From JonAlexandr@aol.com Thu Sep 25 01:05:05 2003 From: JonAlexandr@aol.com (JonAlexandr@aol.com) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 20:05:05 EDT Subject: [Moonbase-discuss] Next stop Mars Message-ID: <17d.20b21fc4.2ca38b31@aol.com> --part1_17d.20b21fc4.2ca38b31_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi folks, At the URL below you can see images of the departure from Earth orbit of the= =20 second US probe sent to Mars recently as seen by cameras on the booster=20 rocket.=A0 Click on the image to get all the frames. (The last frame is not= visible=20 on the main page.) Pretty cool. ~Jon http://antwrp.gsf= c.nasa.gov/apod/ap030922.html Explanation:=A0 Next stop: = Mars.=A0 Two months ago, the second of two missions to=20 Mars was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA= above a Boeing Delta II=20 rocket.=A0 The Mars E= xploration Rover dubbed "Opportunity" is expected to arrive=20 at the red planet this coming January.=A0 Pictured above, an attached RocketCam=20 (TM) captures Opportunity separating from lower booster stages and rocketing= =20 off toward Mars.=A0 Upon arriving, parachutes will deploy to slow the s= pacecraft=20 and surrounding airbags will inflate.=A0 The balloon-like package will then=20 bounce around the surface a dozen times or more before coming to a stop.=A0=20= The=20 airbags will then deflate, the spacecraft will right itself, and the Opportunity=20 rover will prepare to roll onto Mars.=A0 A first rover named Spirit was successfully launched on June 10 and will arrive at Mars a few weeks ear= lier.=A0 The robots Spirit and Opportunity are expected to cover as much as 40 metres= per day,=20 much more than So= journer, their 1997 predecessor.=A0 Spirit and Opportunity will=20 search for evidence of ancient Martian water, from which implications might=20 be drawn about the possibility of ancient Martian life. --part1_17d.20b21fc4.2ca38b31_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi folks,

At the URL below you can see= images of the departure from Earth orbit of the second US probe sent to Mar= s recently as seen by cameras on the booster rocket.=A0 Click on the image t= o get all the frames.  (The last frame is not visible on the main page.= )  Pretty cool.  ~Jon

http://antwrp.gsf= c.nasa.gov/apod/ap030922.html

Explanation:=A0 Next stop: Mars.=A0 Two months ago, the second of two missions to Mars was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA above a Boeing Delta II rocket.=A0 The Mars Exploration Rover dubbe= d "Opportunity" is expected to arrive at the red planet this coming January.= =A0 Pictured above, an attached RocketCam (TM) captures Opportunity separating from lower= booster stages and rocketing off toward Mars.=A0 Upon arriving, parachutes= will deploy to slow the spacecraft and surrounding airbags will inflate= .=A0 The balloon-like package will then bounce around the surface a dozen ti= mes or more before coming to a stop.=A0 The airbags will then deflate, the <= A HREF=3D"http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000912.html">spacecraft wil= l right itself, and the Opportunity rover will prepare to roll onto Mars.= =A0 A first rover named Spirit was successfully launched on June 10 and will arrive at Ma= rs a few weeks earlier.=A0 The robots Spirit and Opportunity are expe= cted to cover as much as 40 metres per day, much more than Sojourner, their 1997 predeces= sor.=A0 Spirit and Opportunity will search for evidence of ancient Martian water, from whic= h implications might be drawn about the possibility of ancient Martian life.
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