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Where will you be..., When Phoenix lands

tuvas View Member Profile	May 21 2008, 06:46 PM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 428 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Northern Virginia Member No.: 1062	Okay, so there's only a few days till the landing, and I'm just curious, where will you all be? Just trying to keep a similar sounding thread to it's original purpose, that's all. I am planning as of now to be at the LPL event at the University of Arizona. It should be interesting. I can only be there for about the hour around the landing time, but that's alright.

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tuvas View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 07:04 PM Post #121
Member Group: Members Posts: 428 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Northern Virginia Member No.: 1062	If things go well (Namely, I can get internet access), I'll try to post some things from the University of Arizona thing, on my almost dead blog at tuvas21.blogspot.com.

Shaka View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 07:06 PM Post #122
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1229 Joined: 24-December 05 From: The blue one in between the yellow and red ones. Member No.: 618	QUOTE (ustrax @ May 25 2008, 08:56 AM) ... (you special woman!...). Look out, Veronica, he's on the prowl! If he bearhugs men, just imagine..... -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!

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May 25 2008, 07:10 PM

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I'm watching from Maryland, across the the street from Goddard. Evidently no NASA Channel on the new cable service (Fios) but then neither did Comcast. Maybe Cspan will pick it up?
Anyway, here's my viewing station. Still have to go out to get peanuts.

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ustrax View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 07:22 PM Post #124
Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra \| Portugal Member No.: 228	Stu...13rd...I'll face that as a good omen... : Shaka...Veronica is REALLY someone who deserves all our respect and admiration...I would hug her...definitely... And you...and your dog...and a tree...ah well...everything! -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!" Edgar Alan Poe

imipak View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 07:23 PM Post #125
Member Group: Members Posts: 646 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Forest of Dean Member No.: 617	QUOTE (ustrax @ May 25 2008, 07:56 PM) I must admit...more than the indicated amount of beer is in place... My father ran his first marathon today, at the age of 65 [True! 6h 5m, around Edinburgh... well done, Dad! ] And you know, that reminds me of... drinking tactics. For, as your Uncle nPrev will tell you, just like marathon running, it's all about pacing yourself, making sure of reserves of energy, not wearing yourself out in the first five miles... or "doing a Paula" *) -------------------- -- Viva software libre!

nprev View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 07:29 PM Post #126
Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8791 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602	Yep... ...gonna crack Cold One #1 in about two hours...think I'll need it just for the tranquilizing effect! Rui, thanks for posting my very lately-submitted column. In an act of shameless self-promotion, if anyone would like to read it it's at spacEurope. Go Phoenix!!! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.

ustrax View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 07:44 PM Post #127
Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra \| Portugal Member No.: 228	You know...we Portuguese are used to REAL beer so it won't be today that I'll be KO... Also...I'll get myself a nice Carne de Porco à Alentejana meal...no problem... Nick...are you there?... Terrific to think that has I write this words Phoenix is, actually seing Mars bigger and bigger and almost entering its domains...how cool is that?! -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!" Edgar Alan Poe

nprev View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 07:47 PM Post #128
Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8791 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602	I'm here, Captain my Captain...now clean them beer butterflies off of your stomach!!! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.

Gonzz View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 07:49 PM Post #129
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 82 Joined: 22-July 05 From: Portugal Member No.: 445	How cool is that? As cool as a nice SuperBock beer straight from the fridge!

fredk View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 07:51 PM Post #130
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4271 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152	Mars currently occupying 8 degrees from Phoenix! And very rapidly growing... P.S. - does anyone know if cashew nuts work as well? PPS - I loved the line from the recent New Scientist story: QUOTE The peanuts are a Jet Propulsion Lab tradition, but unlike at the last Mars landing, these peanuts will still be in their shells. "I think we need to go through the process" of opening up the peanuts to calm edgy nerves, he told New Scientist. Definitely a good thing to have a process to go through!

volcanopele View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 07:52 PM Post #131
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3242 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23	I am quite shocked that the local stations here (Tucson) aren't covering the landing live. I was half expecting that. -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist! The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io

Steve G View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 08:00 PM Post #132
Member Group: Members Posts: 292 Joined: 29-December 05 From: Ottawa, ON Member No.: 624	Three hours, forty minutes to go. The Canadian news is quiet, which is surprising since there is a Canadian contribution to the mission. Here in Kelowna, BC, we are opening the new bridge and there's a big bridge party. So, alas, my sister visiting, I'm going to have to do a delicate balance of partying and watching the landing.

nprev View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 08:02 PM Post #133
Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8791 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602	QUOTE (volcanopele @ May 25 2008, 12:52 PM) I am quite shocked that the local stations here (Tucson) aren't covering the landing live. I was half expecting that. Yeah, really! When I lived there the community was very pro-space, even to the point of passing that light-pollution law to preserve Kitt Peak's capabilities. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.

ustrax View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 08:05 PM Post #134
Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra \| Portugal Member No.: 228	QUOTE (nprev @ May 25 2008, 08:47 PM) I'm here, Captain my Captain...now clean them beer butterflies off of your stomach!!! Carpe Diem!!! Never a Super Bock cause damage to me... Well...less than 4 hours to go and I'm a bit lost...(oops...you tricky SuperBock...) where's the place to be now?... EDITED: Just seen it...a cool guy in brown with two guys I don't know in white...following it while inaugurating a cheese... EDITED 2: Gonzz!!! Are we sharing Super Bocks now?! Where are you?! We must gather after all this is over! Sent a PM a few minutes ago... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!" Edgar Alan Poe

belleraphon1 View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 08:16 PM Post #135
Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627	Here in Akron, Ohio, will be watching from the internet on NASA TV. At 55, and having been around for the media take on past missions (from Ranger to MRO) do not trust public airwaves..... Just glad have a link to NASA TV and YOU FOLKS at unmannedspaceflight...and the Planetary Society blog from Emily and company.... SO.... I have the jar of peanuts.... Great Lakes Beer (Elliot Ness), and a flask of Jack Daniels for touchdown!!!!!! May those footpads grace the alien regolith, and deliver some secrets to us all..... go Phoenix... Craig

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