The report about the possibility of recent surface water on Mars is being noted all over the place. It is interesting how different people can see different things. NASA Images Suggest Water Still Flows in Brief Spurts on Mars Mars … Continue reading
Go little Rover! NASA Mars Rover Arrives at Dramatic Vista on Red Planet NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity has arrived at the rim of a crater approximately five times wider than a previous stadium-sized one it studied for half a year. … Continue reading
Mars Face Makeover: Controversial Formation Observed from New Angles [space.com] NASA started it all back in 1976 with an image of an interesting mountain on Mars and a caption that described it as appearing to have eyes and nostrils. Thirty … Continue reading
NASA – Constellation Program: Orion Crew Vehicle (via Doug) (tags: moon nasa space mars orion) William Gibson otaku-OD (tags: cyberpunk scifi writing WilliamGibson otaku) macosxhints.com – A ‘perfect’ iTunes equalizer setting which may or may not be of utility… (tags: … Continue reading
We will be out of town for a bit so Audrey can attend a planetary get together at JPL and we all do some needed recreating. The beach comes to mind as does a rendezvous with Susan and Doc M. … Continue reading
Nuts. I’ll let others closer to the effort comment. Mars rover’s broken wheel is beyond repair [New Scientist] Mission managers have given up hope of fixing a broken wheel on NASA’s Spirit rover and will simply have to drag the … Continue reading
I am a couple of days behind the curve, but I saw this at Susan’s and wanted to pass this along… Getting more funding for NASA Space Science Rep John Culbertson put out an urgent call for people to write … Continue reading
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter doing its Mars Orbit Insertion that is. Mission news is here. A big ‘thank you’ to Susan for live-blogging it.
Susan has the goods… Mars orbit insertion coverage tomorrow on NASA-TV “Tomorrow is the Mars Orbit Insertion for the Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter. 12:30-3:00 Pacific. On NASA TV. I don’t know if I’ll be able to liveblog it, but hey, here’s … Continue reading
Let’s talk about something besides quail hunters. Spirit Mars Rover Reaches ‘Home Plate’: Formation Has Researchers Puzzled [space.com] NASA’s Spirit Mars rover has arrived at a site dubbed “Home Plate” within Gusev crater. But what the robot found has left … Continue reading
