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djellison View Member Profile	Oct 28 2008, 08:10 AM Post #1
Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1	http://www.oobject.com/category/cars-in-space/ I think you know what to do Yeah - the LRV's were cool - but they did the job they were designed to do. MER has done that, and then some. MERFTW (and Stooke - none of that Lunar nonsense ) Doug

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dvandorn View Member Profile	Nov 2 2008, 07:58 PM Post #2
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15	Thanks, Doug. I remembered it was in the single thousands. The battery system for the MERs reminds me of the axiom that you always prepare to fight the last war, not the next one. Everything on Mars Pathfinder was working pretty well, when the battery system started having problems. It died from battery failure before dust accumulation could kill it. I can just imagine the MER designers, with far better battery technology available, said to themselves "these things won't die because their batteries failed!" -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain

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djellison Cars In Space Oct 28 2008, 08:10 AM

Phil Stooke Duh - what? What did I do? Phil Oct 28 2008, 03:04 PM

mhoward I think we're supposed to vote for our favorit... Oct 28 2008, 03:08 PM

ilbasso Ehhhh....some of those rovers appear to be infeste... Oct 28 2008, 10:42 PM

TheChemist Shhh.... The official Party line is to vote for Un... Oct 29 2008, 12:01 AM

djellison Well - we've put the UMSF 'founding sister... Oct 29 2008, 12:09 AM

Zvezdichko There are some rovers missing PROP-M and Minerva Oct 29 2008, 12:10 PM

Toma B QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Oct 29 2008, 03:10 PM... Oct 29 2008, 05:59 PM

dvandorn I will disagree slightly with Doug here on his ele... Oct 30 2008, 04:33 AM

djellison QUOTE (dvandorn @ Oct 30 2008, 04:33 AM) ... Oct 30 2008, 08:28 AM

CosmicRocker Yep. We've seen all the nasty conditions our ... Oct 31 2008, 06:45 AM

dvandorn I'm not trying to belabor a point, here, but i... Oct 31 2008, 11:11 AM

djellison QUOTE (dvandorn @ Oct 31 2008, 11:11 AM) ... Oct 31 2008, 03:07 PM

ugordan Um... 18 years? The half-life of cobalt-57 in Moss... Oct 31 2008, 03:47 PM

ilbasso I guess the question about "operational... Oct 31 2008, 02:38 PM

djellison Some people need to step away from the keyboard fr... Oct 31 2008, 02:41 PM

djellison Cobalt-57 in the Mossbauer - it has dropped - sign... Oct 31 2008, 03:49 PM

dvandorn I stand corrected! -the other Doug Oct 31 2008, 07:53 PM

tanjent On the subject of electric power - I remember in t... Nov 2 2008, 06:19 AM

djellison I don't ever remember battery life being menti... Nov 2 2008, 10:23 AM

climber I think the discution was about number of battery ... Nov 2 2008, 10:34 AM

djellison Yes - I know the sort of issue you're talking... Nov 2 2008, 11:28 AM

dvandorn Hmmmm.. my admittedly imperfect memory does recal... Nov 2 2008, 05:40 PM

djellison Looking at the JPL tech report server - they cite ... Nov 2 2008, 07:04 PM

dvandorn Thanks, Doug. I remembered it was in the single t... Nov 2 2008, 07:58 PM

helvick My recollection was that we (well I at any rate) h... Nov 3 2008, 01:36 AM

tanjent I googled "MER battery life" and turned ... Nov 3 2008, 01:16 PM

djellison Most of your four points are covered in the variou... Nov 3 2008, 01:28 PM

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