ZigZagMarquis 9 #26 May 26, 2008 Quote First photos are in . . . NickD It looks like it landed in the Mojave Desert! Wait, wasn't that an episode of the 6 Million Dollar Man where some Mars lander landed back on Earth by mistake and went bizerk and started killing people? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #28 May 26, 2008 Replay of landing from Mission Control at JPL in Pasadena, California . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIB2p1clk5k NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #29 May 26, 2008 Watching the reply isnt as cool as seeing it live. future converstaions: Remember when the phoenix rover landed on mars? I WAS THERE MAN you just saw the replay. My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nerdgirl 0 #30 May 26, 2008 Thanks for all the updates, videos, & pics! Really fantastic! /Marg Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters. Tibetan Buddhist saying Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #31 May 26, 2008 Cool stuff! Billvon, NWFlyer, monkeycndo & I were chatting about this yesterday @ Perris. Going to be interesting to see how the rest of the mission plays out. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #32 May 27, 2008 Julia sent me this photo of Phoenix under its parachute early this morning, but I couldn't post it until it was officially released. This is from the high-resolution camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #33 May 27, 2008 Oh so now you're getting pics before NASA gets them.We won't tell. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #34 May 27, 2008 Quote Julia sent me this photo of Phoenix under its parachute early this morning, but I couldn't post it until it was officially released. This is from the high-resolution camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter . . . NickD THAT ROCKS!!! mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #35 July 31, 2008 I just heard from Julia and she confirmed it. Here's a copy of an e-mail update I just sent out . . . Hi Everyone, I know I haven't send out any updates lately, but frankly, the last month or so has been rather frustrating for Julia and the Phoenix team. They've been dealing with short circuits and balky instruments onboard the spacecraft and they decided to go slow and easy so as not make matters any worse. There biggest issue became actually getting the soil samples out of the scoop and into the oven, called TEGA, for testing. The soil was more clingy than expected. However, they successfully got the sample into TEGA and the results are in. THERE IS WATER ON MARS! Here's the message I received and it's probably the most important message every delivered via e-mail . . . "Water ice confirmed by TEGA in sample with 1-3% water ice (delivered to Oven 0). Heat of melting sublimation at 0 degrees C means it can only be water ice. TEGA analysis of gases also confirmed water. Sample was mostly soil with a bit of ice from ice/soil interface." It's hard to wrap one's mind around what this means, but it means we could live on Mars, we'd have water to drink, and water to grow food. It also means if there's water on Mars then there's water throughout the entire universe. In fact, I'd bet water is as common in the universe as pickpockets are in the London Tube! They have also extended the mission at least another month longer than planned, which is a bummer for me, as it's another month without Julia at home, but now her work turns to looking for any signs of past or present microbial life. Stay tuned . . . Nick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guppie01 0 #36 July 31, 2008 WOW, I completely missed this thread before. Fantastic work! Thanks for sharing Nick, and hopefully you get to see Julia soon. g"Let's do something romantic this Saturday... how bout we bust out the restraints?" Raddest Ho this side of Jersey #1 - MISS YOU OMG, is she okay? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #37 August 1, 2008 Remember folks: You heard it here first ... in the Bonfire.Glass of water for celebration? Cheers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #38 August 2, 2008 I can't say much more right now, but the rumors are swirling . . . NickD >>The White House has been alerted by NASA about plans to make an announcement soon on major new Phoenix lander discoveries concerning the "potential for life" on Mars, scientists tell Aviation Week & Space Technology. In fact, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory science team for the MECA wet-chemistry instrument that made the findings was kept out of a July 31 news conference at the University of Arizona Phoenix control center. The goal was to prevent them from being asked any questions that could reveal information before NASA is ready to make an announcement, sources say. The Bush Administration's Presidential Science Advisor's office, however, has been briefed on the new information that NASA hopes to release as early as mid August. It is possible an announcement would not come until September, to allow for additional analysis. That will depend upon the latest results still being analyzed from the spacecraft's organic oven and soil chemistry laboratories. Phoenix scientists have said from the start that neither the TEGA organic chemistry lab nor the MECA wet chemistry system could detect current or past life. MECA's two microscopes do, however, have the resolution to detect bacteria--which would be life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #39 August 2, 2008 The protests are already starting, I'm told...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
longtall 0 #40 August 2, 2008 The one second from the left is naked." 90 right, five miles then cut."---Pukin Buzzards Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #41 August 2, 2008 Quote The one second from the left is naked. Oh GREAT . . . Granola crunching Martian Hippies.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
