Yup, this period is known as 'solar conjunction'. The NASA policy is to cut off communications with the spacecraft when they (Mars, other planets, or spacecraft alone in deep space) are within 6 degrees of the Sun from Earth. This is due to the increased communications errors as the commands are transmitted so close to the Sun. And, once the spacecraft are directly opposite of the sun, there are zero communications. At Mars this lasts nearly a month.
...they're gonna tell you to stop using your company-furnished laptop while on the road and tell you telecommuting is no longer allowed. not to mention, they're gonna have to rip the phones out while they are at it, too.
My first purchases from iTunes were this past week, when I bought some episodes of Lost. Slow day at work, no iPod, just my 21" monitor and my headphones. Thanks, Apple, problem solved.
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Yup, this period is known as 'solar conjunction'. The NASA policy is to cut off communications with the spacecraft when they (Mars, other planets, or spacecraft alone in deep space) are within 6 degrees of the Sun from Earth. This is due to the increased communications errors as the commands are transmitted so close to the Sun. And, once the spacecraft are directly opposite of the sun, there are zero communications. At Mars this lasts nearly a month.
...they're gonna tell you to stop using your company-furnished laptop while on the road and tell you telecommuting is no longer allowed. not to mention, they're gonna have to rip the phones out while they are at it, too.
What does this say?
it says that you should ask your boss for some more work.
first of all, there was redundancy; they had two sensors in backwards.
secondly, the rovers were completely redundant; it was icing on the cake that both of them worked while on mars.