Mars

A Mars lander is scheduled for landing on Sunday. I love these things. I
usually watch the NASA channel during a probe landing. Even if it is
happening at 3AM, I'll stay up to watch.

I never even heard about this mission being launched. I'm slipping-up
badly.

NASA badly mis-manages their TV channel. It is sad.

Landing is planned for about 7:50PM Eastern Time.

"Quiet Neighbor" <private@spamless.net> wrote in message
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>A Mars lander is scheduled for landing on Sunday. I love these things. I
>usually watch the NASA channel during a probe landing. Even if it is
>happening at 3AM, I'll stay up to watch.
>
> I never even heard about this mission being launched. I'm slipping-up
> badly.
>
> NASA badly mis-manages their TV channel. It is sad.
>
> Landing is planned for about 7:50PM Eastern Time.

I read about that landing. It's supposed to look for water, isn't it?

At the landing site it will be midsummer, which means the temperature will
be a balmy -45 Celsius, or about the same as deepest winter in the High
Arctic on earth.

Around here the NASA Channel requires internet tv.

The Bibble Guy
"Be a fruit and divide." - The Bibble

I hope they find ice. It would be cool for NASA to terriform Mars.

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> "Quiet Neighbor" <private@spamless.net> wrote in message
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>>A Mars lander is scheduled for landing on Sunday. I love these things. I
>>usually watch the NASA channel during a probe landing. Even if it is
>>happening at 3AM, I'll stay up to watch.
>>
>> I never even heard about this mission being launched. I'm slipping-up
>> badly.
>>
>> NASA badly mis-manages their TV channel. It is sad.
>>
>> Landing is planned for about 7:50PM Eastern Time.
>
> I read about that landing. It's supposed to look for water, isn't it?
>
> At the landing site it will be midsummer, which means the temperature will
> be a balmy -45 Celsius, or about the same as deepest winter in the High
> Arctic on earth.
>
> Around here the NASA Channel requires internet tv.
>
> The Bibble Guy
> "Be a fruit and divide." - The Bibble
>

I think they are landing at Mars' North Pole, so it would be cold cold cold.

With the right equipment, streaming video on the internet can be great. I
have a setup built from stuff from ebay. It is about 5 years old, but back
in 2003 this was top of the line, and it does great streaming video.

"Erik the Red" <spock_smokes@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I hope they find ice. It would be cool for NASA to terriform Mars.

If humanity survives, I expect we will terraform Mars. However, I think we
are a few centuries away from even starting a project like that.

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>> "Quiet Neighbor" <private@spamless.net> wrote in message
>> news:AM-dnQXdjPLRi6_VnZ2dnUVZ_vCdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>A Mars lander is scheduled for landing on Sunday. I love these things.
>>>I usually watch the NASA channel during a probe landing. Even if it is
>>>happening at 3AM, I'll stay up to watch.
>>>
>>> I never even heard about this mission being launched. I'm slipping-up
>>> badly.
>>>
>>> NASA badly mis-manages their TV channel. It is sad.
>>>
>>> Landing is planned for about 7:50PM Eastern Time.
>>
>> I read about that landing. It's supposed to look for water, isn't it?
>>
>> At the landing site it will be midsummer, which means the temperature
>> will be a balmy -45 Celsius, or about the same as deepest winter in the
>> High Arctic on earth.
>>
>> Around here the NASA Channel requires internet tv.
>>
>> The Bibble Guy
>> "Be a fruit and divide." - The Bibble
>>
>
> I think they are landing at Mars' North Pole, so it would be cold cold
> cold.
>
> With the right equipment, streaming video on the internet can be great. I
> have a setup built from stuff from ebay. It is about 5 years old, but
> back in 2003 this was top of the line, and it does great streaming video.

Not sure about Mars's axial tilt, but I did hear the temperature would be as
warm as Mars ever gets, which is -45 degrees Celsius.

What's your setup? Do you mean your computer or something else?

The Bibble Guy
"Be a fruit and divide." - The Bibble

"Quiet Neighbor" <private@spamless.net> wrote in message
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> "Erik the Red" <spock_smokes@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>I hope they find ice. It would be cool for NASA to terriform Mars.
>
> If humanity survives, I expect we will terraform Mars. However, I think
> we are a few centuries away from even starting a project like that.

There's lots of obstacles, biggest one being, because the planet is so small
the atmosphere would always be less than earth density and the air would be
thin. It would be hard to keep water from boiling off into space.

The Bibble Guy
"Be a fruit and divide." - The Bibble

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>> "Erik the Red" <spock_smokes@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:86e6bdb2-d684-4324-b85f-eec2cbe074b9@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>>>I hope they find ice. It would be cool for NASA to terriform Mars.
>>
>> If humanity survives, I expect we will terraform Mars. However, I think
>> we are a few centuries away from even starting a project like that.
>
> There's lots of obstacles, biggest one being, because the planet is so
> small the atmosphere would always be less than earth density and the air
> would be thin. It would be hard to keep water from boiling off into space.
>
> The Bibble Guy
> "Be a fruit and divide." - The Bibble
>

Yeah. I think Mars would need domes for its cities.