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Mars Surface Water?

Posted on 12/06/2006 by Hal

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 →

Posted in Geology, Mars, Science | Tagged Mars

NASA Mars Rover Arrives at Dramatic Vista on Red Planet

Posted on 09/28/2006 by Hal
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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 →

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Makeover for the ‘Face on Mars’

Posted on 09/22/2006 by Hal
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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 →

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links for 2006-09-03

Posted on 09/03/2006 by Hal
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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 →

Posted in Apple/Mac, del.icio.us, Geek, Mars, OSX, Science Fiction, Software, Space | Leave a reply

Mad Dogs and Archaeologists

Posted on 06/24/2006 by Hal

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 →

Posted in Astronomy, Desert West, Family, Friends, History, Mars, Personal, Travel

Mars Spirit Rover’s Wheel is Broken

Posted on 04/03/2006 by Hal

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 →

Posted in Geek, Mars, Personal, Science, Space, Technology | Tagged Mars, NASA, Ray Arvidson, Spirit rover

Getting More Funding for NASA Space Science

Posted on 03/15/2006 by Hal
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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 →

Posted in Astronomy, Jupiter, Mars, Personal, Politics, Saturn, Science, Space, Technology, Venus, Weather | 2 Replies

It turned, it burned, and it phoned home…

Posted on 03/10/2006 by Hal
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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.

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Mars Orbit Insertion Coverage Tomorrow on NASA-TV

Posted on 03/09/2006 by Hal
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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 →

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Spirit Mars Rover Reaches ‘Home Plate’: Formation Has Researchers Puzzled

Posted on 02/13/2006 by Hal
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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 →

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