http://showmescifi.com/2008/11/10/nasa-mars-phoenix-lander-dead-and-a-failure/ star trek, star wars, stargate, bg / books/tv/movies/myths/truth it\'s all in here Mon, 21 May 2012 14:41:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://showmescifi.com/2008/11/10/nasa-mars-phoenix-lander-dead-and-a-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-15382 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:07:37 +0000 http://showmescifi.wordpress.com/?p=1188#comment-15382 Instead of spending $90 million on a remote control car to send to a known dead planet, why not hire some inner-city math and science teachers. I’m going out on a limb here, but maybe, just maybe, if we educate some people we could have some fresh ideas that would make space travel affordable and practical.

]]> http://showmescifi.com/2008/11/10/nasa-mars-phoenix-lander-dead-and-a-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-15376 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:26:08 +0000 http://showmescifi.wordpress.com/?p=1188#comment-15376 I think a bulk of the power came from solar panels. Since this is now the Mars fall, there isn’t enough light to charge it up, and it is freezing up. The robo-arms and drills and ovens are much more demanding for power than the Voyager broadcast.

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