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8/7/12 at 5:33pm

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Wasn't Spirit's journey extended 25x the determined life span?

Did anyone catch the meme yesterday about taxing certain NPOs that really don't deserve the NPO label and we would be able to send 24 rovers each year or something thereabouts? I want to see a moon landing in my lifetime.

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8/7/12 at 5:35pm

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I'll bet you anything it is active for more than two years. Opportunity is still active many years after it was projected to be. Hubble too, although it has been serviced in the past to keep it running. Don't forget the Voyager twins either.

When it stops responding it will just sit there until Mars claims it into the Eart... errr.. the ground

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8/7/12 at 6:15pm

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2 years is the planned window they have with it. They have said this could easily become 5-8 years or more if it stays out of trouble. its has some type of thermal reactor on board that will last a LOT longer then 2 years but they said it takes 135watts to run it but the reactor charges an on board battery at 100watts. so basicly they run the rover in charge cycles that's why they says it is going to "sleep" , they charge it then.

They have a term for a full battery cycle as well, and they seem to have there tests based around these cycles, like for example

"we will get the high res camera up in 8 "cycles"(but they use a different word).

People have to realize this thing doesn't run 24/7 in go mode and they have a LOT of checks to make before they can start having fun and drilling and such to make sure everything is working properly up there. They don't know how the system will work on Mars compared to earth. Arms, and drills, and things like that.

They also said the rover actually moves in a stop and go type movement so if they want to move it 100 meters it will move a small amount then stop, then move and stop again... I assume to make sure they don't get it stuck and the next move is sent to the rover.

People need to be patient with this thing its amazing it made it they don't want to botch something now! I am excited as the next person though!!

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8/7/12 at 9:39pm

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http://www.usa.siemens.com/answers/en/mars-rover.htm?stc=usccc010096

Interesting photos.

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Yesterday, at lunch break, I showed one of the photos from Curiosty to a colleague of mine. He looked at it and said the dumbest thing I have ever heard from anyone...he said "They have a sun on Mars?"

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sevada88

you should have used an even more stupid response, like "of course not, the rover has night vision"

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More stuff: http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv/theater
Im guessing we'll have new pics and such.

News:

No problems at all with communication - it's all perfect. 100mbp downloaded so far

The Mast cam is now up, and they've taken one image. Panorama on SOL3.

Fixed 'REMS' (weather instrument) issue - problem was because of memory. First data on SOL4 (SOL2 ended just recently)

Power is good. Using 105w out of 115w budget

Heat is good. It's warmer than expected.

New pics using the NavCams:

A panorama exists, as does a 'polar image' (you can see the whole rover), but it uses the ultra-low-rez thumbnail images (64x64).

It would appear that the 'dust' on Mars (at least this area) is only a thin layer. Under the dust there seems to be a sort of bedrock (i.e. rocky, solid material). This is going by the blast-marks from the skycrane. They'll be checking those out "soon".
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WOW that is beautiful.

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The pics are getting better and better

Can't wait for them to do a high res color panorama shot

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I wouldn't be referring to him as a 'colleague' much longer after that response.......

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