+EraSeek Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 The new mars polar probe is landing today and I thought this animation just too cool. I like the green laser. Sorry bout being off topic. Hopefully all goes well. We'll know by tomorrow. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080525m.html Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted May 25, 2008 Author Share Posted May 25, 2008 Actually, not today, but tomorrow. Confirmation of the landing will be at 4:53 p.m. Pacific 5/25. About fifteen minutes after the actual landing of the Phoenix. Quote Link to comment
+k7-wave Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Actually, not today, but tomorrow. Confirmation of the landing will be at 4:53 p.m. Pacific 5/25. About fifteen minutes after the actual landing of the Phoenix. I''m really looking forward to this mission. The lander contains a DVD with 250K names on it and one of them is mine. Even got a nice certificate attesting to the fact. I'll be at the Sacramento airport tomorrow at touch down time; hopefully they will have the announcement of a successful landing before I board my flight. Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted May 26, 2008 Author Share Posted May 26, 2008 First image: So how did you get you name onboard K7wave ? Quote Link to comment
+The Navigatorz Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Are there Earthcaches on Mars? Or are they called Marscaches? Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted May 26, 2008 Author Share Posted May 26, 2008 If you want to submit one it is at 68 degrees north latitude, 234 degrees east longitude Quote Link to comment
+klossner Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 If you want to submit one it is at 68 degrees north latitude, 234 degrees east longitudeUm ... shouldn't that be 126 degrees west longitude? Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted May 28, 2008 Author Share Posted May 28, 2008 (edited) "Originally, a system with ‘planetographic’ latitude and longitude increasing to the west was developed to be used with the Viking observations. The US Geological Survey and other organisations then adopted a system with ‘planetocentric’ latitude and longitude increasing to the east for making future Mars maps and imagery. Both systems were approved for use on Mars by the International Astronomical Union in 2000. (The ‘planetocentric’ system uses co-ordinates derived from the angle measured from the equator to a point on the surface at the centre of the planet, whereas the ‘planetographic’ system uses co-ordinates which are mapped on the surface.) Most maps produced before 2002 use the earlier co-ordinates system, but now the majority of Mars missions and instrument teams have now adopted the latter system defined for Mars, namely the planetocentric latitude and east longitude system. These definitions have been widely adopted by NASA and ESA missions and other users of planetary data and are likely to remain in use for a decade or more. The articles featuring the latest Mars images published on the ESA Mars Express web site quote positions given in this latest system, with longitude ranging from 0-360 degrees East. This is different to Earth, where we give longitudes as 0-180 degrees, East or West. " Edited May 28, 2008 by EraSeek Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted May 28, 2008 Author Share Posted May 28, 2008 Frankly I don't quite grab the planetocentric concept except that it goes east rather than west. Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted May 28, 2008 Author Share Posted May 28, 2008 I''m really looking forward to this mission. The lander contains a DVD with 250K names on it and one of them is mine. Even got a nice certificate attesting to the fact. I'll be at the Sacramento airport tomorrow at touch down time; hopefully they will have the announcement of a successful landing before I board my flight. Hey K7-wave! I see you! Here you are on Mars!! http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/...D10_RRGBM1.html Quote Link to comment
+k7-wave Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 I''m really looking forward to this mission. The lander contains a DVD with 250K names on it and one of them is mine. Even got a nice certificate attesting to the fact. I'll be at the Sacramento airport tomorrow at touch down time; hopefully they will have the announcement of a successful landing before I board my flight. Hey K7-wave! I see you! Here you are on Mars!! http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/...D10_RRGBM1.html Yeah, that's the disc alright. The weather's great here on Mars . Quote Link to comment
+Blue Power Ranger Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Out of curiosity, how did you get your name on there? Quote Link to comment
+-Hawk- Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Out of curiosity, how did you get your name on there? Definitely, curious minds wanna know. Quote Link to comment
+Jennifer&Dean Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Out of curiosity, how did you get your name on there? Definitely, curious minds wanna know. Linky! Quote Link to comment
+k7-wave Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Out of curiosity, how did you get your name on there? Definitely, curious minds wanna know. Linky! Yes, that's it! It was open to anyone and free. Be sure to get your name on the next mission which will be the Mars Science Laboratory rover. Quote Link to comment
+CACHE KRAWLER Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 (edited) Out of curiosity, how did you get your name on there? Definitely, curious minds wanna know. Linky! Yes, that's it! It was open to anyone and free. Be sure to get your name on the next mission which will be the Mars Science Laboratory rover. Very Cool k7-wave, very cool. I will be sure to get on that. I am glad that so many people are interested in space exploration. I wish that I had been introduced to it earlier on in life. It would also be nice to have Bill Gates money as I would fund a mission like this if I had the oppurtunity. Thanks again. Edited May 31, 2008 by MAJOR LEAGUE INFIDEL Quote Link to comment
+jcar Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 (edited) Out of curiosity, how did you get your name on there? Definitely, curious minds wanna know. Linky! Yes, that's it! It was open to anyone and free. Be sure to get your name on the next mission which will be the Mars Science Laboratory rover. Not as exciting as Mars, but you can send your name on the next mission to the Moon. Edited June 17, 2008 by jcar Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share Posted June 18, 2008 By the way, there is a big full moon rising tomorrow evening and a good explaination of why it looks so big. Basically you expect things overhead to be closer like clouds and thus the moon looks smaller and things on the horizon you expect distance so the same size moon looks bigger Quote Link to comment
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