29 AM Holder of the Two Leashes I thought 130... 150... maybe even 200 sols. As f... Jul 14 2006, 03:17 AM fredk I remember clearly how after Bonneville Spirit... Jul 14 2006, 04:32 AM Richard Trigaux I was expecting nothing, from some spiritual train... Jul 14 2006, 05:50 AM MarsEngineer I can't speak for the rest of the gang, but I ... Jul 14 2006, 06:07 AM climber QUOTE (MarsEngineer @ Jul 14 2006, 08:07 ... Jul 14 2006, 11:06 AM mchan After the landings and the slow initial journeys, ... Jul 14 2006, 06:13 AM MarsEngineer From the little data we got from MPF and Sojourner... Jul 14 2006, 06:34 AM Eluchil Hi all!
I've been a lurker for a good whi... Jul 14 2006, 08:20 AM Tesheiner I remember when the rovers landed and my idea was ... Jul 14 2006, 07:12 AM Stu Great replies and memories guys, thanks
As for... Jul 14 2006, 09:12 AM Richard Trigaux Oppy's landing place was really a shock to me.... Jul 14 2006, 08:50 PM Myran Gusev was quite a disappointment to me at first gl... Jul 14 2006, 09:54 AM arccos Do you remember problems of Spirit several days fo... Jul 14 2006, 11:10 AM djellison The low point was Pete saying
"There is no on... Jul 14 2006, 11:11 AM climber QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 14 2006, 01:11 PM)... Jul 14 2006, 11:21 AM ustrax I expected fossiles, abysses, crawling creatures, ... Jul 14 2006, 11:50 AM Reckless Hi Guys
I agree with just about everything Stu s... Jul 14 2006, 12:17 PM djellison Actually I do the same thing. When refering to the... Jul 14 2006, 12:19 PM akuo A little before the MER launches, KSC was holding ... Jul 14 2006, 01:15 PM centsworth_II I remember being upset and depressed when I saw th... Jul 14 2006, 03:13 PM silylene Initially I expected perhaps a 120 day mission. I... Jul 14 2006, 04:05 PM Bill Harris I was expecting a lot less than what we've got... Jul 14 2006, 03:39 PM Bubbinski I remember watching the landings live, and I'd... Jul 14 2006, 03:47 PM hendric Hey Rob,
Any plans for an Imax documentary for M... Jul 14 2006, 04:07 PM SFJCody I remember following Nozomi, Mars Express, Beagle ... Jul 14 2006, 04:35 PM john_s I loved what Stu wrote about this community. I to... Jul 14 2006, 04:46 PM DFinfrock QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 14 2006, 09:12 AM) The b... Jul 18 2006, 02:49 AM Marz QUOTE (DFinfrock @ Jul 17 2006, 09:49 PM)... Jul 19 2006, 09:28 PM DFinfrock QUOTE (Marz @ Jul 19 2006, 09:28 PM) I se... Jul 20 2006, 12:25 AM ToSeek I remember all but laughing at someone, either on ... Jul 14 2006, 05:12 PM ljk4-1 Back in early 2005, Steve Squyres went on informal... Jul 14 2006, 05:27 PM RobertEB QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 13 2006, 03:14 PM) Havin... Jul 14 2006, 05:43 PM Bill Harris >I remember seeing this image and thinking Wow... Jul 14 2006, 06:11 PM jamescanvin Just to add one more memory.
I was in Madagascar ... Jul 15 2006, 12:14 AM ljk4-1 NASA just posted a news item on the upcoming Vikin... Jul 15 2006, 03:13 AM Nix First of all, I was real glad launch went fine for... Jul 15 2006, 10:00 AM Richard Trigaux Another interesting result is that, despites the f... Jul 15 2006, 12:01 PM djellison QUOTE (Richard Trigaux @ Jul 15 2006, 01... Jul 15 2006, 06:29 PM Bill Harris International, indeed. Remember the Frappr site: ... Jul 15 2006, 06:26 PM MarsEngineer Hi Climber,
Thanks for the kind words. Ironically... Jul 15 2006, 07:41 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (MarsEngineer @ Jul 15 2006, 12:41 ... Jul 15 2006, 08:19 PM MarsEngineer QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jul 15 2006, 01:19 PM... Jul 15 2006, 09:37 PM MarsEngineer I just noticed that Spirit hit 900 Sols last night... Jul 15 2006, 09:51 PM mars loon QUOTE (MarsEngineer @ Jul 15 2006, 09:51 ... Jul 15 2006, 10:26 PM MarsEngineer Thanks Ken. Very much appreciated (I just noticed ... Jul 15 2006, 11:04 PM djellison Just thinking - 83ish Sols for Pathfinder, with So... Jul 15 2006, 10:03 PM Oersted Rob, just want to say how much I appreciate you gu... Jul 18 2006, 09:22 PM MarsEngineer QUOTE (Oersted @ Jul 18 2006, 02:22 PM) R... Jul 19 2006, 09:20 PM Joffan What did I expect...
I guess I didn't think a... Jul 19 2006, 02:17 AM dvandorn As long as, every day, we can ask "where are ... Jul 19 2006, 02:33 AM CosmicRocker For me, I was just hoping Sprit could crawl to the... Jul 19 2006, 05:28 AM kenny What did I expect at the beginning...?
Well, I re... Jul 19 2006, 10:09 PM climber Talking about longevity, I wonder for how long wer... Jul 21 2006, 11:16 AM djellison There were motors to open the petals of the lander... Jul 21 2006, 11:31 AM climber QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 21 2006, 01:31 PM)... Jul 21 2006, 11:38 AM remcook To be honest, I didn't really have expectation... Jul 21 2006, 11:32 AM ljk4-1 Have they determined how "sticky" Martia... Jul 21 2006, 02:56 PM |
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