Comments on: Spirit lives! Budget cuts won't stop this rover in its tracks

By: Navman

Navman — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:48:31 +0000

While I see the awesomeness in the accomplishment of our space program, I believe that the greatest threat to our country is energy independence, and that the greatest threat to our world is overpopulation. I think that if we were to accept a Kennedy-esque challenge and have the people who can figure out ways to land on Mars address our energy problem, we could have complete green energy independence in the US inside five years. Once that is need is met then I think that the citizenry of the US could once again be rallied around the goals of our Space program. Without energy independence, our country stands beside an abyss without comparison. As we recently experienced, the ability of carbon fuel suppliers to crush our economy, especially when linked to the unabashed greed embraced by the Gordon Gecko worshippers on Wall St. I think that our country should redirect our scientific community toward providing us with a civilian and military effort that is both green and independent of fossil fuels.

By: maddie

maddie — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:30:47 +0000

can anyone help me with that question about polluting i need it for my assignment and cant really find info anywhere

By: maddie

maddie — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:29:37 +0000

are the rovers and machines polluting anything on mars?

By: Mr. Spock

Mr. Spock — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:08:54 +0000

SR, absolutely correct with your argument, I concur. We can explore so much more, and cheaper and more efficiently with machines. Humans are far too fragile for space travel, and because of robotics, computers, HD cameras, and antenna arrays, we can see just about anything we want to in our Solar System. Probes are the way to go.

By: Renting

Renting — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:52:35 +0000

Humm...the rovers on mars are the best that could have happened on the 20th century but what about spirit self portrait?? I do believe that there is something wrong with that picture..if the rover was taken shots of itself from the top, where is the blind field where the camera is?? It should have been right in the middle of the picture..an area where the camera could not see. Unfortunately I think that picture was fixed. Am I right? what is your opinion?

By: SR

SR — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:05:45 +0000

Quit trying to put men in space until the technology improves, and direct the limited budget to sending machines instead. There is no need to rush people when we can explore far more by using machines.

By: Mr. Spock

Mr. Spock — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:48:15 +0000

I think that what the rovers represent is the durabilty of great engineering. These little guys have far outlived their intended lives! It is also representative of our desire for knowledge in the Solar System, understanding what has happened and what might happen. We know an awful lot about Mars now thanks to these two. And we will continue to learn more about the Red Planet, our best hope for inter-planetary colonization. We still have gaps in our knowledge of our Solar neighborhood though, namely the Moon, Venus, Mercury, Uranus, and Neptune. I think NASA should consider an Ultra High Defintion mission to the Ice Giants Uranus and Neptune, to study what Voyager 2 could only glimpse at. I propose a split orbiter, one half to fall into Uranian orbit, the other to continue on to Neptune. With the success we have had with MRO, Spirit, Opportunity, Venus Express, Pathfinder, and Cassini, I think we should look forward to an Ice Giant mission.

By: ....

.... — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:35:21 +0000

This is so dumb, all of the families and people that are struggling in our country and around the world, and we are more worried searching a planet that we will never be able to inhabit or do anything with... Wow 800$ Million to put them in flight and who knows how much ever since then, what a waste of money...

By: CAFE & Other Topic Roundup « Weatherdem’s Weblog

CAFE & Other Topic Roundup « Weatherdem’s Weblog — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:01:02 +0000

[...] rover Spirit on Mars has been given a reprieve: previously announced budget cuts may not affect the operations. [...]

By: Doug Mitchell

Doug Mitchell — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:05:45 +0000

Very few things have excited my mind over the last half century, but both of the mars rovers have kept me on the edge of my seat. Thihk ahead 200 years, what will this information have provided? What will the technology to get both rovers onto mars and operate, do for the services of mankind in the future? Not a waste of my tax dollars and neither was Hubble. I enthrol at the sights and clammer for more? If one chooses to save money, then stop the concept of going back to the moon, been there done that, move forward now using someone's imortal words "go where no man has gone before", much the way the rovers have proven it can be done.