What? No talk about the Mars Rover?

David E. Gervais · #1 January 6th, 2004, 09:55 PM

I for one am very happy that this mission is turning out to be a great success. I don't see much difference in the Mars landscape since the Last one, but I guess that was to be expected.

I just hope that 'Sleepy Hollow' doesn't turn out to be quicksand

What do you all think of the mission so far?

Cheers!

Loser · #2 January 6th, 2004, 10:03 PM

Looks like Utah.

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 January 6th, 2004, 10:16 PM

wonder how long this one will Last before J'onn gets to it...

come on, all those probes lost and your gonna tell me it's natural causes?

Narrew · #4 January 6th, 2004, 10:37 PM

PBS is supposed to have some special tonight with the new pictures comming from there. Looking forward to it.

gregebowman · #5 January 6th, 2004, 10:42 PM

I've been a big NASA fan since I was 6, when men were landing on the moon. I'm glad we've finally got a successful mission to Mars in the past few years. Don't know what it is about Mars and space missions. Maybe someone doesn't want us snooping up there?

Fyron · #6 January 7th, 2004, 12:26 AM

Well they just aren't interesting unless they fail for some innane reason.

Captain Kwok · #7 January 7th, 2004, 01:12 AM

I think things will get much more interesting once the rover starts roving.

Kamog · #8 January 7th, 2004, 09:19 AM

So when is the rover going to start driving around, exploring?

Atrocities · #9 January 7th, 2004, 10:02 AM

Sh*t that thing didn't land on Mars. It's sitting in my Uncle Bob's back 40 in lower Texas. He has been taking pot shots at it with his varment rifle.

All I can say is it is about time they succeeded.

I guess the new calculators worked.

Growltigger · #10 January 7th, 2004, 10:20 AM

Full credit to NASA for landing Spirit. I think that the initial photos are phenomenal, and look forward to some even better shots when the rover starts trundling around. Even better when Opportunity lands.

Over this side of the pond, we are a bit gutted that our very own British Beagle 2, which landed (or was meant to) on Christmas Day, has disappeared off the face of the planet. They are going to try and contact it again over the next week, but if it does not get in contact by 14 Jan, all bets are off (apparently) - is it the intervention of little green men or just bloody bad luck??