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- badnewshotel, on 05/24/2008, -4/+20I hope Megatron doesn't see this one.
- toucci, on 05/24/2008, -0/+11The 7 minutes of terror are for those invested in the project, not the lander, silly.
- LuckyASN, on 05/24/2008, -0/+10http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
Live viewing starts tomorrow at 6 pm EDT. Happy viewing! :) - Nexum, on 05/24/2008, -0/+8Where would be the best place online to view the progress of the descent live?
Is there a NASA command center webcam, telemetry blogging? What's out there? - Mannyy, on 05/24/2008, -1/+6Mars Lander FTW!
- pixelguru, on 05/24/2008, -1/+5Good luck little guy - happy landings!
- darylyounge, on 05/24/2008, -2/+6Water ice ? Oh *****! Global Warming. Your planet is heading down a slippery slope.
- ZincSaucier, on 05/24/2008, -0/+3Was "slippery slope" an ice pun? If not I retract my digg
- idontlikeyou2, on 05/24/2008, -0/+3Landing probes on Mars are notoriously difficult, only half of the mission sent to mars have been successful. One main reason is the thin atmosphere where parachute don't work particularly well. For smaller probe such as this mission, thruster could be used, but for manned missions with much larger capsules, they'll have to come up with a better landing system.
- chrgrose, on 05/24/2008, -2/+4Would be awesome if we find snow up there. I wonder if the probe has the ability to roll up the snow into a snowball and chuck it at the aliens.
- garg, on 05/24/2008, -1/+3Poor martians :(
- colonelxc, on 05/24/2008, -0/+2You try hurtling through mars' thin atmosphere and stopping gracefully. I think even the lander is going to be a bit nervous about this one.
- OC73, on 05/24/2008, -0/+2FYI, it's scheduled to land just before 8PM EDT tomorrow.
- MikeFallopian, on 05/24/2008, -0/+2Excellent find!
- fcrow, on 05/24/2008, -0/+2Will there be some radio/video feed to follow it (almost)live?
- scutter, on 05/24/2008, -0/+2Thanks. You would think they might have included this information in the article, but I didn't see it.
- punkcat, on 05/24/2008, -1/+3it'll be the only warning we get.
just in case, im buying all the glasses i can find on ebay. - ZincSaucier, on 05/24/2008, -0/+2robots beat us to the punch again
- fuzzybeard, on 05/25/2008, -0/+2"Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton; please report to Wardrobe! Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton; please report to Wardrobe!"
- zixx, on 05/24/2008, -0/+1Here is the landing schedule in pacific time
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/phoenix/release.php?A ...
The landing is going to be shown on TV in Canada on the Discovery channel and in the U.S. on the Science channel along with NASA TV - OC73, on 05/24/2008, -0/+1No problem. Thought that was a little odd as well.
- inactive, on 05/24/2008, -0/+1http://ssed.gsfc.nasa.gov/tharsis/agu_f98.html
If they wanted too mission planners could have landed on a glacier. It is not a question of finding water ice. We already know where it is. Trenching into soil for it is utterly pointless. - darylyounge, on 05/24/2008, -0/+1I spun.
- mllawso, on 05/24/2008, -0/+1*They don't need to send a rover to get the data they want.
*Rovers are more fragile, have a shorter lifespan, and are a lot more expensive.
*There's a lot more that could go wrong on landing with a rover vs a lander
*The instruments on this lander are a lot better than the viking lander's - AmericansRevolt, on 05/25/2008, -0/+1this is way different the the rovers. this has an excavator on it, it can drill and dig deep into the ground. it needs to be stationary...
- dmkirt, on 05/24/2008, -0/+1Cool! No, really!
- ZincSaucier, on 05/24/2008, -1/+2And why won't the human race survive several more centuries?
- TheGuruStud, on 05/24/2008, -1/+2Any one of our several problems is enough to snuff us out. Do not be so ignorant/arrogant as to think people are special.
HotDogBoy, money isn't spent on "real" solutions b/c no one with money/power cares. If you still forget, NASA helps us out tremendously with their research AND it's incredibly cheap. I would like to see their budget increased 10 fold. Go research their budget. The govt wastes most of our tax money on stupid *****, but you don't complain about that. - ZincSaucier, on 05/24/2008, -1/+1apparently you don't realize that space is really the ONLY chance for humanity in the distant future.
- inactive, on 05/24/2008, -1/+1Yes, i do complain about all the stupid ***** our gov't wastes money on. Nobody hates welfare, food stamps, and public housing more than me GuruStub.
- rock774, on 05/24/2008, -1/+1My best wishes to the lander and the team !!!!!!!
- AmericansRevolt, on 05/25/2008, -0/+0ive been waiting years for this.. if this rig lands safely it will tell us how habitable mars could be for us. i have a feeling it will find LOTS of ice/water....
- MajorLou8Digg, on 05/24/2008, -0/+0After all the skilled efforts to achieve this Mars Mission goal, sure do hope that all is a success! This is an interesting share. Thanks for the science news update.
- inactive, on 05/25/2008, -1/+1Is there any chance that the rovers and the landers will collectively come together and assemble into a giant space robot who is crazy about smashing and breaking things? Do we have contingency plan for this?
- inactive, on 05/24/2008, -2/+1"*Rovers are more fragile, have a shorter lifespan, and are a lot more expensive.
*There's a lot more that could go wrong on landing with a rover vs a lander"
Could you have possibly made a more foolish statement? The rovers are now at the end of the 5th year of a 90 day mission. They have proven to be the most robust pieces of exploration hardware ever launched. They are not designed for any more risky a landing than Phoenix. Indeed Phoenix will use the powered landing technique that failed during the Mars Polar Lander mission. The rovers used the landing bag technique pioneered by Mars Surveyor. - inactive, on 05/24/2008, -2/+1Apparently you don't realize that 'distant future' means several centuries, as if we'll actually survive that long. Space exploration will serve no practical purpose toward avoiding climate change, war, or pollution. It's a pipe dream that diverts money and minds away from REAL solutions.
- inactive, on 05/24/2008, -2/+1@badnewshotel and @punkcat, loved your comment guys :).
- chrgrose, on 05/24/2008, -4/+4wow.. that was a horribly unfunny joke.
- inactive, on 05/24/2008, -8/+4Sweet, this will really revitalize our economy.
- inactive, on 05/24/2008, -7/+1After a series of historically successful Mars missions, including the Mars Rovers, which are the single most successful NASA planetary mission of all time, why regress and launch a stationary lander? Why not a second generation of the previous rovers? Do NASA planners have something against progress? The Phoenix landing site is incredibly boring. It is a virtual repeat of the Viking II landing in Utopia Planitia. NASA mission planners should have their heads examined.
- inactive, on 05/24/2008, -14/+4Q: What do you do when a blonde throws a pin at you?
A: Run like hell....she's got a hand grenade in her mouth.
Chill out, folks! It's landing good.
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