Phoenix Headed for Martian North Pole in 2007

Posted by michael on Tuesday August 5, 2003 @12:02AM from the need-some-original-names dept.

jschuur writes "After narrowing down the selections to 4 finalists, NASA has chosen the Phoenix Mars lander design for its 2007 Scout Mission to the planet Mars. Phoenix, a joint project between the University of Arizona and Planetary Laboratory was designed after the doomed 1999 Mars Polar Lander and recycles much of its design and instrument ideas. A staggering $325 million grant was awarded to the University of Arizona for the project, which will also include Canadian participation. Phoenix is scheduled to land on Mars in May of 2008."

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naming problem by morten+poulsen · 2003-08-05 00:15 · Score: 0, Redundant

Isn't "Phoenix" a BIOS... or was it a browser?
Staggering? by NoCoward · 2003-08-05 00:27 · Score: 0, Redundant

How is $325 million a staggering figure? The CEO of Redhat makes more than that in exercised options every year.
Why the hell would they... by SharpFang · 2003-08-05 02:11 · Score: 0, Redundant

...send a webbrowser to Mars? Plus now it's called "firebird", not phoenix...

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