Curiosity worked rather well. Her successor, Morpheus, well, see for yourself.
"failure every now and then is acceptable (even though it's expensive)."
Oops. Wonder if it would have made any difference if the contractor had a name other than that of the most suicidal animal in Texas. Armadillos make lemmings look like offspring of Scarlett O'Hara and Tom Brown Jr.
I believe I read that the Gale Crater is 90 miles wide!
How can there be a crater, with a mountain poking up in the middle of it??? Seems like whatever asteroid hit Mars to make that crater would have smashed anything in the middle into smithereens. I just don't understand.
think of a pebble being dropped into water, it makes a ring, but there will also be a drop of water that bounces up from the center of the ring. That mountain in the middle of the crater is like the drop of water that rebounds up in the center.
Curiosity spins its wheels and shoots up the Martian landscape. And the landing place has been named "Bradbury's Landing", after the author, would have been 92 today.
Verum audaces non gerunt indusia alba. - Ipsi dixit MCMLXXII
Curiosity spins its wheels and shoots up the Martian landscape. And the landing place has been named "Bradbury's Landing", after the author, would have been 92 today.
Sadly, Neil Armstrong has passed away at age 82. Link to CNN here.
"While we mourn the loss of a very good man, we also celebrate his remarkable life and hope that it serves as an example to young people around the world to work hard to make their dreams come true, to be willing to explore and push the limits, and to selflessly serve a cause greater than themselves," his family said.
Verum audaces non gerunt indusia alba. - Ipsi dixit MCMLXXII
Following is the speech which was to be given by Nixon if it all went wrong. On the running sheet for the president, it states to telephone "the widows-to-be". For me that term sums up the bravery and courage.
Quote:
"Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice. These two men are laying down their lives in mankind's most noble goal: the search for truth and understanding. They will be mourned by their families and friends; they will be mourned by their nation; they will be mourned by the people of the world; they will be mourned by a Mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown. In their exploration, they stirred the people of the world to feel as one; in their sacrifice, they bind more tightly the brotherhood of man. In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood. Others will follow, and surely find their way home. Man's search will not be denied. But these men were the first, and they will remain the foremost in our hearts. For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind."
Verum audaces non gerunt indusia alba. - Ipsi dixit MCMLXXII
