Phoenix ready to land on Mars on Sunday

"Celtkin wrote:

There is a nice video explainer of the mission here along with the rest of the story:

http://floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080523/NEWS02/805230332

Does anyone else have a hard time wrapping the heads around this when it happens? Another effing planet!!! It just boggles the mind.

Thats cool but I wonder what the thinking was to wait for 11 missions before sending a lander to where the water is likely to be.

There cannot be any colonization or explotation without it.

You would think it would have been the first mission unless I am missing something

Is anyone else watching the live NASA feed from JPL of the landing?

gotta link ?

"cnc66 wrote:

gotta link ?

Here ya go

http://www.nasa.gov/

Look on the middle right of the page

It is also on the NASA channel if you have cable or satellite

And the Phoenix has landed on the surface of Mars.

There should be images sent back a bit later this evening.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/

"Celtkin wrote:

And the Phoenix has landed on the surface of Mars.

wow, just wow

"darkmistress wrote:

wow, just wow

I know :)

There should be images at 01:30 UTC (21:30 Eastern time)

"Celtkin wrote:

I know :)

There should be images at 01:30 UTC (21:30 Eastern time)

makes you kind of goose pimply all over :lol:

It will be interesting to see whether in fact the planet is spawning men to send to earth :shifty:

"darkmistress wrote:

makes you kind of goose pimply all over :lol:

It will be interesting to see whether in fact the planet is spawning men to send to earth :shifty:

I wish this mission was capable to doing more definitive test for life but that is going to be for future missions. :woot:

On a side note, the JPL team just answered Crunch's question. The earlier missions were to confirm that there was water on the planet and this mission was to find the most likely place to find water based on past studies. This craft was sent last because its life expectancy will be very brief as they predict that it will soon be covered in meter of frozen carbon dioxide.

Did anyone catch the live broadcast on the Science channel? Was cool to watch all those guys in mission control.

The images are just in:

http://fawkes1.lpl.arizona.edu/gallery.php

"finattic79 wrote:

Did anyone catch the live broadcast on the Science channel? Was cool to watch all those guys in mission control.

I watched the live feed on NASA channel. The Discovery channel had a little lag in the feed.

It was very exciting !

"Celtkin wrote:

The images are just in:

http://fawkes1.lpl.arizona.edu/gallery.php

Amazing. That first picture is scary lol. Could you imagine seeing Joey Porter walking around there, it would be craptacular!

that's awesome

Mars orbiter catches shot of Phoenix on descent

the latest image

"Miamian wrote:

the latest image

There is one in every crowd. :lol:

"Miamian wrote:

the latest image

:pity:

I want to know when they are planning a landing on Uranus.

"Section126 wrote:

I want to know when they are planning a landing on Uranus.

they have to buy me dinner first........... :hi5:

"unluckyluciano wrote:

they have to buy me dinner first........... :hi5:

:lol::lol: