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« on: January 04, 2004, 12:05:19 AM »
It's on the ground and still alive! Woo-hoo!  :o

Time for bed now.
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« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2004, 12:11:05 AM »
My wife and I clapped when the tones came through.

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« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2004, 12:12:26 AM »
I did a silent cheer... didn't want to wake the neighbours. ;)
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« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2004, 08:35:59 AM »


We will know in 3 weeks if we will have 2 rovers working at the same time.

THIS IS GOOD FOR NASA! Some of the lessons learned from Columbia were used for these rover missions and is being attributed as a big factor in this success.
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« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2004, 09:56:07 PM »
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« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2004, 10:29:26 PM »
Looks like alot of red dirt to me  :lol: , over in the right hand section there looks like a mountain way way off in the distance.
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« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2004, 11:43:10 PM »
Looks can be deceiving, Bferrero. In that "red dirt" could be signs of water, or even past life.
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« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2004, 09:10:16 AM »
Spirit has rolled to the surface now.

This is where the real fun begins, and I am looking forward to the exploration!
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« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2004, 04:33:34 PM »
Yep, now it should get good!

I cracked up when they played "Born to Be Wild" as the wakeup music!

"Get your motor running,

 Head out on the highway..."

I woke my daughter laughing - at 1:00 in the morning.  OOPS!

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« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2004, 01:00:50 PM »
Goodbye, lander...



Hello, Mars!

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« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2004, 01:06:17 PM »
Alrighty then!

Let's do some prospectin'
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« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2004, 01:13:47 PM »
I can't wait to see the rover's arm reach out to a rock to do some work... if only the rover had a microphone so we could hear it grind the surface off of the rocks it looks at.
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« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2004, 12:25:05 PM »
Was anybody else jazzed looking at the closeup of the soil?  Just the ability to view in this kind of detail!  These are the sands of Mars, seen as if you were lying on the ground peering through a magnifying glass...

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« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2004, 03:31:24 PM »
Jim,
I look at all the images coming in everyday at the JPL website.  I know the media has lost interest in Mars but I sure as hell have not!  I know when Opprutunity lands, the only station to carry it will be CNN.  Kind of sad that science will always take a back seat to Jacko the molester in today's media!

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« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2004, 03:43:19 PM »
Speaking of Spirit, what day is it landing, the 27?
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