Ok. I'll stay away from posting and will just soak up information. I'm a prosecutor/public defender in Minnesota, so my foundation is based more in law than anything. I love science, though. Judging from your posts, you must have excelled at these courses in college. Thanks a million for getting back to me with the tip about the web site. I won't ever mention slashdot. And I'll keep my mouth shut and just learn. Feel free to e mail me any time... I like making friends and getting new viewpoints this way. ericoboe(a_t)hotmail.com remove (a_t) insert @
The rovers have almost continuously been monitoring and documenting the atmosphere, topography and geology of mars for four years. The drive the astronauts took was very swift indeed, and they did not have open permission to take more stops than their extremely limited time would permit. An even greater contrast is made when looking at the Huygens probe--how much would that have cost to put a human out there? And back?
This is the first comment I've read from a lay person that discusses the situation of the rovers in an informed way. Can I ask you where you look for information on the rovers, aside from the obvious sites like jpl.gov, nasa , space.com etc? I would like to get information sources that are more frequently updated and have more juicy opinions in them. I'd also like to read more discussions like these about the wonderful rovers. Maybe it's just me, but a lot of what I read at the official rovers site is hard to interpret...
My take, for the little it is worth, is that Cassini/Huygens and the rovers are awesome alternatives to the manned program. I think the unmanned space program is run in a much better way than the shuttle program (what Bradbury calls "the flying mailbox" program.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to give an opinion about what is going on with these little guys. I pictured Spirit, gimpy wheel and all, safe and snug in its winter resting spot...
Qbert
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Ok. I'll stay away from posting and will just soak up information. I'm a prosecutor/public defender in Minnesota, so my foundation is based more in law than anything. I love science, though. Judging from your posts, you must have excelled at these courses in college. Thanks a million for getting back to me with the tip about the web site. I won't ever mention slashdot. And I'll keep my mouth shut and just learn. Feel free to e mail me any time... I like making friends and getting new viewpoints this way. ericoboe(a_t)hotmail.com remove (a_t) insert @
The rovers have almost continuously been monitoring and documenting the atmosphere, topography and geology of mars for four years. The drive the astronauts took was very swift indeed, and they did not have open permission to take more stops than their extremely limited time would permit. An even greater contrast is made when looking at the Huygens probe--how much would that have cost to put a human out there? And back?
This is the first comment I've read from a lay person that discusses the situation of the rovers in an informed way. Can I ask you where you look for information on the rovers, aside from the obvious sites like jpl.gov, nasa , space.com etc? I would like to get information sources that are more frequently updated and have more juicy opinions in them. I'd also like to read more discussions like these about the wonderful rovers. Maybe it's just me, but a lot of what I read at the official rovers site is hard to interpret... My take, for the little it is worth, is that Cassini/Huygens and the rovers are awesome alternatives to the manned program. I think the unmanned space program is run in a much better way than the shuttle program (what Bradbury calls "the flying mailbox" program. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to give an opinion about what is going on with these little guys. I pictured Spirit, gimpy wheel and all, safe and snug in its winter resting spot... Qbert