Simviation Forum - Something Died On Mars-NASA

Nov 10^th, 2008 at 10:13pm

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/news/phoenix-20081110.html

That's the end of that.

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Reply #1 - Nov 10^th, 2008 at 10:58pm

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Well, don't fret too much over it. The thing was supposed to last 3 months and went 5. That should have given the eggheads plenty of exra data to mull over for quite some time.

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Reply #2 - Nov 10^th, 2008 at 11:06pm

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Looks like they got some good use out of it Wink

Aliens?

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Reply #3 - Nov 10^th, 2008 at 11:51pm

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Farewell. It was a great ride. Cheesy

Now...on to the next extremely expensive probe to look for some ice crystals. Roll Eyes

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Reply #4 - Nov 11^th, 2008 at 2:46am

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a1 wrote on Nov 10^th, 2008 at 11:51pm:

Farewell. It was a great ride. Cheesy

Now...on to the next extremely expensive probe to look for some ice crystals. Roll Eyes

...I've got a feeling there are some on the inside of my bedroom window at the moment... Cry

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..they can have them for free!... Roll Eyes

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Reply #5 - Nov 11^th, 2008 at 7:51am

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"Something Died On Mars"....reminds me of one of the wife's comments on Saturday morning after a Friday night of Vindaloo and beer.....

"Think something died in the lav."....commoner Shocked

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Reply #6 - Nov 11^th, 2008 at 8:36am

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a1 wrote on Nov 10^th, 2008 at 11:51pm:

Farewell. It was a great ride. Cheesy

Now...on to the next extremely expensive probe to look for some ice crystals. Roll Eyes

NASA does not wase money. In fact, their % of the federal budget is only .1%. When you think about how much they can do with that, and how much they could do with a little more, well, you know where I'm going with this.

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Reply #7 - Nov 12^th, 2008 at 3:41am

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Wii wrote on Nov 10^th, 2008 at 11:06pm:

Looks like they got some good use out of it.

Aliens?

Yes, on Mars that would be us.

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NASA does not wase money. In fact, their % of the federal budget is only .1%. When you think about how much they can do with that, and how much they could do with a little more, well, you know where I'm going with this.

Aye. With 1% they could lose 10 probes.

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Reply #8 - Nov 19^th, 2008 at 9:45pm

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NASA does not wase money. In fact, their % of the federal budget is only .1%. When you think about how much they can do with that, and how much they could do with a little more, well, you know where I'm going with this.

Aye. With 1% they could lose 10 probes.

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No robotics mission is meant to last forever. All things will eventually break down, since no one's there to fix them. Think about Hubble.

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