What? No talk about the Mars Rover? - Page 3

Atrocities · #21 January 8th, 2004, 02:46 AM

I just heard on the news that the images, the color ones, are fantastic.

Big smiles.

Growltigger · #22 January 8th, 2004, 02:47 AM

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alroight tharr moi luvvlies?

What worries me is that they will get photo's of Wurzel's wrecked spaceship, with a small martian standing there with a ray gun saying "Geetttt Orrrfffff Moii Lannnnndd Yeww Wazoks"

What is wrong with organic gardening and real ale? Guilty on both counts m'lord. And I have no facial hair, infact I have no hair on my head anywhere (except up the nose and in my ears I suppose)

Reality check - Wurzel becomes Captain on the next series of Enterprise, "alroight yewww klingon bahhhhstaahhds, preepair too foir that ol' muck spreader, roight"

Taz-in-Space · #23 January 8th, 2004, 06:55 AM

I'll be interested seeing what kind of landing the next rover makes.
If sucessful, does anyone know how far apart they will be? Or how fast and far they can go?
Would be way cool to see them taking pictures of each other!

Captain Kwok · #24 January 8th, 2004, 04:37 PM

I think it was mentioned that the rovers' missions will Last about 3 months. That gives lots of time to explore once they start roving.

The problem with the previous "Pathfinder" mission was that the NASA guys said there wasn't enough "science" on/from it. The new rovers as mentioned already are much larger and packed with lots of excellent instruments!

Let's just hope the other rover lands safely too!

Narrew · #25 January 8th, 2004, 10:00 PM

I wish we had a camera crew there to watch the landing in real time not computer generated. I could see some alien on Mars looking into the sky thinking WTH? That is one HUGE piece of hail. Oh well I digress.

Loser · #26 January 9th, 2004, 02:25 AM

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Originally posted by Taz-in-Space:
I'll be interested seeing what kind of landing the next rover makes.
If sucessful, does anyone know how far apart they will be? Or how fast and far they can go?
Would be way cool to see them taking pictures of each other!

I believe they are on opposite sides of the world.

Atrocities · #27 January 9th, 2004, 02:29 AM

I wonder if the Discovery Channel will do somthing on this? It seems like a prime oppurtunity for a good hour long feature or documentary.

David E. Gervais · #28 January 9th, 2004, 01:29 PM

I was thinking, if they had a permanent satalite in orbit around mars, the future landers could save on payload by using it as a relay to send info back to earth. That way they wouldn't need such big bulky transmitters. The space could be used for more scientific equipment.

Just a thought, Cheers!

geoschmo · #29 January 9th, 2004, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Taz-in-Space:
I'll be interested seeing what kind of landing the next rover makes.
If sucessful, does anyone know how far apart they will be? Or how fast and far they can go?
Would be way cool to see them taking pictures of each other!

I was thinking it's a shame that one of them isn't close enough to the Beagle 2 to roll over and give it a kick and see if that doesn't get that one working.

Captain Kwok · #30 January 9th, 2004, 01:52 PM

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Originally posted by David E. Gervais:
I was thinking, if they had a permanent satalite in orbit around mars, the future landers could save on payload by using it as a relay to send info back to earth. That way they wouldn't need such big bulky transmitters. The space could be used for more scientific equipment.

Just a thought, Cheers!

They're two satellites in permanent orbit of mars, they are the Global Surveyor and a weather satellite.