Baroque
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Post by Baroque on Jan 16, 2015 21:43:15 GMT 1
After 11 years, UK's Beagle 2 Mars Lander has finally been found using NASA's MRO HiRISE camera. The lander looks to have reached the surface safely, but only managed to partially deploy and therefore couldn't communicate back to Earth. www.space.com/28286-europe-beagle-2-mars-lander-found.htmlThe mission may have been a failure - or a partial success, but it's an amazing feat of achievement to find something that was lost hundreds of millions of kms away on a far away planet. I'm hoping we never give up on finding MH370!
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Post by nicolele on Jan 17, 2015 11:31:30 GMT 1
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Baroque
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Post by Baroque on Jan 20, 2015 1:57:39 GMT 1
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Post by Baroque on Jan 28, 2015 1:22:00 GMT 1
The bright spot at the top left is quite intriguing. My not so scientific guess: it is probably a relatively "fresh" impact crater revealing some icy material beneath.
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Post by airboche on Jan 30, 2015 10:57:54 GMT 1
Or as "they" notice us they switch off the lights.
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Post by Baroque on Feb 6, 2015 19:47:02 GMT 1
Closer... There are multiple such white spots visible now apparently, probably the result of meteorite impacts. The new picture was taken from a distance of 145,000 km. The spacecraft is closing in on Ceres with a relative velocity of only 346 km/h (comparable to high speed rail).
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Post by Baroque on Feb 26, 2015 23:13:10 GMT 1
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jonathan
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Post by jonathan on Feb 26, 2015 23:52:32 GMT 1
They're watching us! ...(gasp)...They're watching us! Don't panic!
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Post by Baroque on Feb 27, 2015 0:29:23 GMT 1
They're watching us! ...(gasp)...They're watching us! Don't panic! Aaargh, but the Tripods......they're already herearghghh......
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sunjet
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Post by sunjet on Mar 4, 2015 15:44:36 GMT 1
I know some of the people working there, not a happy bunch!
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