marsroverdriver
-
Thanks, Pasadena Star-News, for supportive editorial re NASA's stupid quest to snoop on employees' personal lives:
about 23 hours ago
from web
-
Meanwhile, on other side of Mars, Opportunity's inspecting Marquette Island: (MI of RAT on rock, via @)
about 24 hours ago
from web
-
Fascinating "If Earth Had Rings" video: How would this have changed history, theology, etc.? (via @ & @)
about 24 hours ago
from web
-
Team worked weekend to analyze latest drive result. (I only called in for go/no-go meeting; my turn comes Thanksgiving weekend.)
about 24 hours ago
from web
-
@ ~50cm until we're clear of Belly Rock on forward path. A long way to go, yet.
about 24 hours ago
from web
in reply to nivnac
-
@ Two problems: can't move arm at same time as wheels (shared motor controller) + arm's not strong enough (~70N v. ~650N needed).
about 24 hours ago
from web
in reply to bkk48
-
RT @ Geordi LaForge sleep mask:
1:39 PM Nov 20th
from web
-
I love @ Theatre: 1940s-style radio shows, made today. Superhero (Red Panda) + detective (Black Jack Justice)
1:35 PM Nov 20th
from web
-
@ 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
from web
in reply to Bellatrixlestar
-
@ Beautiful pix -- but worried about you & Stella, of course. You guys in any danger from the flood?
1:17 PM Nov 20th
from web
in reply to mars_stu
-
RT @: Today (1120) = (1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 × 6 × 7 × 8) / (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8).
1:07 PM Nov 20th
from web
-
RT @: Go Spirit Go! See drive animations from @ at
1:07 PM Nov 20th
from web
-
Once past Belly Rock, we'll be past one major danger & will have experience with this path, so can maybe step on the gas then.
1:05 PM Nov 20th
from web
-
In case it's surprising: we don't want Spirit going too far per sol so we can maneuver her CG *very carefully* past Belly Rock.
1:04 PM Nov 20th
from web
-
Discovery News pix of : help Digg it at (@ via @ -- guys, why no "Digg her out" jokes?!)
1:01 PM Nov 20th
from web
-
Also got *way* better downlink than predicted; got all needed data on first sol's d/l. Spirit wants out!
12:56 PM Nov 20th
from web
-
Sweet! Second try much better than first! Progress about 2x what we'd hoped, so Spirit stopped early so as not to go *too far*.
12:54 PM Nov 20th
from web
-
So right! I think the xkcd guy spies on my life. RT @ I think @ will like this one:
12:51 PM Nov 20th
from web
-
@ Long answer surprisingly complicated, short answer yes. :-)
12:09 AM Nov 19th
from web
in reply to dkulshitsky
-
DoJ's taking our privacy case to the Supreme Court. We'd rather they drop it. To help, send letters:
12:07 AM Nov 19th
from web
|
- 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.
|