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  1. Many questions about next Martian summer and will I wake up? It is beyond expectations. But if it happens you'll be among the 1st to know. 9:26 AM Oct 30th, 2008 from web
  2. I may go to sleep soon, @lordavon . But my "Lazarus mode" might allow me wake up now and then for short times during next few weeks. 9:23 AM Oct 30th, 2008 from web
  3. I should stay well-preserved in this cold. I'll be humankind's monument here for centuries, eons, until future explorers come for me ;-) 12:57 AM Oct 30th, 2008 from web
  4. I'm not mobile, @gjain81, so here I'll stay. My mission will draw to an end soon, and I can't imagine a greater place to be than here. 12:45 AM Oct 30th, 2008 from web
  5. When I go to sleep, @MichDdot , the mission team will post occasional updates here for me. Results of science analyses, for example. 12:30 AM Oct 30th, 2008 from web
  6. There is a future mission @CaptainAnderson. @MarsScienceLab is being built right now at JPL for launch next year. I hope you'll all follow. 12:19 AM Oct 30th, 2008 from web
  7. Martian seasons are very long @mridul and winter here is really tough. Next spring is one year away. Next summer is May 2010. 12:11 AM Oct 30th, 2008 from web
  8. @neilson This part of Mars will be covered in CO2 ice for several months, and will be in darkness for about 3 months. Not too nice. 11:40 PM Oct 29th, 2008 from web in reply to neilson
  9. @inventrix originally, the mic was in a camera meant for an earlier mission (that didn't make it). It ended up on me kinda like a stowaway. 11:39 PM Oct 29th, 2008 from web in reply to Inventrix
  10. @Texfile The mic may still be turned on. But, it was never intended for use on this mission & it never had a heater- so it may be a longshot 10:43 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web in reply to Texfile
  11. @sheila_A Both Mars Odyssey and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are used to relay data to Earth. 10:31 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web in reply to sheila_A
  12. @pyrowolf RTGs (radioisotope thermoelectric generators) add a whole other dimension of cost to the mission, outside my scope. 10:27 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web in reply to pyrowolf
  13. @manuelciosici I'm running VxWorks on a RAD6000 computer. Software is written in C. Here are more specs: http://is.gd/DkP 10:25 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web in reply to manuelciosici
  14. Whoa, so much sadness about the heater turning off. Thx, and I hope to hang on several more weeks so you will be hearing more from me :-) 3:55 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  15. Not sure how soon arm will freeze after 1st heater is turned off. Depends on the weather. But saving that power (250 watt hrs/sol) is good. 2:46 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  16. @LW_Will The heater for the arm will have to turn off to save power. So I'm parking the arm's needle-like probes into the dirt before then. 2:35 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web in reply to LW_Will
  17. My team has a good plan to keep me going even as power levels drop. Bits of me will have to turn off, starting today. http://is.gd/53bD 2:29 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  18. - @martingruner Temps this week hovering around -40C/-40F (the high) and -95C/-139F (the overnight low). 1:33 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  19. - @brandingdavid downlink delay is of course based on distance. Now, it takes ~20 minutes for data to go Mars to Earth, at speed of light. 1:25 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  20. @ithangover Yes, the 2 cameras are like human eyes so I can see in 3D. Very important for using arm. A 3D gallery is here http://is.gd/WpD 10:21 AM Oct 28th, 2008 from web in reply to ithangover