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Topic started on 24-1-2004 @ 04:59 PM by surfup

Still disappointed and confused by Spirit's Rover's malfunctions and failures, NASA's second rover is due to touchdown Saturday midnight.

Will Oppurtunity suffer the same fate as ESA's Rovers or sent back gibberish like NASA's Spirit or complete its original mission and sent us back the message all have been waiting restlessly: LIFE FOUND IN MARS? Only time can tell.

If Opportunity touches down safely it should signal Earth within minutes of landing, just as Spirit did.

Opportunity's target is an area called Meridiani Planum, whose terrain scientists believe will be dramatically different from the reddish soil of Spirit's landing site, Gusev Crater. Meridiani is expected to be dark gray or black and relatively dust-free.

The region is believed to be rich in a mineral called gray hematite, which typically forms in marine or volcanic environments rich in water. The landing site is 45-mile-long ellipse that is one of the smoothest and flattest places on Mars.

www.CNN.com

Let us hope the martians don't shoot down Oppurtunity.

[Edited on 24-1-2004 by SkepticOverlord]

reply posted on 24-1-2004 @ 05:39 PM by DarkHelmet

I really hope this is a little more successful than Spirit. If it is, then we just might find what we're looking for.

reply posted on 24-1-2004 @ 05:42 PM by surfup

Originally posted by DarkHelmet
I really hope this is a little more successful than Spirit. If it is, then we just might find what we're looking for.

NASA hopes the same. Do you think we will find Life there? I highly doubt it.

reply posted on 24-1-2004 @ 05:53 PM by DarkHelmet

maybe not this time around. But i do believe we will someday. Not the things from "Mars Attacks" but tiny microscopic organisms or worm-like creatures.

reply posted on 24-1-2004 @ 05:57 PM by surfup

Originally posted by DarkHelmet
maybe not this time around. But i do believe we will someday. Not the things from "Mars Attacks" but tiny microscopic organisms or worm-like creatures.

Probably long extinct microscopic organism's imprint along the ocean basin.

Definitely not the things from Mars Attack... I certainly hope not.

reply posted on 24-1-2004 @ 06:01 PM by DarkHelmet

Hell... i wouldn't mind meeting one of the things from Mars attacks... As long as I don't try to make peace with it or release white doves.

reply posted on 24-1-2004 @ 06:26 PM by surfup

Originally posted by DarkHelmet
Hell... i wouldn't mind meeting one of the things from Mars attacks... As long as I don't try to make peace with it or release white doves.

You mean you would like them to attack us and take over Earth and put us all in a Marshall Law type gov't, run by stupid people?

I guess it won't be any different from Bush's gov't. Will it?

reply posted on 24-1-2004 @ 06:31 PM by DarkHelmet

nope...sure wouldn't.... besides in the end everyone will be saved and the pres, well... let's just say he won't be in the sequel.

[Edited on 24-1-2004 by DarkHelmet]

[Edited on 24-1-2004 by DarkHelmet]

reply posted on 24-1-2004 @ 06:49 PM by surfup

Only 4 hours and 8 minutes left for Oppurtunity to land, says space daily.

reply posted on 24-1-2004 @ 06:50 PM by DarkHelmet

Very cool... that's about 10:00 PM here. so i'll be up in time to maybe read a post about it, or even make the post myself...

reply posted on 24-1-2004 @ 07:19 PM by surfup

Originally posted by DarkHelmet
Very cool... that's about 10:00 PM here. so i'll be up in time to maybe read a post about it, or even make the post myself...

Around 10.00 PM where I live too.

reply posted on 24-1-2004 @ 07:24 PM by surfup

Space Daily has a screenshot as seen from Oppurtunity.

They also have a count down.

reply posted on 24-1-2004 @ 07:29 PM by DarkHelmet

Thanks alot for the site... I'll have to keep my eye open for the final second.

reply posted on 24-1-2004 @ 07:34 PM by surfup