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Important point: not an exhaustive list. RT @ A good read! “25 Everyday Technologies That Came from NASA” at
about 13 hours ago
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@ As for dusty: well, wouldn't you still love your grandmother even if she were dusty? I rest my case. :-)
12:15 AM Nov 24th
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@ Not physically present on Lab, but always in our hearts. That totally counts.
12:14 AM Nov 24th
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@ The only two robots cooler than ATHLETE are (1) Spirit and (2) Opportunity. In that order. :-) In that list, being (3) ain't bad.
10:12 PM Nov 23rd
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@ Also: no. :-P ;-)
8:17 PM Nov 23rd
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@ Third-coolest robot on Lab, ATHLETE. Among other things, I used one tool-wielding wheel to drill a hole during a field test.
8:17 PM Nov 23rd
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I've had no time to play w/this Lunar Rover Sim yet (though I've driven ATHLETE for real) -- any good? (Want Linux vsn!)
7:54 PM Nov 23rd
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@ No reason -- emphasis NO -- to think RR wheel's lost, but if we *were* to lose a wheel, it would be a major setback.
7:50 PM Nov 23rd
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@ Would rather not speculate about cause until diagnostics are in hand.
7:47 PM Nov 23rd
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@ Sort of: wheel stalled, so this sol (just finished planning) mostly diagnostics, with small forward motion if diags OK.
4:31 PM Nov 23rd
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Thanks, Pasadena Star-News, for supportive editorial re NASA's stupid quest to snoop on employees' personal lives:
5:00 PM Nov 22nd
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Meanwhile, on other side of Mars, Opportunity's inspecting Marquette Island: (MI of RAT on rock, via @)
4:48 PM Nov 22nd
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Fascinating "If Earth Had Rings" video: How would this have changed history, theology, etc.? (via @ & @)
4:46 PM Nov 22nd
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Team worked weekend to analyze latest drive result. (I only called in for go/no-go meeting; my turn comes Thanksgiving weekend.)
4:36 PM Nov 22nd
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@ ~50cm until we're clear of Belly Rock on forward path. A long way to go, yet.
4:32 PM Nov 22nd
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@ Two problems: can't move arm at same time as wheels (shared motor controller) + arm's not strong enough (~70N v. ~650N needed).
4:31 PM Nov 22nd
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RT @ Geordi LaForge sleep mask:
1:39 PM Nov 20th
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I love @ Theatre: 1940s-style radio shows, made today. Superhero (Red Panda) + detective (Black Jack Justice)
1:35 PM Nov 20th
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@ You misspelled "when." ;-) But HELL, YES, we're having a party when (OK, if) we ! And the first round's on me!
1:28 PM Nov 20th
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@ Beautiful pix -- but worried about you & Stella, of course. You guys in any danger from the flood?
1:17 PM Nov 20th
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- Name Scott Maxwell
- Location Pasadena, CA, USA ... Earth
- Web http://marsandme....
- Bio On a small red light in the night sky lives four hundred pounds of thinking metal sent from Earth. I tell that metal what to do, and it does it.
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