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Rxke

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Re: Mars Odyssey THEMIS true color pics - ...almost

spaceref

Nice pictures, amazing what can be done with a bit of coordination...

Palomar

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Registered: 2002-05-30

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Re: Mars Odyssey THEMIS true color pics - ...almost

spaceref

Nice pictures, amazing what can be done with a bit of coordination...

*Wow, that's a really interesting picture.  Looks like metallic highlights, almost as though a glow is coming up from Mars' surface itself.

"Although the inhospitable Martian atmosphere cannot be seen, the magnificent Martian landscape on display in this image beckons space-suited human explorers and the sightseers who will follow."

Cool!    That gets my batteries recharged and revving, lol.

--Cindy

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

Wim

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From: Belgium (Antwerp)

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Re: Mars Odyssey THEMIS true color pics - ...almost

Can you imagine yourself as the first human to step on the surface of our planetneighbour and looking at this ...
Mars
That has to get you goosebumps (is that correct English ?)

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Dit anibodie sea my englich somwere ?

Josh Cryer

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Registered: 2001-09-29

Posts: 3,830

Re: Mars Odyssey THEMIS true color pics - ...almost

Yes! It definitely does give one goosebumps!!

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Some useful links while MER are active. [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html]Offical site[/url] [url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html]NASA TV[/url] [url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/]JPL MER2004[/url] [url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html]Text feed[/url]
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The amount of solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth totals some 3.9 million exajoules a year.

Palomar

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Re: Mars Odyssey THEMIS true color pics - ...almost

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.htm … 79]Odyssey begins overtime after successful mission

*Thought I'd post this here instead of creating an entirely new thread for it.  Great news.

NASA has approved an extended mission through 9/2006...however (more terrific news):

"The spacecraft has enough fuel onboard to keep operating through this decade and the next at current consumption rates. The mission extension, with a budget of $35 million, essentially doubles the science payoff from Odyssey for less than one-eighth of the mission's original $297 million cost."

:band:

Lists all of its vast accomplishments. 

--Cindy

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

cIclops

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Registered: 2005-06-16

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Re: Mars Odyssey THEMIS true color pics - ...almost

Meridiani Planum

New beautiful images sets combines daytime and nighttime infrared views, being used for Phoenix and MSL landing site selection.

Space.Com story here

Themis instrument site

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