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Offline Fury

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« on: February 12, 2001, 04:29:00 PM »
 http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/02/12/near.landing.02/index.html

I think it's pretty cool that they landed even when they didn't think they could do it.  It's nice to see more success after the whole Mars fiascos.

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Offline mrfish

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« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2001, 04:38:00 PM »
yes - it the coolest thing going, and i am glad it is actually getting airtime.

space confuses people and until the advertisers find a way to profit from that they will avoid covering activities there.

it's funny how we still think about things like 'cost' and 'national involvement' when we talk about space exploration. i think an alien race would be amused that we make arbitrary lines on our little rock and limit our travels because the necessary resources fall on different sides of the line - pretty funny, historians will get a kick outta that someday.

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« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2001, 04:39:00 PM »
 They're talking about making it take off again    I hope they do, they should make the thing take off and land as many times as they can while it still has power.  Pretty amazing if you ask me.  They didn't even expect it to survive the landing but it did!

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« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2001, 05:03:00 PM »
Very neat.

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« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2001, 06:57:00 PM »
just plain bad assed bravo nasa

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« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2001, 01:05:00 AM »
NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!!!!