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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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monty python View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 02:28 AM Post #76
Member Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: 2-March 06 Member No.: 692	QUOTE (ustrax @ May 24 2008, 11:32 AM) I will now get myself away from the internet to get a good night sleep... But I would like to leave you guys with the music thatwill wake me tomorrow... Maybe we can get somehow tuned all across the globe listening to this...powerful...great...just great... WAKE UP! Thank you ustrax! I'd never heard of The Arcade Fire before. I'm a richer man now. Sleep well and dream of a smooth landing. Brian

vmcgregor View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 03:26 AM Post #77
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 21-November 06 From: JPL Member No.: 1381	I'll be at JPL as I've been for the past four landings. The first two (Pathfinder/Polar Lander) I was covering for CNN (producing for John Zarrella/John Holliman/Miles O'Brien). For the last two (Spirit/Opportunity) I had the pleasure of working for JPL. So this makes 5 - wow, I can hardly believe it! For Phoenix, I may be in the press room, or perhaps in mission control (escorting the press photog-- someone has to do it, right?) but no matter where I am I'll definitely be twittering updates. I have two jars of dry-roasted peanuts ready to open at the appropriate time... I only wish I could down a beer with them (a Belgium Duvels would be lovely) but alas, no alcohol allowed at work! Don and Emily, I'll see you at the briefing tomorrow. And we'll be thinking about the rest of you on UMSF and hoping that your kind thoughts and best wishes help guide Phoenix to a soft landing. It's been a real boost the to Phoenix team to know that so many people are cheering them on!

climber View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 04:33 AM Post #78
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2924 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682	Thanks Veronica, it's REALLY nice to get messages from you, one insider. It make me feel personaly very close to the Team and the event. I've found people in a very good mood in the today's conference, both the press as well as the scientists. Peter asking A.J.S. Rayl if she was trying to date him today was hillarous .This contributes to, I hope, a good mood for all UMSF'ers here. For the ones that didn't get to see the conference: http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/vide...nce/replay6.php -------------------- My Blog

tedstryk View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 04:39 AM Post #79
Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4407 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33	I really regret planning a road trip this week. I probably won't see a TV or computer until Monday morning. Oh well... -------------------- Temporary home for some of my images... My Webpage My Blog

brellis View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 08:19 AM Post #80
Member Group: Members Posts: 754 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700	QUOTE (vmcgregor @ May 24 2008, 08:26 PM) I'll be at JPL as I've been for the past four landings. The first two (Pathfinder/Polar Lander) I was covering for CNN (producing for John Zarrella/John Holliman/Miles O'Brien). Holliman's enthusiasm for Pathfinder was infectious. He'd love the spirit and the intelligent discussion UMSF brings to these already exciting moments in space exploration.

edstrick View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 10:56 AM Post #81
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1870 Joined: 20-February 05 Member No.: 174	I'll be in front of the TV where I've been for all but one "televised live" planetary landings since Surveyor 1 (Later Surveyors weren't live), recording multiple video streams. NASA-TV, and either Science Channel or CNN (probably) for DVD recording, one other channel, maybe the Science Channel for hard-drive recording. I was on a 2 1/2 week vacation for Pathfinder and my (imagined) mental deteoriation began with the brain-burning frustration of having absolutely no significant radio reception from where we were: north of the Grand Canyon, driving east to cross the Colorado River and go climbing through slot-canyons the next few days. It wasn't till we barely heard a on-the-hour newscast that we heard that Pathfinder had landed.

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May 25 2008, 11:21 AM

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Hi all

Not as exotic as many of you but nonetheless here's Mission Control Jersey UK with MER model keeping it's eyes on the main screen.
Just above the desk are to moon landing panaramas.

Roy

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Guest_Oersted_*	May 25 2008, 11:39 AM Post #83
Guests	Rob, Veronica, thanks for popping in here with a few words for us space enthusiasts! Sunny day in Dublin, Eire, where I`ll be going on a long countryside walk with a lovely Irish lass... So hopes are high for both Phoenix and... no, I`d better stop here...

Stu View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 11:45 AM Post #84
The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60	From a NEW SCIENTIST story today... "In addition to the peanuts, lucky blueberries will also make an appearance - a nod to the Opportunity rover, which found iron-rich spherules, nicknamed blueberries, soon after it became the last spacecraft to successfully touch down on Mars." Blueberries too?!?! I am NOT going to Asda again! They're going to think I'm scouting out the place for a robbery! Oersted: that's a soft-focus Corrs video, right there... -------------------- Homepage Astropoetry "Cumbrian Sky" blog "Road to Endeavour" blog

tedstryk View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 11:48 AM Post #85
Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4407 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33	QUOTE (brellis @ May 25 2008, 09:19 AM) Holliman's enthusiasm for Pathfinder was infectious. He'd love the spirit and the intelligent discussion UMSF brings to these already exciting moments in space exploration. He was by far the best space reporter the mainstream media had to offer. His loss was tragic. -------------------- Temporary home for some of my images... My Webpage My Blog

nprev View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 11:56 AM Post #86
Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8791 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602	Mark...T minus 12 hours... -------------------- 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.

eeergo View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 12:33 PM Post #87
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 19-May 08 From: Oviedo, Spain Member No.: 4118	It will be a bit late for me over here, considering on Monday I have classes, but that's what laptops are for! I'll be watching from bed, although I'm afraid with all the excitement I won't be able to sleep as fast as I should once we get the news. Not incredibly glamorous, but that will have to do They should cancel the classes at my faculty, after all I study physics and this is a really important scientific moment... or at least organize a Phoenix party so that waking up wouldn't be so painful? Having breakfast with blueberries is another option. -------------------- --- DaViD ---

Doc View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 12:51 PM Post #88
Member Group: Members Posts: 276 Joined: 11-December 07 From: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Member No.: 3978	Alright then.... I dont expect to visit UMSF for a while from now. So to all those with us now let us pray for a safe landing and a chance to finally see the arctic region from the surface. Once again GOD SPEED TO PHOENIX. -------------------- We talk of nothing but Curiosity here Follow me on twitter or Google +

tim53 View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 01:49 PM Post #89
Member Group: Senior Member Posts: 136 Joined: 8-August 06 Member No.: 1022	Keep your digits crossed, folks! I have internet access for a bit, so am checking in. Turns out we won't have an internet link at the Riverside Telescope Makers Conference, but we'll be watching on Satellite TV! -Tim.

nprev View Member Profile	May 25 2008, 01:52 PM Post #90
Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8791 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602	I'm gonna do digits, eyes, legs, everything I can think of! BTW...T minus 10 hours and counting... -------------------- 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.

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