Mars Landers - Opportunity, Bedrock, Aerosmith?

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday January 28, 2004 @11:09AM from the don't-wanna-miss-a-thing dept.

Iphtashu Fitz writes "As was reported last week, the first Mars rover Spirit had some communications problems that the folks at the JPL have finally managed to trace to problems with its flash memory. Reuters is reporting that Opportunity seems to be having some power-related problems, too. It appears a faulty thermostat is turning a heater on overnight without being told to do so. While NASA isn't concerned about the rover overheating, they're exploring the long-term effects of continued power drain on the second rover." The article also notes: "The first three-dimensional, panoramic images beamed back from Opportunity showed an intriguing outcrop of exposed bedrock" - there's now a color version of the same image. Finally, lightwaveman points to the Spaceflight Now status page regarding new priorities for the Mars mission: "The airing of today's Mars rover news conference is being delayed on NASA TV to show the band Aerosmith touring International Space Station Mission Control at Houston's Johnson Space Center."

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What is more old and tired? by Viking5150 · 2004-01-28 11:14 · Score: 0, Offtopic

What is more old and tired? Aerosmith or the Space Shuttle fleet?
Re:First Post by nertz_oi · 2004-01-28 12:08 · Score: 0, Offtopic

no no.

what you have is negative karma.

uh oh.... :-(