1) forgot the comma after the word 'slut' 2) forgot the apostrophe in the world 'I'll' 3) usually an ellipsis has three dots, not two 4) you are an ass
Hate to break it to you, but all your competition in the job market consists of primates.
We're talking monkeys working for other talking monkeys, making things that will convince yet other talking monkeys (who could be anywhere on the planet of the talking monkeys) to part with their monkey money in exchange for whatever you are making. Really, your whole life is all about whatever pleases a talking monkey.
There's nothing so refreshing as a right winger talking about how illiterate the unwashed masses are. Anyone who reads what this moron posts will laugh because he can't usually spell things correctly, or use punctuation properly.
That's a nice example of tolerance and compassion, you fucktard right winger. We're trying to build a world where people aren't put down because they are different, but you jack-booted thugs want to force all the round pegs through your Republican square holes.
Two reasons: First, rechargable batteries would have required charging circuits, adding weight and complexity. Second, the mission was not to do an extended exploration. It was "Pathfinder", a demonstration of the new technologies that would be used to better effect on later missions. Pathfinder was one of NASA's Discovery missions, which all had this goal to some extent. The little rover worked for about 30 days, and performed some experiments. At the end of those 30 days, there was really little more that it could have added to what it already did.
You're a hypocrite, since GW Bush is also moving technology to the commercial sector. If this was such an awful thing, why isn't your man GW stopping it?
Not true. the Pathfinder rover had an onboard battery that eventually died. During the day, the solar cells powered the rover. At night, non-rechargable lithium batteries kept it going. When the batteries were dead, that was the end of the mission.
It's also certain that Novell doesn't quite understand what they sold to SCO either. Perhaps Novell would like to take a shot at selling SCO the same thing twice!
The sun can't be used for a gravitational assist, at least not for an launch from something orbiting the sun. A gravitational assist transfers the momentum of a planet to the spacecraft. If we go around the back side of the planet, the planet drags the spacecraft in the direction that it's moving. Since we're already orbiting the sun, we're moving on average at the same speed and direction as the sun, so we can't gain any more momentum from the sun.
There you go. That's why I spend quite a bit of time and mod points pointing out to idiots that when they trash the "damn liberals" they don't know what they are talking about. The Republican party in the US sure loves to conflate every boogeyman in the book.
There is indeed a way to track the orientation of the spacecraft. The lander is ejected by the SUEM (spin-up eject mechanism) which, as you might guess, spins the lander. Spin stabilization is tried and true.
If the spacecraft were tumbling, the strength of the signal would have varied in a regular way, and they would have detected that.
Also, they were able to contact the lander while in free flight. The Earthside antennas that they used to try to get the signal on the 25th would also have been used to communicate with the spacecraft in free flight.
The panels did fold up, but they were held by pyrotechnic fasteners. When the rover unfolds, the pyros blow and the panels drop by gravity. There's no way to fold them up again.
Also, nothing personal. My service is given cheerfully to all on my freaks list. So don't take it badly if I happen to mention that you're on the side of the JACK BOOTED THUGS.
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1) forgot the comma after the word 'slut'
2) forgot the apostrophe in the world 'I'll'
3) usually an ellipsis has three dots, not two
4) you are an ass
It was the Republicans such as your ignorant self that liked to say "Wag the Dog". Pig fucker.
You're a right winger, so it's MORE likely that you are lying. Have fun voting for Bush.
Not at all. But, it does mean that all right-wingers such as yourself will be henceforth laughed at for the warmongering buffoons that they are.
That's because Bush (and you) are so wrong that almost anything conflicts.
Conservatives roasted Clinton for that sort of thing, but if you check Republican's pockets, I bet you'll find a cigar. Hypocrisy.
I guess I'd better climb down from this tree then.
In Planck's time, there were no computers, and playing a first person shooter usually meant a career in the army.
Hate to break it to you, but all your competition in the job market consists of primates.
We're talking monkeys working for other talking monkeys, making things that will convince yet other talking monkeys (who could be anywhere on the planet of the talking monkeys) to part with their monkey money in exchange for whatever you are making. Really, your whole life is all about whatever pleases a talking monkey.
It boggles the monkey mind.
It's not. I'm abusive, not funny.
Leave the jokes to the professionals. You're just not good at the humor.
The name of the console ought to tell you something.
Here's all the digits of pi, in base pi:
1
There's nothing so refreshing as a right winger talking about how illiterate the unwashed masses are. Anyone who reads what this moron posts will laugh because he can't usually spell things correctly, or use punctuation properly.
That's a nice example of tolerance and compassion, you fucktard right winger. We're trying to build a world where people aren't put down because they are different, but you jack-booted thugs want to force all the round pegs through your Republican square holes.
Two reasons: First, rechargable batteries would have required charging circuits, adding weight and complexity. Second, the mission was not to do an extended exploration. It was "Pathfinder", a demonstration of the new technologies that would be used to better effect on later missions. Pathfinder was one of NASA's Discovery missions, which all had this goal to some extent. The little rover worked for about 30 days, and performed some experiments. At the end of those 30 days, there was really little more that it could have added to what it already did.
You're a hypocrite, since GW Bush is also moving technology to the commercial sector. If this was such an awful thing, why isn't your man GW stopping it?
Not true. the Pathfinder rover had an onboard battery that eventually died. During the day, the solar cells powered the rover. At night, non-rechargable lithium batteries kept it going. When the batteries were dead, that was the end of the mission.
It's also certain that Novell doesn't quite understand what they sold to SCO either. Perhaps Novell would like to take a shot at selling SCO the same thing twice!
The sun can't be used for a gravitational assist, at least not for an launch from something orbiting the sun. A gravitational assist transfers the momentum of a planet to the spacecraft. If we go around the back side of the planet, the planet drags the spacecraft in the direction that it's moving. Since we're already orbiting the sun, we're moving on average at the same speed and direction as the sun, so we can't gain any more momentum from the sun.
There you go. That's why I spend quite a bit of time and mod points pointing out to idiots that when they trash the "damn liberals" they don't know what they are talking about. The Republican party in the US sure loves to conflate every boogeyman in the book.
Liberal and proud.
There is indeed a way to track the orientation of the spacecraft. The lander is ejected by the SUEM (spin-up eject mechanism) which, as you might guess, spins the lander. Spin stabilization is tried and true.
If the spacecraft were tumbling, the strength of the signal would have varied in a regular way, and they would have detected that.
Also, they were able to contact the lander while in free flight. The Earthside antennas that they used to try to get the signal on the 25th would also have been used to communicate with the spacecraft in free flight.
The panels did fold up, but they were held by pyrotechnic fasteners. When the rover unfolds, the pyros blow and the panels drop by gravity. There's no way to fold them up again.
So, are you going to reverse your position and start claiming that you are not a Nazi?
Also, nothing personal. My service is given cheerfully to all on my freaks list. So don't take it badly if I happen to mention that you're on the side of the JACK BOOTED THUGS.