Phoenix Mars Lander.

[hal9891]

check out the gallery http://fawkes1.lpl.arizona.edu/gallery.php<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#808080" color="#999999"><font size="1">"I predict that within 100 years computers will be twice as powerful, 10000 times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them"</font></font><br /></div> </div>

 

[jmilsom]

Fantastic!!! Congratulations to the team! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Andrey992]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>check out the gallery http://fawkes1.lpl.arizona.edu/gallery.php <br /> Posted by hal9891</DIV></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When are we gonna get color images?&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[3488]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'><font color="#ff0000">NASA TV, about to comment on FIRST IMAGES.A lot of happy faces in mission control.Andrew Brown. <br />Posted by 3488</font></DIV><br /><br /><font size="2"><strong>0.3 degree tilt to south has been confirmed & 0.6 degree out of true alignment east - west.</strong></font></p><p><strong><font size="2">First landscape.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2">http://img398.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sol11wy6.jpg</font></strong><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/7/2/1721c182-ca31-463f-a2b5-168b63e7d817.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><strong>Footpad.</strong></p><p><strong><font size="2">http://img398.imageshack.us/my.php?image=footpad1sol1se9.jpg</font><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/1/13/01e2e8a2-85e4-4d2a-8d96-98d2039c2e2f.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br /></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2">Andrew Brown.</font></strong></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[Swampcat]

<p><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/14/8/0e934d62-0949-4feb-9849-6ba633eb12e8.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/0/1/70caf836-b05b-4732-a1c2-7c7d7b4da283.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/6/15/2612368c-53ab-4930-8f93-c43d1deba2a4.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[vdogg]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>&nbsp;When are we gonna get color images?&nbsp; <br /> Posted by Andrey992</DIV></p><p>Judging by the last couple missions that usually takes a few days.&nbsp;</p>

 

[rybanis]

<p>The interview on NASA TV is...ungh.</p><p>Anyways, the landing pads don't look depressed into the soil at all. What a barren landscape, beautiful though!</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Swampcat]

Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Far out!!!&nbsp; Here for imageshttp://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/images.php?gID=0&cID=7 <br />Posted by derekmcd</DIV><br /><br />Thanks for the link. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-cool.gif" border="0" alt="Cool" title="Cool" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[fractionofadot]

It looks like there's quite a lot of dust on the pads, would this have been kicked up by the landing rocket motor? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[arkady]

<p>Great stuff!</p><p>Can finally try get some sleep then, gonna be a looong day tomorrow. <br /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "<font color="#0000ff"><em>The choice is the Universe, or nothing</em> ... </font>" - H.G Wells </div>

 

[fractionofadot]

<p>Interesting little surface feature that could be in range of the arm:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>http://fawkes1.lpl.arizona.edu/images.php?gID=343&cID=7</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[thor06]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>The interview on NASA TV is...ungh.Anyways, the landing pads don't look depressed into the soil at all. What a barren landscape, beautiful though! <br /> Posted by rybanis</DIV></p><p>lol, yea NASA TV still has some production issues.&nbsp; Awkward</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Photos look great, scientists look happy.&nbsp; Very good day.&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> <font color="#0000ff">                           www.watchnasatv.com</font></p><p>                          ONE PERCENT FOR NASA! </p> </div>

 

[rybanis]

<p>Looks like NASA is ending the live coverage special.</p><p><strong>Coming Up:</strong><br /> </p><p>News Briefing at 9PM PDT </p><p>News Briefing tomorrow morning.&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Swampcat]

<br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/11/11/ab157117-0b19-4b93-9b65-e16fb1b21e4d.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/5/3/e5c04ad1-f6a9-4b93-931f-cf5b9960e338.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/9/11/19e1ed74-2b5e-414b-9b92-ef42c877b779.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/14/2/8eb02611-b538-46a4-a213-95d0a5c621fb.Medium.jpg" alt="" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[moonmadness]

<p>Not a single Martian in any of those pictures.&nbsp; </p><p>I'm beginning to think there may not be life on Mars. </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>I'm not a rocket scientist, but I do play one on the TV in my mind.</p> </div>

 

[derekmcd]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>The interview on NASA TV is...ungh.Anyways, the landing pads don't look depressed into the soil at all. What a barren landscape, beautiful though! <br /> Posted by rybanis</DIV></p><p>I think a barren landscape was precisely what they were hoping for and counting on.&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div> </div><br /><div><span style="color:#0000ff" class="Apple-style-span">"If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing." - Homer Simpson</span></div> </div>

 

[fractionofadot]

<p>The dark depressions look almost like water channels.....</p><p>There are bright patches radiating from the lander itself, presumably as a result of the landing motors.. imagine it was exposed permafrost... blargh. Must stop speculating! </p><p>I'm just an interested spectator and I can't sleep.. it's 3:20am here currently. I can only imagine how the scientists directly involved in this mission are feeling. </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[rybanis]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>I think a barren landscape was precisely what they were hoping for and counting on.&nbsp; <br /> Posted by derekmcd</DIV></p><p>Indeed! I'm just in awe of it. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Also, we can discuss the titanic failure tonight of the Martian Defense Force to intercept Phoenix. &nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[derekmcd]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Indeed! I'm just in awe of it. &nbsp;Also, we can discuss the titanic failure tonight of the Martian Defense Force to intercept Phoenix. &nbsp; <br /> Posted by rybanis</DIV></p><p>The MRO and Odyssey provided the escort... they dare not mess with us.&nbsp; The rovers already cleared out the ground forces.&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div> </div><br /><div><span style="color:#0000ff" class="Apple-style-span">"If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing." - Homer Simpson</span></div> </div>

 

[fractionofadot]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>The MRO and Odyssey provided the escort... they dare not mess with us.&nbsp; The rovers already cleared out the ground forces.&nbsp; <br /> Posted by derekmcd</DIV></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And let us not forget the kamikaze attack of the Beagle II </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[derekmcd]

<p>This picture says it all...</p><p><br /> <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/11/8/3bb298ba-f616-40bc-a816-89e33a3d90bf.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><br />This was their super bowl and world series all at once.&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div> </div><br /><div><span style="color:#0000ff" class="Apple-style-span">"If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing." - Homer Simpson</span></div> </div>

 

[derekmcd]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>&nbsp;And let us not forget the kamikaze attack of the Beagle II <br /> Posted by fractionofadot</DIV></p><p>An under appreciated event in both reality and our little war scenario.&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div> </div><br /><div><span style="color:#0000ff" class="Apple-style-span">"If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing." - Homer Simpson</span></div> </div>

 

[3488]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'><font color="#ff0000">Indeed! I'm just in awe of it. &nbsp;Also, we can discuss the titanic failure tonight of the Martian Defense Force to intercept Phoenix. &nbsp; <br />Posted by rybanis</font></DIV></p><p><font size="2"><strong>You just do not realise how I feel. I was part of the campaign to save this mission from the axe, so I am just shell shocked at the moment, letting it slowly sink in.</strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>Anyway I have heard that a full 360 degree panorama will be available tomorrow. Cheers for the images Swampcat, a great grab bag there you've posted.</strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>Can't Wait.</strong></font></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000080">http://img527.imageshack.us/my.php?image=largelandscapesol1ai7.jpg</font></strong><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/10/3/9a2c4eec-fd85-47dd-8380-7c83c51a0c7a.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><strong><font size="2">Andrew Brown.</font></strong></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[Swampcat]

<p>OK, this is either a Martian landboat&nbsp;with a troop of Martians about to attack Phoenix&nbsp;or a piece of the spacecraft.</p><p>You decide.</p><p>From lg_347.jpg.</p><p><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/8/1/28b77392-2c96-4647-a1fe-c400542d955b.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[Swampcat]

The Phoenix Mars Mission Gallery page must be overloaded. I hope somebody else is having better luck. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-frown.gif" border="0" alt="Frown" title="Frown" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>