Mars probe set for risky landing
25-05-2008, 17:34
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Mars probe set for risky landing
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An American spacecraft is about to attempt a perilous landing on the surface of Mars.
Nasa's Phoenix lander is due to touch down on Sunday GMT in the far north of the Red Planet, after a 680-million-km (423-million-mile) journey from Earth.
The probe is equipped with a robotic arm to dig for water ice thought to be buried beneath the surface.
Scientists say the mission should give the clearest indication yet of whether Mars could once have harboured life.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7411113.stm
Here's nasa's tv live coverage 
Should start at 6pm(half an hour).
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/
Last edited by ginge51; 25-05-2008 at 17:43.
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25-05-2008, 18:00
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Re: Mars probe set for risky landing
I predict it'll end up in a million pieces very soon then. Or they'll lose it, it'll be one of the other anyway.
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Last edited by peanutkp; 25-05-2008 at 18:03.
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25-05-2008, 18:07
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Re: Mars probe set for risky landing
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Isn't it 6pm EDT? (11pm UK time)
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25-05-2008, 18:09
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Re: Mars probe set for risky landing
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Isn't it 6pm EDT? (11pm UK time)
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You could well be correct  
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25-05-2008, 19:47
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Re: Mars probe set for risky landing
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Yup, EDT (New York Time) is four hours behind UTC/GMT, add on one hour for BST.
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25-05-2008, 20:00
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Re: Mars probe set for risky landing
Press briefing about to start now
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25-05-2008, 20:34
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Re: Mars probe set for risky landing
Hope they have fully comprehensive insurance - can you imagine the insurance accident report if it winds up having a collision with Beagle 2.
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25-05-2008, 20:39
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Re: Mars probe set for risky landing
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Originally Posted by peanutkp
I predict it'll end up in a million pieces very soon then. Or they'll lose it, it'll be one of the other anyway.
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your a fair judge pea. 
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25-05-2008, 20:50
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Re: Mars probe set for risky landing
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your a fair judge pea. |
But I do hope I'm wrong though.
It has to be said it is amazing to be able to communicate and and control something over all those millions of miles away and for that to send data all the way back.
It can do all that yet I still can't get Ch5. 
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26-05-2008, 01:05
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26-05-2008, 01:09
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Re: Mars probe set for risky landing
Excellent. I bet they are doing cart wheels at Nasa HQ right now.
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26-05-2008, 01:11
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Re: Mars probe set for risky landing
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Excellent. I bet they are doing cart wheels at Nasa HQ right now. |
Its live on Nasa Tv
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
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02-06-2008, 23:58
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Re: Mars probe set for risky landing
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03-06-2008, 00:16
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Re: Mars probe set for risky landing
ooh, that could be exiting - lets hope it gets confirmed 
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08-06-2008, 17:49
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Re: Mars probe set for risky landing
Martian soil frustrates Phoenix
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7442233.stm
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Scientists working on Nasa's Phoenix lander are trying to work out why a soil sample dropped on to an instrument bay was not registered.
Images sent back from Mars clearly show the sample lying across a screen protecting the opening to a tiny oven.
But it seems the soil may have been too lumpy to pass through into the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer.
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Hmm! I can help wondering why this DIDN'T crop up as a problem BEFORE they went to the expense of sending out the Lander to Mars.
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