Phoenix lander will reach the surface of Mars at 0053 BST 26/05/08

[Marky]

Sweet. Does anyone know if we get a video feed from the surface?

That would be awesome! Not sure if it's possible or not

 

[Tefal]

apparently the images are streaming back at 8kbs

 

[pumaz]

Man hugs all round!

 

[bluetech]

Is the distance too far then? Maybe pictures then?

 

[Azza]

Wooooop, yeeeee haaaaaa!!!

 

[Viper²]

I wonder if they will get pranked again..

 

[bluetech]

I wonder if they will get pranked again..

How do you mean?

 

[Viper²]

How do you mean?

The last NASA thread reached about 50 pages after a call-in and they got pranked a couple of times.

 

[pumaz]

Would be great if they find signs of life past or present

 

[shauncr91]

Is the video displayed weird in anyone elses Firefox? Mine isnt aligned correctly and I can only see a bit of it

 

[DragonWoLf]

how do we know its not in a warehouse somewhere in canada!?

 

[Viper²]

how do we know its not in a warehouse somewhere in canada!?

Because it's on the internet.

 

[bluetech]

The last NASA thread reached about 50 pages after a call-in and they got pranked a couple of times.

I see

 

[bluetech]

Odd question I know, but does anyone know what a triangle symbol means in mathematics?

 

[shifty_uk]

Because it's on the internet.

Made me lol.

 

[crunchman]

Odd question I know, but does anyone know what a triangle symbol means in mathematics?

Change, it's delta in the greek alphabet.

 

[bluetech]

Change, it's delta in the greek alphabet.

Hey, thanks for that. I saw this symbol a little earlier. Thought delta but didn't know why.

 

[Xenoxide]

apparently the images are streaming back at 8kbs

Which is bloomin' impressive considering Mars is 400 million miles away. Think of the lag though, wonder when the images will actually start streaming in?

Edit: Just found out the delay is about 15 minutes. That's even more impressive!

 

[bluetech]

Which is bloomin' impressive considering Mars is 400 million miles away. Think of the lag though, wonder when the images will actually start streaming in?

Yeh, that would be interesting. I am keeping the video feed open in case.

 

[Gimpymoo]

"Data has been retrieved"?