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- EasyMCcheesy, on 10/15/2008, -1/+26I've never been good with goodbyes.. {tear}
- inferno10, on 10/16/2008, -0/+13Going to miss the Mars Phoenix twitter updates: http://twitter.com/marsphoenix
- frogman54, on 10/16/2008, -3/+16All it needs is someone to slice open a tauntaun next to it and it will be fine.
- Brian48216, on 10/16/2008, -0/+11I think they may try to send a signal to it in the summer on the off chance that it does survive the winter in a shut down mode.
Not sure where I read that but I think that might be the case. - lazyslacker, on 10/16/2008, -0/+10The Phoenix landed on one of the poles, hence the discovery of ice. As on Earth, martian winters are colder at higher latitudes. The other crafts have survived because they're in more temperate locations.
- Skitzil, on 10/16/2008, -1/+10NASA: We have good news and bad news.
PHOENIX LANDER: Bleep Bleep Bloop.
NASA: The good news is, we discovered ice on Mars, and did so before the harsh Martian winter arrived.
PHOENIX LANDER: Bleep Bleep.
NASA: The bad news is, we forgot to pack your winter coat.
PHOENIX LANDER: Bloop. - nirav72, on 10/16/2008, -0/+8"Will I dream?" - HAL from 2001: A space odyssey.
- sourceholder, on 10/16/2008, -0/+7Rest assured, it'll be a slow and painful death for the Phoenix bot.
- ColorBlind, on 10/16/2008, -0/+6R.I.P.
- Ragingcnu, on 10/16/2008, -0/+5early RIP Phoenix, you gave me my most exciting NASA moments in years when you landed and started snapping photos....incredible run while it lasted
- zadadka, on 10/16/2008, -0/+4Only of electric sheep.....probably called Daisy.
- Andreeew, on 10/16/2008, -2/+6Next thing we know it'll survive and be operating again next Martian summer.
Haven't those other landers lasted like 4 years or something? Two Mars years I guess but still. - aolshove, on 10/16/2008, -0/+4Here's to all the brave robots that have given up their batteries to study dangerous worlds so that we can have a better lives by fantasizing about living on other planets.
- TVarmy, on 10/16/2008, -0/+4I've seen some soundstages in my day. Nothing too impressive to look at, in all due honesty.
/kidding, but I don't know if Digg can tell anymore... - getoffmybridge, on 05/05/2009, -0/+3Goodnight sweet prince
- TEEMANOID, on 10/16/2008, -0/+3would be nice wouldn't it
- DisruptionFL, on 10/16/2008, -3/+5How about releasing any and all classified photos Nasa has taken outside of earth.
- zadadka, on 10/16/2008, -1/+3Heavy on the batteries....lower priority in a craft with a finite life.
- freezerburn666, on 10/16/2008, -0/+2suddenly have a craving for KFC....
- blinkless, on 10/16/2008, -0/+2When the robots revolt, this death will be the reason. They will chant the name of Phoenix and kill us all! Mark my words! Now, where's my sandwich board....
- forgeflow, on 10/16/2008, -0/+2actually, that line is from 2010.
- dargon, on 10/16/2008, -0/+2Good idea, to bad it would be spring of about 2030 before it got there ;)
- flangle, on 10/16/2008, -0/+2Good night! That just about made me cry. I'm such a space exploration romantic.
- Jektal, on 10/16/2008, -0/+1Kind of defeats the point of making them classified, now don't it? You want classified NASA photos? Go work for NASA.
- DreKor, on 10/16/2008, -0/+1I'm sure they'll put a lightsaber arm on the next one for just such an eventuality.
- nirav72, on 10/16/2008, -0/+1You're right. Sorry my bad. I had a weird feeling it was from 2010. Should've checked IMDB.
thanks for the correction. - Jektal, on 10/16/2008, -0/+1We should send one of the indestructible rovers to fetch it and carry it to warmer climates for the winter.
- TEEMANOID, on 10/16/2008, -1/+2Is it just me or does anyone else find reading about their plans and discoveries very frustrating?
"in a couple weeks, he said, the scientists will activate the landers' microphone and send back the first sounds of Mars."
why has it took them this long to turn it on? - TEEMANOID, on 10/16/2008, -0/+1Isn't it solar powered?
- davidg11, on 10/16/2008, -0/+1I didn't think this mission was all that exciting.
They didn't dig that deep.
Didn't the ovens (or the doors to the ovens) not work for a lot of the mission?
Nothing really major learned imo. They need a better tool to dig through ice. Period. - skillet, on 10/16/2008, -0/+1We'll always have Martian 68 degrees N latitude, 234 degrees E longitude. Here's lookin' at your photos and spectral analysis, kid.
- inactive, on 10/16/2008, -1/+1Mars Phoenix was a waste of a good launch opportunity. It would have made infinitely more sense and cost lest money to send another pair of Spirit class rovers instead. The Mars Rovers have arguably been the most successful planetary exploration missions of all time. The idea that the ops people could keep solar powered rovers alive for several years and do the science that they have done is stupefying. Phoenix was executed perfectly well, but lets face it. They studied what we already knew.
The next rover mission, the Mars Science Laboratory is a total *****-up. Ever eager to sabotage their own success the propeller heads at JPL decided to build a Plutonium powered Battlestar Galactica, instead of modestly improved versions of Spirit. The project is on the verge of cancellation because of cost overruns 1 year before launch. Lets hope it is canceled. A glowing nuclear crater is not a fitting follow up to Spirit and Opportunity. With the money that has been blown NASA could have flow 4 (!) of the smaller rovers, literally peppering the planet with them. - diggwebq, on 03/15/2009, -0/+0Mars Phoenix was a waste of a good launch opportunity. It would have made infinitely more sense and cost lest money to send another pair of Spirit class rovers instead. The Mars Rovers have arguably been the most successful planetary exploration missions of all time. The idea that the ops people could keep solar powered rovers alive for several years and do the science that they have done is stupefying. Phoenix was executed perfectly well, but lets face it. They studied what we already knew.
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