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Old January 8th, 2004, 02:46 AM
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Default Re: What? No talk about the Mars Rover?

I just heard on the news that the images, the color ones, are fantastic. Big smiles.
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Old January 8th, 2004, 02:47 AM
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Default Re: What? No talk about the Mars Rover?

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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"
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Default Re: What? No talk about the Mars Rover?

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I missed the PBS show Last night, but I did see the one on Saturday. It's true that these rovers weigh 50% more the Last ones. The big problem that they had to overcome was that they had to fit them into the same sized capsules, which meant they had to figure out how to fold them up for transport, and unfold them on landing. They had to rework both the airbag and the parachute designs. So far, it looks as though it worked.
Don't worry - the Nova show on Saturday was the same as the one on Tuesday except they showed a single colour photograph.
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Default Re: What? No talk about the Mars Rover?

OK, so it's bigger than the Last lander, but how is it better?
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The new rovers are better because:

1. It has a much wider suspension for better stability.

2. The robotic arm carries a grinder that is able to take specimens, plus instruments to test them.

3. There is a much larger solar array to power the extra equipment.

4. The computer hardware and software are better.

There are probably other things that I have forgotten, or that weren't mentioned in the show. I guess I'll have to wait for some of the results to be published to learn the rest, unless anyone else knows...
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OK, so it's bigger than the Last lander, but how is it better?
Only weighs 50% more, but is now the size of a golf cart, as opposed to a RC racer.

More room for more stuff. More stuff to do more things. More things doing to be find more things out.

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Old January 7th, 2004, 06:58 PM
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Anyone know of some good sites to follow the mars mission? The NASA site seems a bit 'lacking' and the photos are actually quite small.

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