Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Fourteen degrees South, 175 degrees East, to be exact, where Mars Rover Spirit is patiently sitting out its second winter parked on the Low Ridge Haven outcrop. NASA has agreed to extend the Rover missions for another year from October, so it's...
[August 11, 2006, 19:15]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog In practice, it's almost happening: while I had to hang on the phone to find out what was going on with Magellan a few years back (that was the probe to radar-map Venus), I pretty well watched the Mars Rover do its thing live on a JPL website.
[February 5, 1999, 16:30]
Rupert Goodwins' Weekend Diary
Blog One story circulating is that the Rover design stems from the day that the scientists had the funding for a previous and much larger mission turned down: as they dejectedly sat around in the lab looking at the 1/8th scale working model on the...
[July 12, 1997, 9:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog These are much larger versions of the Pathfinder rover of four years ago: eventually, it's thought that gateways direct to exploration systems like these will let ordinary earthbound spods like you and I get direct experience of distant planets.
[May 25, 2001, 17:50]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog I am baff, I am surprised", said Steve Squyres, scientific director/conductor of the Rover mission. Tuesday 2/03/2004Mars attracts! For a couple of days now, NASA has been trailing a very important press conference, due at 7 p.m.this evening UK...
[March 5, 2004, 16:20]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog You'll note they're not too worried about the other rover, Opportunity: again, the press conferences don't tend to say too much about this, but seeing as the filing system is running properly there I'd imagine there's no difficulty in deleting...
[January 30, 2004, 15:10]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Friday 23/1/2004As I type this, I'm watching the clock and anxiously waiting for the next scheduled attempt to communicate with the Mars rover. Good luck in getting the thing back, chaps, and let's hope the second rover lands safely this weekend.
[January 23, 2004, 12:55]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News In practice, it's almost happening: while I had to hang on the phone to find out what was going on with Magellan a few years back (that was the probe to radar-map Venus), I pretty well watched the Mars Rover do its thing live on a JPL website.
[February 5, 1999, 16:30]
Rupert Goodwins' Weekend Diary
News One story circulating is that the Rover design stems from the day that the scientists had the funding for a previous and much larger mission turned down: as they dejectedly sat around in the lab looking at the 1/8th scale working model on the...
[July 12, 1997, 8:00]
