[Phil V.]

If you'd like to be on or off this MARS ping list please FRail me

[Phil V.]

If you'd like to be on or off this MARS ping list please FRail me

[Textide]

"We have scored a 300-million mile interplanetary hole in one,"

That's an awesome quote.

[DefCon]

I wonder what kind of torque those motors have to get that puppy up the hill.

[Bud Krieger]

...main problem is in software that controls file management of the memory.

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Did they outsource any of this work? ( you know what I am saying, but not really saying).

I bet they don`t release that information.

Anyone here know?

[longshadow]

Encouraging developments continued for Opportunity's twin, Spirit, too. Engineers have determined that Spirit's flash memory hardware is functional, strengthening a theory that Spirit's main problem is in software that controls file management of the memory. "I think we've got a patient that's well on the way to recovery," said Mars Exploration Rover Project Manager Pete Theisinger at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. [emphasis added]

Sounds like good news for Spirit, while at the same time it sounds like Opportunity is going to be needing a patch in order to avoid the same problem Spirit had.

[the invisib1e hand]

Opportunity Sits In A Small Crater, Near A Bigger One

sounds like something from a fortune cookie.

[Triple Word Score]

I am having so much fun just sitting here imagining the Chinese watching this.

Slightly dated, but the same general feeling of unbearable "We are the best!" over-the-top smugness:

"I know the Soviets (lalala)
They must be most upset
'Cuz they cannot build a car like my Eldy yet
It's got the fireplace
It's got the swimming pool
If you need extra space, it's got the backseat too.

"I've got a million dollars worth of ethyl gas
And a reservation for the room
Tonight I'm gonna drive my Eldorado to the moon
Tonight I'm gonna drive my Eldorado to the moon...."

--Michael Nesmith

[DoctorMichael]

Bttt

[meema]

Wow! Way to go, NASA!

[Professional Engineer]

"We have scored a 300-million mile interplanetary hole in one,"

Cool beans!

[ambrose]

JPL Rocks.

[Darksheare]

Interesting.
Hopefully this rover doesn't suddenly clam up on us as well.