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Rxke

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2003-11-03

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Re: Flare Damages Odyssey - One instrument shut down

BBC Article

Solar flares causing havoc not only around  Earth....

Shaun Barrett

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From: Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Registered: 2001-12-28

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Re: Flare Damages Odyssey - One instrument shut down

Ah well.
    As long as nothing else goes wrong. I suppose we should be thankful it's not more serious.
                                                 

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Rxke

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2003-11-03

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Re: Flare Damages Odyssey - One instrument shut down

Odyssey has been a fantastic mission up until now. Hope it keeps functioning for a bit longer, though. It's a valuable asset for Mars exploration: as the article stated, it has still a critical mission to accomplish: data-relay for Beagle 2...

Palomar

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From: USA

Registered: 2002-05-30

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Re: Flare Damages Odyssey - One instrument shut down

it has still a critical mission to accomplish: data-relay for Beagle 2...

*Yes...and hopefully that portion of the mission will succeed despite the damage incurred.

The BBC really has excellent articles; I almost prefer their science coverage to Yahoo!

--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)