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Mars Pathfinder Ten Year Anniversary, July 4, 2007., - The little rover that started it all...
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post Jul 5 2007, 08:35 AM
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Sorry, I'm one day late, but nevertheless: yesterday, on July 4th it was 10 years ago that the little rover bumped down to a landing on Mars.

I'll never forget watching the press conference late at night in Denmark, staying up late despite a very disgruntled young lady-friend of mine (still had my priorities right at the time!).

Some fantastic images were sent down and the little rover did really well. It's 4 months of activity certainly influenced my thinking on the possible longevity of the MER's, and thereby set me up for the incredibly surprise of their several years of operations.

It also became a major major phenomenon on the fledgling internet, probably to the surprise of many who didn't think a science web site could become so popular. The original Patfinder web page is a great testament to the mission (and web design of the period)!

Congrats on the anniversary to MarsEngineer and all the other members of the original Pathfinder team!
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- Oersted   Mars Pathfinder Ten Year Anniversary, July 4, 2007.   Jul 5 2007, 08:35 AM
- - djellison   I was about to go "4 months...well...it was o...   Jul 5 2007, 08:49 AM
|- - brellis   QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 5 2007, 01:49 AM) ...   Jul 7 2007, 01:43 PM
- - gpurcell   I went to Tidbinbilla (outside Canberra) to watch ...   Jul 5 2007, 02:49 PM
- - CosmicRocker   I meant to post a comment too, but I am also late....   Jul 7 2007, 07:38 AM
|- - AndyG   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Jul 7 2007, 08:38 A...   Jul 7 2007, 01:50 PM
- - Stu   I wasn't even online when Sojourner was trundl...   Jul 7 2007, 09:24 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   That was the first time I watched a live video str...   Jul 7 2007, 03:16 PM
|- - SFJCody   I remember that summer... lots of updates from Gal...   Jul 7 2007, 04:27 PM
|- - dvandorn   I was online when MPF landed -- that is to say, I ...   Jul 7 2007, 06:04 PM
|- - tedstryk   I reprocessed the sojourner color shots. http://w...   Jul 7 2007, 06:27 PM
- - DEChengst   A 35 minutes documentary called "The Pathfind...   Jul 7 2007, 04:54 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (DEChengst @ Jul 7 2007, 05:54 PM) ...   Jul 7 2007, 07:12 PM
|- - hendric   QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 7 2007, 02:12 PM) ...   Jul 10 2007, 01:39 AM
- - rogelio   Any idea when we might get HiRise pictures of Path...   Jul 7 2007, 08:09 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (rogelio @ Jul 7 2007, 12:09 PM) An...   Jul 7 2007, 08:15 PM
- - djellison   I do a little comparative thing with Keynote ( Pow...   Jul 7 2007, 08:17 PM
- - edstrick   Remember that PATHFINDER was literally that.. an e...   Jul 8 2007, 07:33 AM
|- - Oersted   QUOTE (edstrick @ Jul 8 2007, 09:33 AM) T...   Jul 8 2007, 08:10 AM
- - Oersted   Great documentary at the youtube-link! - So ma...   Jul 8 2007, 08:09 AM
- - edstrick   "Indeed, and the color-chart, and the rover...   Jul 8 2007, 08:21 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   LOL I'll include it in the next batch Doug   Jul 10 2007, 01:58 AM
- - djellison   Might be better still to rescout the library for s...   Jul 10 2007, 07:06 AM
- - gpurcell   Hard to believe its been 10 years...but it's a...   Jul 11 2007, 08:25 PM
- - Oersted   Yes, Twin Peaks were just as impossibly far away a...   Jul 11 2007, 09:16 PM
- - climber   Found an apparently news paper called "Compre...   Oct 5 2008, 07:31 PM
- - Deeman   Oh i love that little guy. So inspiring, Actually...   Oct 6 2008, 04:59 PM
- - Shaka   Hey, watch that "little guy" stuff. He...   Oct 6 2008, 08:22 PM
|- - mchan   QUOTE (Shaka @ Oct 6 2008, 01:22 PM) Hey,...   Oct 7 2008, 05:55 AM
|- - tedstryk   I have redone a super-pan section around the north...   Nov 25 2008, 04:07 AM
- - climber   It's called heterosis effect: http://en.wikipe...   Oct 6 2008, 08:51 PM
- - climber   9's wayyyyy too much, heterosis won't work...   Oct 6 2008, 09:10 PM
- - OKB001   Hello, I hope I'm not going to get any troubl...   Dec 22 2008, 08:08 PM
- - OKB001   ... and the second one: Cheers,   Dec 22 2008, 08:09 PM
- - Oersted   beautiful!   Dec 22 2008, 11:41 PM
- - Bobby   This might be a silly question but if Pathfinder h...   Dec 24 2008, 09:24 PM
- - djellison   Big Crater, then Twin Peaks, almost certainly. S...   Dec 24 2008, 09:26 PM
- - Enceladus75   I always found it frustrating that the North Knob ...   Dec 24 2008, 10:35 PM
|- - tedstryk   I have done a new Twin Peaks pan. It is displayed...   Jan 16 2009, 04:25 PM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jan 16 2009, 11:25 AM) ...   Jan 16 2009, 05:47 PM
|- - tedstryk   Thanks. Here is an alternate version (a bit less ...   Jan 16 2009, 06:43 PM
|- - tedstryk   Here is one more alternate version. It is manipul...   Jan 16 2009, 09:38 PM
- - marswalker   I was up in the cafeteria at JPL watching the new ...   Jan 16 2009, 05:10 PM

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