Thanks for the info! :)
Super interesting and hopefully it will give us some nice information.

We have lift off and a successful launch. Next stop Mars....

Chris, are you going to be our seti reporter regarding the progress of
Nasa Mars Rover, just like LynnL is for Voyager 1 & II ?

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
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We have lift off and a successful launch. Next stop Mars....

Chris, are you going to be our seti reporter regarding the progress of
Nasa Mars Rover, just like LynnL is for Voyager 1 & II ?

Nick, will try my best for the Voyager 1 & 11. :-)

Chris, great news! It will take eight and a half months for Curiosity to make the 345-million-mile journey to Mars.

Nice update Chris...great if it could survive for those 14 years though.

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
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Chris and Lynn,
The updates on Curiosity would be good.

Anything ye can do to speed up the time it takes to get there guys?

Very exciting mission!
John.

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Hi Johnney,

Well, we did wonder about putting a few drops of the "Black Gold" into the fuel tank, but they politely declined our offer ;-))

Would have caused a few "Hic!-ups" had you done so?

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
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Very informative updates via the attached threads of yours Chris.

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
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are we there yet are we there yet are we there yet?

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Diogenes Of Sinope

Good point.

I would like to know how much we have been able to put in place in or around Mars, because I now have lost track of it.

Some years ago we had a very small, but very successful mission to the surface of Mars.

The little rover on wheels who was able to run on the surface of Mars was having the name of Sojourner.

Both the rover as well as the platform which it rolled on from were having cameras. As far as I know, we only have pictures from the surface of Mars, not recorded or live playback streaming video including possible sound.

As soon as Spirit and Opportunity were launched, each one with its separate mission to the planet, Sojourner became soon forgotten. Anyone remembering those happy (joyous) scenes in Mission Control when those first pictures came up on the monitors?

We also have had Mars missions lately which were not meant at landing on the surface. Some of these missions unfortunately became unsuccessful, other ones again were success stories. Do anyone have the name of these later missions which did not land rovers on the surface?

Good point.

I would like to know how much we have been able to put in place in or around Mars, because I now have lost track of it.

So Norway now has a space program?

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

Possibly, but nothing compared with the capabilities of the United States, of course. Anyway, we do have a very competent person in charge of the Norwegian space research program (more than 50 years of experience).

By saying "we", I really meant to say the human race, we living on planet Earth.

It should have come to that point now, we always will be having individuals as well as organizations who think they are leading the way, still Nasa and the U.S. Military should be those who currently are having the big resources.

Also countries like China are doing well right now. Russia may still suffer from possibly bureaucracy and economic hardship, but they are having great scientists as well as a strong military, of course. North-Korea launched a missile into space yesterday.

But maybe nothing is beaten by good ideas and the exchange of such ideas, in the end.

Thanks for the update Chris, not long before landing then?

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.

Great update Chris, good to know all is going well for this mission.

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.

Super links, Chris....

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
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Thanks for the update here Chris, some great vids via the "CURIOSITY" link.

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
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Don't forget Opportunity, and RIP to Spirit.

Opportunity

Opportunity 2

HAHA oh wow, is Opportunity still buzzing around up there? I thought that would have died by now. What a spectacular feat of engineering, to still be operating in that environment with no maintenance.

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All systems go!!....good.

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
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100 Days and Counting to NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Landing

Remind me in August, til then it's on cruise control.

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My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

Thanks Lynn, I was going to check for an update tomorrow :-)

Welcome Chris, I was hoping you were not bummed by me posting the update.
99 days and counting.

Thanks, Lynn