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Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West
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The Phoenix has landed
Looks like this one didn't become another spaceship wreck on Mars like all the polar landers did.
They got a signal from the Phoenix lander a little while ago saying that it had survived. Should be interesting seeing what it finds digging in the dirt.  |
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2008-05-25, 10:39 PM
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Mean people suck, nice people swallow, are you mean or nice?
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Neat stuff. I was trying to find out how long it takes a craft to get to Mars but got tired of surfing that site. Anyone know how long the trip lasts? I know I've heard it from the first Mars landing but have forgotten. Something like a year and a half?
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2008-05-25, 10:57 PM
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Progress rarely comes in buckets, it normally comes in teaspoons
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I remember decades ago when I was in elementary school NASA was estimating it would take about 4 years. Looks like we have improved a bit. |
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2008-05-25, 11:18 PM
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Mean people suck, nice people swallow, are you mean or nice?
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2008-05-26, 09:48 PM
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That'll teach you to leave your sister unattended.....
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2008-05-25, 11:15 PM
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It depends on if you send the craft when Mars is at it closes since the distance between the two planets varies a lt throughout the year.
I seem to remember that it takes nine months when it is at its closes and years when it is at its furtherest . Radio takes about fifteen minutes. I'm a bit surprised that this lander doesn't have wheels or anything to move about. |
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2008-05-26, 04:00 AM
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IU was just watching the pics that it has already sent back home, seems like there's not much action on mars, no little green guys of any kind
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2008-05-26, 05:27 AM
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You can now put whatever you want in this space :)
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talk about a high tech backhoe
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2008-05-26, 08:41 AM
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You can now put whatever you want in this space :)
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Thats cool stuff.
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2008-05-26, 09:59 AM
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Nothing funnier than the ridiculous faces you people make mid-coitus
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Very kewl.. no little green men??.. maybe women are from Mars and men are from Venus.
Kinda looks like the desert out by Valley of Fire.. |
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