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Started by stephendare, June 27, 2008, 11:25:09 AM

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The Compound

#105
February 03, 2010, 04:43:03 PM
I have a friend that works for NASA, here is a quote from him today on FB. Not good news :(

"I picked a depressing week to work onsite at NASA. Our president has cancelled the US plans to return humans to the moon and on to Mars and left us with no discerable vision for human spaceflight. There are a lot of people here who have poured the last 4-5 years of their life working on a program that is now defunct."

Sportmotor

#106
February 03, 2010, 05:21:51 PM
Quote from: The Compound on February 03, 2010, 04:43:03 PM
I have a friend that works for NASA, here is a quote from him today on FB. Not good news :(

"I picked a depressing week to work onsite at NASA. Our president has cancelled the US plans to return humans to the moon and on to Mars and left us with no discerable vision for human spaceflight. There are a lot of people here who have poured the last 4-5 years of their life working on a program that is now defunct."

That is truely dishearting :(
I am the Sheep Dog.

Bostech

#108
March 23, 2010, 01:30:01 AM
Quote from: The Compound on February 03, 2010, 04:43:03 PM
I have a friend that works for NASA, here is a quote from him today on FB. Not good news :(

"I picked a depressing week to work onsite at NASA. Our president has cancelled the US plans to return humans to the moon and on to Mars and left us with no discerable vision for human spaceflight. There are a lot of people here who have poured the last 4-5 years of their life working on a program that is now defunct."

He's trying to prevent Haliburton from moving to Mars.
Legalize Marijuana,I need something to calm me down after I watch Fox News.

If Jesus was alive today,Republicans would call him gay and Democrats would put him on food stamps.

Jason

#109
March 23, 2010, 09:23:40 AM
What an amazing picture of Mars!!  I bet the snowboarders are drooling in their Wheaties looking at those slopes.

BridgeTroll

#110
March 23, 2010, 09:26:13 AM
 :D  Imagine... little or no wind resistance... low gravity... I wonder if boarding on CO2 snow is better than H2O snow?
In a boat at sea one of the men began to bore a hole in the bottom of the boat. On being remonstrating with, he answered, "I am only boring under my own seat." "Yes," said his companions, "but when the sea rushes in we shall all be drowned with you."

Bill Ectric

#111
March 23, 2010, 10:26:27 AM Last Edit: March 23, 2010, 10:30:02 AM by Bill Ectric
I would like to bring the esteemed William S. Burroughs into the discussion from beyond the grave... (the good stuff begins after a short intro)...

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Bill Ectric

#112
March 23, 2010, 11:27:19 AM
Buckethead, I somehow skimmed right past that photo of Mars without seeing it. It's beautiful! Really cool pic.

Bill Ectric

#113
March 23, 2010, 11:50:17 AM
More Earth/Space-related Burroughs (I obviously don't know how to imbed audio files correctly, but if you click on the link, it will play)

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JaxNative68

#114
March 23, 2010, 04:35:48 PM
Quote from: JeffreyS on December 15, 2009, 09:31:04 AM
Venus is too cloudy.

venus is where we came from, mars is where we are going to go once this floating rock dies.

Bill Ectric

#115
March 25, 2010, 09:25:47 AM
oops, I think I committed one of those ettiquette no-no's with the William S. Burroughs recordings because it goes off-topic. Please don't throw me to the sock puppets.

Jason

#116
March 25, 2010, 01:43:08 PM
No harm Bill.  ;)

Bill Ectric

#117
March 25, 2010, 02:46:20 PM
Whew!

BridgeTroll

#118
June 18, 2010, 08:08:40 AM
QuoteOPPORTUNITY UPDATE:  Opportunity Breaks 13 Miles on Mars! - sols 2267-2272, June 10-15, 2010:


Opportunity is driving again and has now covered 21 kilometers (13 miles) of odometry on Mars.

The pancam mast assembly (PMA) azimuth error from Sol 2257 (May 30, 2010), has been attributed to a problem within the miniature thermal emission spectrometer (Mini-TES) instrument. An investigation of the Mini-TES is ongoing. The PMA has been restored to operation for imaging (not Mini-TES use).

On Sol 2267 (June 10, 2010), a quick fine attitude (QFA) was performed to refine the rover's attitude knowledge and to correct for gyro drift. Additional drive direction imagery was also collected. On Sol 2270 (June 13, 2010), Opportunity drove for the first time since the PMA anomaly, covering over 70 meters (230 feet). The rover drove again on Sol 2272 (June 15, 2010), achieving almost 72 meters (236 feet) of distance to the east.

As of Sol 2272 (June 15, 2010), solar array energy production was 297 watt-hours, atmospheric opacity (Tau) was 0.280 and the solar array dust factor is 0.570.

Total odometry is 21,005.47 meters (21.00 kilometers, or 13.05 miles).

In a boat at sea one of the men began to bore a hole in the bottom of the boat. On being remonstrating with, he answered, "I am only boring under my own seat." "Yes," said his companions, "but when the sea rushes in we shall all be drowned with you."

Dog Walker

#119
June 18, 2010, 09:22:35 AM
Never thought I would be cheering on a machine like a sports fan.  Go little machine, go!
When all else fails hug the dog.
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