
01-23-2004, 09:48 AM
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Spirit may be back
The news just in: URL: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...n_sc/mars_rover
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Science - AP
NASA Gets New Signal From Mars Rover
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By ANDREW BRIDGES, AP Science Writer
PASADENA, Calif. - NASA (news - web sites) engineers got a 10-minute signal Friday morning from the Spirit rover and planned further communications with it in an effort to diagnose and possibly patch up their ailing robotic patient on Mars.
NASA heard from the six-wheeled rover at about 4:30 a.m., but officials did not immediately elaborate on the signal in a statement released early Friday. If it contains significant data, the transmission would mark the first such signal in two days — a period of anxious waiting for scientists.
Engineers hope Spirit will manage to send some engineering data, which can be used to assess the health of the spacecraft, pinpoint any problems and allow NASA to begin working on a potential fix or fixes.
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01-23-2004, 10:26 AM
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is not this trim anymore!
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When I read the story of lost contact, the first thing that came to mind was childhood memories of my remote control car going around a corner and getting out of range, making me run like a crazy person trying to catch up to it before it got squashed. I'm glad they didn't have to chase it down.
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01-23-2004, 10:33 AM
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Nice but never normal
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The national news is still say we don't have contact with it. Guess it isn't update worthy. Glad we still have contact though.
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01-23-2004, 11:00 AM
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gekkogecko,
Let's keep our fingers crossed that the engineers can get the communications back to normal.
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01-23-2004, 11:05 AM
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The message they are getting is a I am still here, but I am in trouble message.
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01-23-2004, 11:11 AM
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The las thing Rover saw before going offline.
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01-23-2004, 05:16 PM
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