Watch MARS landing Live.

[Michael Aivaliotis]

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[Michael Aivaliotis]

Well, it's over. landing was a success.

[BobHamburger]

QUOTE (Michael_Aivaliotis @ May 25 2008, 08:17 PM)

Well, it's over. landing was a success.

Science Channel has had live coverage from both JPL and U of A. We should have first images in about 90 minutes.

I've been a huge space junky since the first launch that I saw on TV (Gemini 4!) No single human endeavor has produced more useful technology or given a bigger return on investment than the space program, and yet we continue to fund it at barely anemic levels. Consider what we could be doing if we spent $80 billion a year on space instead of Iraq and Afghanistan. And don't get me started on the idiocy of retiring the Space Shuttle fleet before we have a replacement manned space vehicle. OK, I'll get off my soapbox now.

[Jim Kring]

I was hoping to see LabVIEW and some NI Hardware on their instrumentation photos page, but didn't notice anything:

[Michael Aivaliotis]

First images are in. Wow what a surprise! Red rocky sandy stuff.

High Res link.

[carlover]

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ May 26 2008, 02:06 AM)

I was hoping to see LabVIEW and some NI Hardware on their instrumentation photos page, but didn't notice anything:

http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/images.php?gID=158&cID=2' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">

I thought I saw LV control panel (while they were receiving data few minutes before landing). It was a brief shot so I might be wrong....

[Yair]

QUOTE (Michael_Aivaliotis @ May 26 2008, 09:19 AM)

First images are in. Wow what a surprise! Red rocky sandy stuff.

That's not Mars! It's in Nevada!

[Michael Aivaliotis]

QUOTE (Yen @ May 26 2008, 10:18 AM)

That's not Mars! It's in Nevada!

Of course. We all know this is all a big hoax anyway.

[Yair]

[Jim Kring]

I'm not so sure that's Nevada -- look closer.

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

I took the family to University of Arizona in Tucson (yes, we drove from Phoenix to Tucson to watch Phoenix land on Mars) last weeked to watch the live feed with some of those heading up the science projects for the lander. Pretty intense to watch them sweat it out as the telemetry to touchdown was called off. And then the room exploded in applause and congratulations. Sweet to have been there personally. The next day we went to the Pima Air and Space museum. When we got home the first thing my 9yr old son did was to go the Phoenix home page to call up the images. I also caught him tinkering with LabVIEW 8.5 also. What have I created?

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

Here's a link to the mission homepage:

http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/

[LAVA 1.0 Content]

Here is one appropriate for a Friday afternoon.

Image on NASA web site shows water on mars.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/WaterOnMars2_gcc.jpg

Ben

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

QUOTE (neB @ Jun 6 2008, 12:33 PM)

Here is one appropriate for a Friday afternoon.

Image on NASA web site shows water on mars.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/WaterOnMars2_gcc.jpg

Ben

Ben:

You suckered me in with apod in the link. Have any of Oh Henry on Little Debbie? Asteriods around Uranus? On second thought, please ignore that

[crelf]

QUOTE (neB @ Jun 6 2008, 03:33 PM)

Image on NASA web site shows water on mars.

I always knew that Mars had a soft chewy centre...

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

Pool has ben dug, now it is filling with water.

http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/images/gallery/lg_5670.jpg

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

Well Ben, I've been waiting for this find for a while now, it has now become acknowledged:

Liquid water with sustained presence on Mars.

Granted, it is highly laden with salt (as expected) and the retros firing upon landing may have helped, but liquid nonetheless. Cool!

http://www.marsdaily.com/reports/The_Salty...n_Mars_999.html

-AK2DM