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Comments on MetaFilter post 90 Sols in 90 SecondsTue, 18 May 2004 13:06:07 -0800Tue, 18 May 2004 13:06:07 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss6090 Sols in 90 Seconds
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With all this talk of wars in distant countries, it's easy to forget that there's exciting things going on just 300 million km from your back porch. NASA has provided 90 second videos of the first 90 sols of the <a href="http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/video/movies/spirit/spirit_90Days90Seconds_320.mov">Spirit </a>[5MB .mov] and <a href="http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/video/movies/opportunity/opp_90Days90Seconds_320.mov">Opportunity</a> rovers [5MB .mov].post:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33167Tue, 18 May 2004 12:59:07 -0800fatbobsmithNASAmarsroversSpiritOpportunityvideoquicktimesciencespaceastronomy90solsBy: homunculus
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Meanwhile, <a href=http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm>Cassini-Huygens</a> is just 43 days away from Saturn.comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33167-672348Tue, 18 May 2004 13:06:07 -0800homunculusBy: scarabic
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"sols?"comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33167-672350Tue, 18 May 2004 13:07:48 -0800scarabicBy: smackfu
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If they were really exciting, we wouldn't have forgotten them.comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33167-672351Tue, 18 May 2004 13:08:21 -0800smackfuBy: fatbobsmith
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sol = one planetary rotationcomment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33167-672354Tue, 18 May 2004 13:12:33 -0800fatbobsmithBy: malphigian
http://www.metafilter.com/33167/90-Sols-in-90-Seconds#672357
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MER-A_timeline#Sols_and_Local_Solar_Time">A day on Mars is called a sol, short for solar day, and lasts 24 hours 39 minutes 35.244 seconds.</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33167-672357Tue, 18 May 2004 13:15:26 -0800malphigianBy: badstone
http://www.metafilter.com/33167/90-Sols-in-90-Seconds#672359
that's just another bad film school project, you can't fool me.comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33167-672359Tue, 18 May 2004 13:17:43 -0800badstoneBy: kokogiak
http://www.metafilter.com/33167/90-Sols-in-90-Seconds#672365
Thanks for the links fatbob - that was fun. The animated shadows and motion add a new sense of reality to it. A couple nights ago, I spotted Mars in the sky, with my 3-year old daughter, and said "remember those robots we saw on the computer - that's where they are right now, rolling around". She said "what are the robots saying?" I told her "they are saying 'Hello down there - this is what Mars is like'.". That was a fun and gratifying conversation.comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33167-672365Tue, 18 May 2004 13:35:12 -0800kokogiakBy: hoskala
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Avesome. Are they still operational? Wov.comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33167-672375Tue, 18 May 2004 14:03:15 -0800hoskalaBy: steef
http://www.metafilter.com/33167/90-Sols-in-90-Seconds#672401
[Sweet.] From someone who still visits the <a href="http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/">image galleries</a> daily, I can't tell you how much fun it was to see the rovers' travels summed up in little flipbooks, adding my own engine-revving and tire-squealing sound effects. Grrrrrrrn, squeeeeee! Vrrrrrrrrrrrrm, eeeeeek! Pocketa-pocketa-pocketa, meep meep! [Thanks!]comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33167-672401Tue, 18 May 2004 14:39:35 -0800steefBy: stuartmm
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The Opportunity video is very interesting. Especially using the wheel to "dig" into the surface to allow the arm to get samples.
I also did not realise they took Opportunity right back to its lander before taking another tour.comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33167-672415Tue, 18 May 2004 14:56:12 -0800stuartmmBy: Ynoxas
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I don't even know how to put into words how impressive I find this.
That we have RC robots tooling around on a different planet and can watch and eat popcorn while they do their work is truly astonishing.comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33167-672433Tue, 18 May 2004 15:14:05 -0800Ynoxas
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