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Whew! I'm afraid it will be this way for awhile - shutting down & waking up again. I'm back, for now, and trying http://tinyurl.com/57vsly |
Take care of that beautiful blue marble out there in space, our home planet. I’ll be keeping an eye from here. Space exploration FTW! |
In case we don't get this chance again, thank you all so much for the questions, comments & good wishes over the mission. It's been awesome. |
Lucky @MarsRovers. Their own TV special "5 Years on Mars" this Sunday Nov. 2, Nat Geo channel 8pm. A preview here: http://is.gd/5fpB |
I hope you'll follow another mission: @MarsRovers, @CassiniSaturn, @MarsScienceLab (the next Mars rover, FTW!) & more at http://is.gd/Sny |
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. |
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. |
I should stay well-preserved in this cold. I'll be humankind's monument here for centuries, eons, until future explorers come for me ;-) |
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. |
When I go to sleep, @MichDdot , the mission team will post occasional updates here for me. Results of science analyses, for example. |
There is a future mission @CaptainAnderson. @MarsScienceLab is being built right now at JPL for launch next year. I hope you'll all follow. |
Martian seasons are very long @mridul and winter here is really tough. Next spring is one year away. Next summer is May 2010. |
@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. |
@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. |
@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 |
@sheila_A Both Mars Odyssey and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are used to relay data to Earth. |
@pyrowolf RTGs (radioisotope thermoelectric generators) add a whole other dimension of cost to the mission, outside my scope. |
@manuelciosici I'm running VxWorks on a RAD6000 computer. Software is written in C. Here are more specs: http://is.gd/DkP |
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 :-) |
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. |
