Comments on: Mars Polar Lander, found? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:48:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Crater Hale Revisited - Page 2 - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/comment-page-1/#comment-138920 Crater Hale Revisited - Page 2 - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:54:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/#comment-138920 [...] a couple examples of images of things on Mars taken from orbit. Not great, but examples still. From Bad Astronomy From the Planetary Society I was looking for a slightly more detailed article that included [...] [...] a couple examples of images of things on Mars taken from orbit. Not great, but examples still. From Bad Astronomy From the Planetary Society I was looking for a slightly more detailed article that included [...]

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]]> By: L. Fuller http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/comment-page-1/#comment-4561 L. Fuller Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:07:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/#comment-4561 The official Mars Climate Orbiter site: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/orbiter/ Nigel's site seems to be biased towards conspiracy theory. The official Mars Climate Orbiter site:

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/orbiter/

Nigel’s site seems to be biased towards conspiracy theory.

]]> By: Nigel Depledge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/comment-page-1/#comment-4560 Nigel Depledge Tue, 10 May 2005 21:45:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/#comment-4560 Michelle, it was Mars Climate Orbiter, and the confusion was over pounds of thrust versus Newtons of thrust. For more info see here: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/2191/MCO.htm Did that come out as a hyperlink? Anyway, amazing images, and pretty amazing that it is possible to infer such detail from images where the size of the object under observation is of the same order of magnitude as the resolution limit! Maybe with the next generation of cameras orbiting Mars they'll even find tiny little Beagle 2 (or the remains thereof). Who'd have thought you could send a lander to Mars for less than $75,000,000? Oh ... you can't. :-) Michelle, it was Mars Climate Orbiter, and the confusion was over pounds of thrust versus Newtons of thrust. For more info see here:
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/2191/MCO.htm

Did that come out as a hyperlink?

Anyway, amazing images, and pretty amazing that it is possible to infer such detail from images where the size of the object under observation is of the same order of magnitude as the resolution limit! Maybe with the next generation of cameras orbiting Mars they’ll even find tiny little Beagle 2 (or the remains thereof). Who’d have thought you could send a lander to Mars for less than $75,000,000? Oh … you can’t. :-)

]]> By: Michelle Rochon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/comment-page-1/#comment-4559 Michelle Rochon Sat, 07 May 2005 02:45:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/#comment-4559 Well, golly! That's amazing they could spot the baby... Didn't someone also analyze Clementine images and find some Apollo??? It's incredible what you can do sometimes! I have a faint memory of something that crashed on Mars or didn't reach it or whatever... I know they had mixed metric with inches. Which one was that again??? Well, golly! That’s amazing they could spot the baby… Didn’t someone also analyze Clementine images and find some Apollo??? It’s incredible what you can do sometimes!

I have a faint memory of something that crashed on Mars or didn’t reach it or whatever… I know they had mixed metric with inches. Which one was that again???

]]> By: The Black Cat http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/comment-page-1/#comment-4555 The Black Cat Fri, 06 May 2005 16:16:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/#comment-4555 Very intersting. One quick question. How can we tell the black area near the lander (if that is what it really is) are blast marks and not "skid" marks, bounce marks, or debris from when the lander crashed? How do we know it didn't dig up or knocked away some soil or lost some pieces and then continued moving a bit before coming to a stop? Very intersting. One quick question. How can we tell the black area near the lander (if that is what it really is) are blast marks and not “skid” marks, bounce marks, or debris from when the lander crashed? How do we know it didn’t dig up or knocked away some soil or lost some pieces and then continued moving a bit before coming to a stop?

]]> By: Infinate Idiocy » Blog Archive » Mars Polar Lander http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/comment-page-1/#comment-4558 Infinate Idiocy » Blog Archive » Mars Polar Lander Fri, 06 May 2005 14:39:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/#comment-4558 [...] m Interesting post about the possible finding of the Mars Polar Lander over at Bad Astronomy. I’m not too much of a science person, but I find it amazing the things we can do ho [...] [...] m

Interesting post about the possible finding of the Mars Polar Lander over at Bad Astronomy. I’m not too much of a science person, but I find it amazing the things we can do ho [...]

]]> By: Tom’s Astronomy Blog » Blog Archive » That Was Quick..maybe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/comment-page-1/#comment-4557 Tom’s Astronomy Blog » Blog Archive » That Was Quick..maybe Fri, 06 May 2005 13:43:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/#comment-4557 [...] t Was Quick..maybe The Mars Polar Lander may have been found already! See this post at Bad Astronomy for the story. This entry was posted on Fr [...] [...] t Was Quick..maybe The Mars Polar Lander may have been found already! See this post at Bad Astronomy for the story. This entry was posted on Fr [...]

]]> By: Cugel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/comment-page-1/#comment-4556 Cugel Fri, 06 May 2005 12:06:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/#comment-4556 If the landingmotor did switch off at 40 meters, would it have left such an impressive blast-zone? Actually, this picture looks exactly like what you expect to find after a successful touchdown! However, if you look closely at the terrain at the highest resolution picture it is covered with these black pits. (Or whatever they are) If these are not compression artifacts, but real surface features it means that MPL landed in some pretty rough terrain. Maybe it just ran out of luck at the very last moment of its journey? If the landingmotor did switch off at 40 meters, would it have left such an impressive blast-zone? Actually, this picture looks exactly like what you expect to find after a successful touchdown! However, if you look closely at the terrain at the highest resolution picture it is covered with these black pits. (Or whatever they are) If these are not compression artifacts, but real surface features it means that MPL landed in some pretty rough terrain. Maybe it just ran out of luck at the very last moment of its journey?

]]> By: James Snell http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/comment-page-1/#comment-4554 James Snell Fri, 06 May 2005 04:40:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/#comment-4554 Bah! That Viking picture is clearly some form of hyperdimensional energy relay device! ;-) Bah! That Viking picture is clearly some form of hyperdimensional energy relay device! ;-)

]]> By: Steve Collins http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/comment-page-1/#comment-4553 Steve Collins Fri, 06 May 2005 02:58:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/#comment-4553 Great detective work! Now that the locations are known, will you be re-visiting them for additional photography? Are super-resolution images a possibility? Great detective work!

Now that the locations are known, will you be re-visiting them for additional photography?

Are super-resolution images a possibility?

]]> By: Jerry http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/comment-page-1/#comment-4552 Jerry Fri, 06 May 2005 02:53:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/#comment-4552 Great! Now show me the lower half of the Luner Lander on the moon. If we can look at the sun, we can look at the moon. Great! Now show me the lower half of the Luner Lander on the moon. If we can look at the sun, we can look at the moon.

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/comment-page-1/#comment-4550 The Bad Astronomer Fri, 06 May 2005 01:11:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/#comment-4550 Heh. Yup, that's a straight typo. I fixed it, thanks! Heh. Yup, that’s a straight typo. I fixed it, thanks!

]]> By: Van Rijn http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/comment-page-1/#comment-4551 Van Rijn Fri, 06 May 2005 00:39:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/05/05/mars-polar-lander-found/#comment-4551 Very nice. One typo: You said that Viking 2 landed in 1997, instead of 1976. Very nice. One typo: You said that Viking 2 landed in 1997, instead of 1976.

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