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06-05-2008, 11:53 AM
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Communications glitch delays Mars lander
Huston we have a glitch
Communications glitch delays Mars lander digging By ALICIA CHANG, AP Science Writer Wed Jun 4, 9:10 PM ET Communications glitch delays Mars lander digging - Yahoo! News LOS ANGELES - The Phoenix lander's first dig into the Martian soil for scientific study was delayed Wednesday because of a communications glitch on a spacecraft that relays commands from Earth to the red planet. The orbiting Odyssey satellite went into safe mode and failed to send instructions to Phoenix to claw into the permafrost to search for evidence of the building blocks of life, said Chad Edwards, chief telecommunications engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. It's the second time a relay problem has delayed the lander's schedule. The first glitch occurred two days after it landed, when another satellite, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, turned off its radio. 
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06-05-2008, 04:00 PM
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Re: Communications glitch delays Mars lander
And the secret of life on Mars is...
[nasal sounding voice with Brooklyn accent]- "I'm sorry; we are temporarily unable to complete this call. Our system is currently shut down for maintenance... "Meanwhile, please enjoy the music..." [Overture from '2001: A Space Odyssey' starts playing]
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06-05-2008, 09:50 PM
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Re: Communications glitch delays Mars lander
Friggin martians
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06-07-2008, 11:30 AM
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Re: Communications glitch delays Mars lander
Hummm I wonder???????????
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06-09-2008, 01:11 PM
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