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Odyssey Arriving at Mars Tonight

Posted by michael on from the home-from-the-wars dept.

moloader writes: "Odyssey will arrive at Mars on October 24, 2001, 0230 Universal Time (October 23, 7:30pm PDT/ 10:30pm EDT). As it nears its closest point to the planet over the northern hemisphere, the spacecraft will fire its 640-newton main engine for approximately 19.7 minutes to allow itself to be captured into an elliptical, or looping, orbit about 20 hours long. Go Mars!"

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  1. Set up mirrors! by PD · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    If past events are any indication, NASA's servers are going to get a hell of a lot more than a slashdotting tonight.

    The doppler plot is the main thing that everyone will be looking at, and I bet it's going to be completely unavailable during the most interesting times.

    How about a few dozen mirrors to help NASA out?

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