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 Oct 22 2008, 02:17 AM
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How could they be done delivering samples? Don't they have one more TEGA oven left to open?
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Oct 22 2008, 06:14 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
IIRC scraping up and prepositioning samples for later delivery has been mentioned. Perhaps letting them sit will reduce the clumpiness of the samples when they are delivered.
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Oct 22 2008, 06:25 AM
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 Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 75 Joined: 19-October 08 From: India Member No.: 4459 |
QUOTE (James Sorenson @ Oct 22 2008, 07:47 AM)  How could they be done delivering samples? Don't they have one more TEGA oven left to open? .May be they intend to collect falling snow and are hoping for frost to form in the oven, that is left open. 
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Oct 22 2008, 11:36 AM
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QUOTE (belleraphon1 @ Oct 22 2008, 12:54 AM) Also interesting this... using the arm to nudge a sample... "Later this week, Phoenix engineers and scientists will use the robotic arm to attempt to push a soil sample piled in a funnel on top of the lander’s Wet Chemistry Laboratory into a cell for analysis." "Later this week" would be tosol (146) if the tweet from Phoenix 12h ago is anything to go by... QUOTE (Phoenix) A sample of dirt is stuck in the funnel opening to the Chem Lab, so using my robotic arm I'll try to give it a careful nudge tomorrow.
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Oct 22 2008, 01:12 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Don't bother with a carefull nudge, hit it hard with a "hammer", works every time.
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Oct 22 2008, 02:03 PM
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Did anyone notice, from http://www.met.tamu.edu/mars/142.html:
QUOTE 1FD1-8: The Hunt for WCL0'S Missing Sample 
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Oct 22 2008, 02:12 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Hilarious stuff...
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Oct 22 2008, 02:38 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Colourisation and anaglyph from Sol 142 here, if anyone wants a look...
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Oct 22 2008, 06:50 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
... and Sol 144 images here...
Really want to say a big THANK YOU to Mark Lemmon for all his hard work putting the Phoenix images online in his easy-to-browse gallery... -------------------- |
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Oct 25 2008, 07:04 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Sol 148, and Phoenix snaps infamous British villain, Hissing Sid, on Mars... that poor, (almost certainly space-crazy by now) cat living in the probe had better watch out...
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Oct 25 2008, 02:55 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
About time for this song:
I cant light no more of your darkness All my pictures seem to fade to black and white I'm growing tired and time stands still before me Frozen here on the ladder of my life Its much too late to save myself from falling I took a chance and changed your way of life But you misread my meaning when I met you Closed the door and left me blinded by the light Don't let the sun go down on me Although I search myself, its always someone else I see I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free But losing everything is like the sun going down on me ... Elton John, 1974 -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Oct 25 2008, 03:15 PM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Damn; that was so appropriate, Dan. Life really sucks when it's just so real, you know?
 But, the hell of it is that there's always light: When the Sun shines on my face I see dancing dust motes, mysterious...can I see them closer? Smells of pollen, green and sneezing Walk the world, people's faces How many know that we walk alien worlds now? It doesn't matter....you are secure in your knowledge That the dream unfolds As the planet rotates massively into night The ponderous sunset explodes before your eyes, and maybe you're the only one around you who realizes what you're seeing it is so precious to be alive, damn it it is the only gift ever given or ever needed because you can see and seeing is all you ever wanted from this world and to see others makes life all worth the while -------------------- 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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Oct 25 2008, 07:08 PM
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To get all classical on your @sses, here's a rough translation of the poem "Naenie" by Friedrich Schiller. I highly recommend the Brahms choral setting!
Even the beautiful must die. Men and gods, masters over much, cannot soften the iron heart of the stygian Zeus [Hades]. Only once did love melt the heart of the monarch of shadows, Yet on the threshold, he sternly revoked his blessing. Not even Aphrodite could stanch the wound of the lad, That in his beautiful side, cruelly, the wild boar had ripped. Nay, the immortal mother could not succor the divine hero, When falling at the Acaean gate, he fulfilled his fate. But she ascends from the sea with all the daughters of Nereus, Lifting loud the lament for her glorified son. Lo, the gods are weeping, Behold, every goddess is weeping, For the beautiful fades away; For that which is perfect dies. Even a dirge on the lips of a loved one is glorious, For what is common goes down to Orcus unsung. Even a dirge on the lips of a loved one is glorious. -------------------- Jonathan Ward
Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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Oct 25 2008, 08:12 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Oct 26 2008, 12:14 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Indeed....great work, Stu! (Sigh)...it's sad to see the illumination angle continue to drop, though...
Beautiful poem, ILB, as well; did you do the translation? -------------------- 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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