marsroverdriver
- Incidentally, just got called for jury service. When you have a job like mine, you have to love voir dire. :-)5:50 PM Jul 14th from web
- I think that will make me the *Emmy-award-winning* Scott Maxwell. As I understand it. ;-)5:24 PM Jul 14th from web
- Mark Davis's superb "5 Years on Mars" Nat Geo special (http://is.gd/1yZGv) got nominated for 2 Emmy awards! If he doesn't win, it's a crime.5:18 PM Jul 14th from web
- RT @JElvisWeinstein I just read that one of the world's languages dies every two weeks. Even sadder, no one understands their obituaries.6:22 PM Jul 3rd from web
- Groan! :-D RT @sfjcody When you succeed, you should demand that the local bars give the MER team http://twitpic.com/8zk6b #FreeSpirit10:38 PM Jul 2nd from web
- Nice work! As always, I'm amazed by what UMSF can accomplish. RT @doug_ellison The UMSF unofficial #FreeSpirit FAQ http://bit.ly/196pAT10:30 PM Jul 2nd from web
- I never thought anything would get me to drink beer, but the chance of winning a trip to space just might do it: http://is.gd/1lMlR1:52 PM Jul 2nd from web
- Now that the testbed is set up at last, things are going so well that it's making Paolo (extraction lead) nervous. Nice problem! #FreeSpirit2:43 PM Jul 1st from web
- @mars_stu Yeah, we should get *Opportunity* stuck and use her to figure out how to get the *testbed* rover unstuck! ... Paolo would kill me.11:00 PM Jun 30th from Twitterrific in reply to mars_stu
- @YouDummy We considered it, but the rovers don't move fast enough to have much momentum. Also, Spirit can barely move *at all* in this soil.10:57 PM Jun 30th from Twitterrific in reply to YouDummy
- Thanks, all, for the good wishes on our testbed setup today! Seems you helped: testbed ready, at last, for our experiments. #FreeSpirit5:09 PM Jun 30th from web
- @mactavish Aw, shucks. *scuffs dirt with toe, blushing*5:04 PM Jun 30th from web in reply to mactavish
- @stumax That's true -- I am a machine for converting caffeine into sound bites.5:03 PM Jun 30th from web in reply to stumax
- @YouDummy W00t! :-P ;-)5:01 PM Jun 30th from web in reply to YouDummy
- @JBurridge Love crazy ideas, but doubt we'd get enough of a result. Plus, the arm can reach only in front of one driving wheel (left front).4:53 PM Jun 30th from web in reply to JBurridge
- @macneo I wish! But not yet. :-) Sorry for not making it clearer.4:48 PM Jun 30th from web in reply to macneo
- The official site's got some info on today's testbed activities, including a great image of the drive in: http://is.gd/1jwly #FreeSpirit4:47 PM Jun 30th from web
- Fellow rover driver Ashley Stroupe (the lead for Spirit) gives the Discovery Channel an excellent interview: http://is.gd/1js4g2:38 PM Jun 30th from web
- @marssciencegrad You're as good as your word. :-)1:12 PM Jun 30th from Twitterrific
- Now that we (seem to) have a good-fidelity test rig, we'll develop extraction strategies. Stay tuned! #FreeSpirit1:11 PM Jun 30th from Twitterrific
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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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