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buzz Scientists Worry About Power on Mars Rover

Scientists Worry About Power on Mars Rover By Alicia Chang AP Science Writer posted: 11 December 2007 09:51 am ET LOS ANGELES – The Mars rover Spirit is racing against time to reach a resting spot for the winter after a giant dust storm drained much of its energy, scientists said Monday. Spirit has until Christmas to drive to the sunny slope of a low plateau where it will park itself with its solar panels pointed at the sun and hunker down for the winter. The trek is difficult because the rove… Continue

Posted by buzz on July 6, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments

buzz New Information on Phoenix

Phoenix to Bake Ice-Rich Sample Next Week July 02, 2008 The next sample delivered to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) will be ice-rich. A team of engineers and scientists assembled to assess TEGA after a short circuit was discovered in the instrument has concluded that another short circuit could occur when the oven is used again. "Since there is no way to assess the probability of another short circuit occurring, we are taking the most conservative approac… Continue

Posted by buzz on July 6, 2008 at 7:32pm — No Comments

Damien Nelson Benefits of Space Exploration

Space Exploration benefits us all, but we don't all know what those benefits are. I would like to open this topic up for discussion by pointing out that NASA started cataloging technologies that were derived from the space program, and the list is around 1,500 items. You can view the list on the Coalition website Space Derived Products page. I'm sure there are plenty more. GPS is the one thing that stands out most to me as a technology tha… Continue

Posted by Damien Nelson on March 12, 2008 at 2:32pm — 1 Comment

Damien Nelson Blog Feedback

I would love feedback from everyone on the functionality of this tool. Its new, and we're still playing with it. Damien Continue

Posted by Damien Nelson on March 12, 2008 at 2:21pm — No Comments

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