Comments on: Phoenix rises from the ashes http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/04/phoenix-rises-from-the-ashes/ 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. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:45:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: KaiYeves http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/04/phoenix-rises-from-the-ashes/comment-page-1/#comment-44511 KaiYeves Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:25:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/04/phoenix-rises-from-the-ashes/#comment-44511 Watched it again today on a whim. Still got that fission. Watched it again today on a whim.
Still got that fission.

]]> By: Doris http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/04/phoenix-rises-from-the-ashes/comment-page-1/#comment-44510 Doris Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:05:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/04/phoenix-rises-from-the-ashes/#comment-44510 Hey everybody -- this trailer video was NOT produced by NASA but by Davin Flateau of Wichita, Kansas, for the Phoenix Mission, which is led by the University of Arizona in Tucson. Nor did NASA name the mission. The Phoenix spacecraft was built for the lander portion of the 2001 Mars Surveyor mission. Some of the Phoenix experiments were destined to be on that mission, and have been upgraded. Some are new. There were no parts left over from Polar Lander, since it crashed! The findings of the Gamma Ray Spectrometer on the Mars Odyssey Orbiter in 2002 (a University of Arizona instrument) led Peter Smith, of the University of Arizona, to propose exploring the northern Martian plains. More Phoenix mission info at http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu Planetary Gear, are you referring to Shuttle Endeavour? The Phoenix Mission logo was designed by a Canadian Space Agency scientist working on the mission. Hey everybody — this trailer video was NOT produced by NASA but by Davin Flateau of Wichita, Kansas, for the Phoenix Mission, which is led by the University of Arizona in Tucson. Nor did NASA name the mission.
The Phoenix spacecraft was built for the lander portion of the 2001 Mars Surveyor mission. Some of the Phoenix experiments were destined to be on that mission, and have been upgraded. Some are new. There were no parts left over from Polar Lander, since it crashed!
The findings of the Gamma Ray Spectrometer on the Mars Odyssey Orbiter in 2002 (a University of Arizona instrument) led Peter Smith, of the University of Arizona, to propose exploring the northern Martian plains.
More Phoenix mission info at http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu
Planetary Gear, are you referring to Shuttle Endeavour?
The Phoenix Mission logo was designed by a Canadian Space Agency scientist working on the mission.

]]> By: Ed http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/04/phoenix-rises-from-the-ashes/comment-page-1/#comment-44509 Ed Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:18:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/04/phoenix-rises-from-the-ashes/#comment-44509 > If things hadn't checked out, ala, "Oh shoot, we forgot to put the lander on the third stage!", could Endeavor or another shuttle mission have gone up, grabbed it, and either bring it back to earth or fix it and send it on its way? Are there contingency plans for that sort of thing? >

If things hadn’t checked out, ala, “Oh shoot, we forgot to put the lander on the third stage!”, could Endeavor or another shuttle mission have gone up, grabbed it, and either bring it back to earth or fix it and send it on its way? Are there contingency plans for that sort of thing?

]]> By: KaiYeves http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/04/phoenix-rises-from-the-ashes/comment-page-1/#comment-44508 KaiYeves Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:02:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/04/phoenix-rises-from-the-ashes/#comment-44508 Really cool! It kinda reminded me of that Transformers trailer with Beagle 2, but even cooler- 'cause this is REAL! I recently talked to about 20 5-8 year olds, and they were very interested in Mars. If they made Cosmos today, that would be in it! Really cool! It kinda reminded me of that Transformers trailer with Beagle 2, but even cooler- ’cause this is REAL! I recently talked to about 20 5-8 year olds, and they were very interested in Mars. If they made Cosmos today, that would be in it!

]]> By: Brian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/04/phoenix-rises-from-the-ashes/comment-page-1/#comment-44502 Brian Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:47:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/04/phoenix-rises-from-the-ashes/#comment-44502 Thanx, Mena, That was great! The video of the Phoenix Launch was very good also. Thanx, Mena,
That was great! The video of the Phoenix Launch was very good also.

]]> By: yogi-one http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/04/phoenix-rises-from-the-ashes/comment-page-1/#comment-44493 yogi-one Sun, 05 Aug 2007 16:53:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/04/phoenix-rises-from-the-ashes/#comment-44493 So...what were the results of the investigation? So…what were the results of the investigation?

]]> By: PlanetaryGear http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/04/phoenix-rises-from-the-ashes/comment-page-1/#comment-44504 PlanetaryGear Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:14:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/04/phoenix-rises-from-the-ashes/#comment-44504 does anybody else think that their icon looks like it's for some open source martian web browser software? :D The video is strange to me... but I guess I'm just not used to pr releases from NASA that make what they do seem at all exciting. I had a chance to tour there recently and stood underneath the orbiter! That was the most exciting thing I've ever done! And their normal public relations stuff makes it all very boring and routine. Perhaps some of these guys will get some interest going again. does anybody else think that their icon looks like it’s for some open source martian web browser software? :D

The video is strange to me… but I guess I’m just not used to pr releases from NASA that make what they do seem at all exciting. I had a chance to tour there recently and stood underneath the orbiter! That was the most exciting thing I’ve ever done! And their normal public relations stuff makes it all very boring and routine. Perhaps some of these guys will get some interest going again.

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