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here's a new space.com article about msl
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/te...lab_050105.html |
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May 5 2006, 01:13 PM
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The three naming competitions I've heard of are MER, Sojourner and the DS2 probes, and of those, the DS2 probes certainly were not children only ( I entered and I wasn't a school kid at the time ) - and I'm not sure about Sojourner.
If it gets kids interested in these things, I'm all for it. The names do not bother me one iota - and whilst for about 30 seconds I hated the names Spirit and Opportunity - now, after almost 1000 sols of surface operations, I couldnt possibly imagine them being called anything else - they typify the situation the two vehciles found themselves and I for one now love the names. Doug |
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remcook General Stuff Jan 5 2005, 01:48 PM
YesRushGen YES!!! They are considering what it wi... Jan 5 2005, 02:36 PM chris QUOTE (YesRushGen @ Jan 5 2005, 02:36 PM)I re... Jan 5 2005, 03:07 PM tedstryk If there really are two of these, between the twin... Jan 5 2005, 04:01 PM djellison I think it was actually not THAT cheap for the sec... Jan 5 2005, 04:01 PM YesRushGen It does seem a shame to spend the time and money d... Jan 5 2005, 04:42 PM tedstryk Actually, the Voyagers and Galileo were Mariners. ... Jan 5 2005, 05:11 PM Marcel Can someone tell me why there's no radioactive... Jan 11 2005, 03:34 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jan 5 2005, 11:01 AM)Phoeni... Jan 11 2005, 06:41 PM djellison Well - phoenix uses a combo of pathfinder heritage... Jan 11 2005, 06:57 PM Pando QUOTE Pity it's going to what might be a very ... Jan 11 2005, 07:40 PM tedstryk That is what I was referring to (the problem of be... Jan 11 2005, 08:17 PM OWW QUOTE (Pando @ Jan 11 2005, 07:40 PM)Yeah, im... Jan 12 2005, 08:45 AM djellison Yup - but - the orig '01 design included Marie... Jan 12 2005, 09:55 AM tedstryk It is too bad Marie Curie was cancelled. Maybe it... Jan 12 2005, 11:21 AM djellison I'd like to see MC set up as an educational pr... Jan 12 2005, 12:21 PM gallen_53 Word on the street is that MSL will be delayed to ... Sep 8 2005, 06:15 AM
Marcel QUOTE (gallen_53 @ Sep 8 2005, 06:15 AM)Word ... Sep 8 2005, 12:11 PM gallen_53 QUOTE (Marcel @ Sep 8 2005, 12:11 PM)Where di... Sep 8 2005, 03:26 PM djellison 2013? That puts it from being 4 years away to bein... Sep 8 2005, 12:27 PM tedstryk QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 8 2005, 12:27 PM)2013?... Sep 8 2005, 02:37 PM gpurcell So, NASA is proposing to send a billion$+ mis... Sep 8 2005, 10:22 PM SFJCody I would not be surprised if the first samples retu... Sep 8 2005, 10:44 PM gallen_53 QUOTE (SFJCody @ Sep 8 2005, 10:44 PM)I would... Sep 9 2005, 02:58 AM Redstone This is surprising news. Especially after Danzler ... Sep 9 2005, 02:36 AM gallen_53 QUOTE (Redstone @ Sep 9 2005, 02:36 AM)This i... Sep 9 2005, 03:08 AM dvandorn If MSL does just get put off to 2013 and not cance... Sep 9 2005, 04:29 AM edstrick In the good news department: (on space.com, haven... Sep 9 2005, 08:11 AM gallen_53 QUOTE (edstrick @ Sep 9 2005, 08:11 AM)Elon M... Sep 9 2005, 03:48 PM RNeuhaus QUOTE (edstrick @ Sep 9 2005, 03:11 AM)In the... Sep 9 2005, 03:53 PM gallen_53 QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Sep 9 2005, 03:53 PM)click ... Sep 9 2005, 04:15 PM vjkane2000 I'm skeptical about this postponement -- at le... Sep 11 2005, 05:49 PM BruceMoomaw I have trouble visualizing MSL's cancellation,... Sep 11 2005, 11:41 PM lyford Bruce thanks for that pdf link....
I notice they... Sep 12 2005, 02:36 AM tedstryk QUOTE (lyford @ Sep 12 2005, 02:36 AM)Bruce t... Sep 12 2005, 02:48 AM BruceMoomaw One more note in support of the idea that a manned... Sep 13 2005, 04:08 AM Redstone I didn't think this news deserved a new thread... Mar 29 2006, 07:56 PM djellison Looks like a hatch there behind the rover to mount... Mar 29 2006, 08:06 PM chris I guess for redundancy. if there was any problem w... Mar 30 2006, 09:10 AM djellison Ahh - another thought.
I've seen drawings tha... Mar 30 2006, 09:44 AM mars_armer It's also possible that they can't deal wi... Mar 30 2006, 02:42 PM chris QUOTE (mars_armer @ Mar 30 2006, 03:42 PM... Mar 30 2006, 03:27 PM mars_armer That's right, of course. The plutonium generat... Mar 30 2006, 03:42 PM odave Does the cruise stage have its own processor, or d... Mar 30 2006, 03:50 PM Jim from NSF.com QUOTE (mars_armer @ Mar 30 2006, 11:42 AM... Apr 7 2006, 02:10 AM djellison Well - given that they will want to conduct instru... Mar 30 2006, 04:02 PM centsworth_II The Skycrane is there in the diagram. Isn't it... Mar 30 2006, 05:49 PM BruceMoomaw Belive it or not, the actual tests (as opposed to ... Mar 30 2006, 06:10 PM PhilHorzempa As this thread deals with a variety of MSL issues,... May 5 2006, 04:02 AM centsworth_II QUOTE (PhilHorzempa @ May 5 2006, 12:02 A... May 5 2006, 02:09 PM BruceMoomaw I don't even want to THINK about what NASA wil... May 5 2006, 07:01 AM MahFL I don't think MSL needs a "name" as ... May 5 2006, 01:00 PM Jeff7 Main reason I don't like the name Opportunity ... May 5 2006, 01:20 PM elakdawalla The public really, really gets into naming contest... May 5 2006, 02:13 PM Jeff7 QUOTE (elakdawalla @ May 5 2006, 10:13 AM... May 7 2006, 05:59 AM tedstryk Ren and Stimpy might have been good.... May 7 2006, 12:16 PM ljk4-1 How about:
Frik and Frak
Ying and Yang
Ebb and ... May 5 2006, 02:22 PM centsworth_II After reading the list of finalists, I'm reall... May 5 2006, 02:55 PM MahFL Laural and Hardy would have been good names..... I... May 5 2006, 05:40 PM ljk4-1 QUOTE (MahFL @ May 5 2006, 01:40 PM) Laur... May 5 2006, 06:20 PM dvandorn I still think they ought to have followed the exam... May 5 2006, 08:28 PM elakdawalla I have long had suspicions that the (in my mind) m... May 6 2006, 12:13 AM Bill Harris Oppy and Spirit are a part of our history now. How... May 6 2006, 02:45 AM BruceMoomaw Which of the Wright brothers was it who crashed an... May 6 2006, 03:37 AM jamescanvin Orville May 6 2006, 05:52 AM PhilHorzempa I know that my suggestion was dull and boring (Mar... May 7 2006, 04:46 AM djellison QUOTE (PhilHorzempa @ May 7 2006, 05:46 A... May 7 2006, 09:57 AM dvandorn If it weren't for the fact that the namesakes ... May 7 2006, 04:24 PM elakdawalla All right, I can't resist anymore; I have to h... May 7 2006, 05:38 PM djellison I was hoping you'd post that list, I've re... May 7 2006, 05:59 PM Bill Harris The "didn't quites" are priceless. ... May 7 2006, 06:01 PM Phil Stooke I didn't care for "Spirit and Opportunity... May 7 2006, 09:25 PM tedstryk I wonder if anyone picked Beavis and Butthead? May 7 2006, 09:39 PM djellison I'd wager there were at least a dozen of each ... May 7 2006, 09:54 PM BruceMoomaw There's a rumor that, during ground testing, t... May 8 2006, 01:44 AM djellison "Divorce" and "Exhaustion" wer... May 8 2006, 07:48 AM odave I think the only downside to Orville and Wilbur wo... May 8 2006, 03:10 PM PhilHorzempa Here I go again with a suggestion for an MSL name.... May 10 2006, 04:38 AM BruceMoomaw QUOTE (PhilHorzempa @ May 10 2006, 04:38 ... May 10 2006, 08:54 AM djellison "The incarnation of a Hindu deity, especially... May 10 2006, 07:11 AM Bob Shaw QUOTE (djellison @ May 10 2006, 08:11 AM)... May 10 2006, 11:11 AM ljk4-1 QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ May 10 2006, 07:11 AM) ... May 10 2006, 01:43 PM chris QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ May 10 2006, 02:43 P... May 10 2006, 02:53 PM BruceMoomaw QUOTE (chris @ May 10 2006, 02:53 PM) So ... May 10 2006, 04:54 PM Bob Shaw QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ May 10 2006, 05:54 P... May 10 2006, 07:22 PM mchan QUOTE (djellison @ May 10 2006, 12:11 AM)... May 11 2006, 01:40 AM PhilHorzempa QUOTE (djellison @ May 10 2006, 03:11 AM)... May 11 2006, 01:54 AM lyford Perhaps we could name a probe in honor of the Wels... May 10 2006, 03:57 PM ljk4-1 QUOTE (lyford @ May 10 2006, 11:57 AM) Pe... May 10 2006, 05:31 PM BruceMoomaw We seem to keep drifting back to HPL on this site ... May 10 2006, 09:33 PM Phil Stooke Bruce: "Something like that tends to leave a ... May 10 2006, 11:20 PM djellison Oh - I know avatar means something else - but it a... May 11 2006, 07:56 AM Bob Shaw QUOTE (djellison @ May 11 2006, 08:56 AM)... May 11 2006, 04:12 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (djellison @ May 11 2006, 03:56 AM)... May 11 2006, 04:37 PM edstrick When the VOIR mission was in development (Venus Or... May 11 2006, 11:07 AM djellison Prospector's been done - I know it was Lunar..... May 11 2006, 05:44 PM Bob Shaw QUOTE (djellison @ May 11 2006, 06:44 PM)... May 11 2006, 07:31 PM dvandorn Still, this all brings up some intersting attitude... May 13 2006, 03:46 PM centsworth_II Imagine if NASA were to put a military package int... May 13 2006, 04:19 PM |
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