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Posted: 6/15/2018 6:44:08 PM EDT
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We did. He used standard units instead of metric. He missed. It wasn't pretty. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Can't we send Matt Damon over to sweep it off and save it? It wasn't pretty. |
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Posted: 6/15/2018 7:08:20 PM EDT
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We should have a pool on who thinks it will come back to life and who thinks it won’t. I’’m rooting for the little guy.
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Posted: 6/16/2018 10:45:04 AM EDT
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We should have a pool on who thinks it will come back to life and who thinks it won’t. I’’m rooting for the little guy. |
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Posted: 6/16/2018 10:52:20 AM EDT
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Some good news from NASA!
NASA's Opportunity Rover Is Expected To Survive The Huge Martian Dust Storm That Sent It To Sleep We should be able to ride out the storm,” John Callas, Opportunity project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said at the conference. “When the skies clear and the rover begins to power up, it should begin to communicate with us.” |
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Posted: 6/16/2018 11:32:38 AM EDT
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OP! A POLL IS CALLED FOR!!@! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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We should have a pool on who thinks it will come back to life and who thinks it won’t. I’’m rooting for the little guy. Poll thread |
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Posted: 6/16/2018 2:30:15 PM EDT
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It is in no possible way a bomb. The plutonium 238 isotope in the RTG only breaks down by alpha decay. A sheet of paper will stop alpha particles. It cannot reach criticality. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I think Curiosity’s coolest feature is it’s RTG Plutonium bomb that doubles as a power source. They can either activate Curiosity’s auto-destruct sequence at the end of its useful life or do the same to prevent her capture by Martians and carve a 10 Kt swath through the landscape. Better to destroy her than let her fall into hostile control. Wait- you thought I was being serious? |
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Posted: 6/16/2018 3:06:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/4/2018 12:44:39 PM EDT
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Update with link in OP.
Rover is still in sleep mode and has not been heard from. Dust storm continues.  https://www.space.com/41079-nasa-opportunity-mars-rover-silent-dust-storm.html?utm_source=notification |
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