The Phoenix has landed

Cleo · 2008-05-25, 08:34 PM

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.

Licker4U · 2008-05-25, 10:39 PM

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?

Maj. Stress · 2008-05-25, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Licker4U

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?

10 months
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.

Cleo · 2008-05-25, 11:15 PM

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.

Licker4U · 2008-05-25, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Maj. Stress

10 months
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.

Hell, nine or ten months is doable for a human. What are they waiting for? Oh, I guess it was this soft landing they wanted to test. OK, I see an American on Mars within 5 years. YEEEEHAAAAAAW!

Fonz · 2008-05-26, 04:00 AM

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

T Pat · 2008-05-26, 05:27 AM

talk about a high tech backhoe

terry · 2008-05-26, 08:41 AM

Thats cool stuff.

docholly · 2008-05-26, 09:59 AM

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..

papagmp · 2008-05-26, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Licker4U

OK, I see an American on Mars within 5 years. YEEEEHAAAAAAW!

I can see it now - a fucking Walmart on every corner.

2008-05-25, 08:34 PM	#1
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Licker4U Mean people suck, nice people swallow, are you mean or nice? Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Lower Alabama-The Redneck Riviera Posts: 2,377	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? __________________ Submit to Girls That Squirt , Hairy Pussy Links and Best Wet Pussy

2008-05-25, 11:15 PM	#4
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	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. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

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