Comments on: Dying Spirit https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/ Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:20:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: David Masten https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9099 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:20:08 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9099 Sorry, Martin, once Spirit’s heaters stop keeping it warm, the cold will destroy too much of Spirit to make it work again.

]]> By: greg laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9098 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:11:57 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9098 Martin? Uncle Martin?Right, a blast of wind could blow the dust off the solar collector, for instance. Seriously.

]]> By: Martin https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9097 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:00:21 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9097 Dying, or just sleeping?I mean, it’s basically intact and functioning, it’s just running out of juice. I wonder how many years it can survive there without being irreperably damaged? There’s always hope that in a few decades time some help could arrive, and it could get a new battery and a spot of maintenance!

]]> By: dreikin https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9096 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:26:02 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9096 To add to what Alex said:”Sol 1563: Spirit measured atmospheric dust with the panoramic camera and transmitted data to Odyssey.”So Spirit IS using a Martian commsat for communication.

]]> By: Alex Besogonov https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9095 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:10:42 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9095 Joshua Zelinsky: “For Mars though it may make sense to add a dedicated relay satellite. I’ve seen some but not much discussion of that possibility.”That’s because we ALREADY have _two_ commsats above Mars: MRO and Odyssey.For example, Phoenix uses them _exclusively_ for communication with the Earth.

]]> By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9094 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:08:19 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9094 For some values of “for everyone” perhaps. I found it pretty painful to read.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9093 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:57:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9093 Jonathan Livingston seagull is for everyone.

]]> By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9092 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:51:44 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9092 Gack. Well, that’ll stop any tears for a while.Greg and Janie, I’ll leave it up to you to fight over which one of you that was meant for. 🙂

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9091 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:42:11 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9091

And though he tried to look properly severe for his students, Fletcher Seagull suddenly saw them all as they really were, just for a moment, and he more than liked, he loved what he saw. No limits, Jonathan? he thought, and he smiled. His race to learn had begun.

]]> By: JanieBelle https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9090 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:35:55 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/03/dying-spirit/#comment-9090 My Daddy always told me that when little boys make little girls cry, it means they like them.I don’t get why that is, but Daddies don’t lie.

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