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Old 10-February-2006, 05:43 PM
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Yeah, it's in exactly the same spot in this left-hand image.
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Well, there goes the "Secret Space Base Orbiting Mars" theory!

But thanks for finding the answer anyway
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I think it is one of the most picturesque views that we have encountered in either mission thus far," said Jim Rice,
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well, is there any live story of the rover moving on the mars, can general people like me see that film of moving rover on the mars, doing exploration there, please give me the info to enjoy the rovers on the mars. infact sending rovers on the mars is a great achievement and we know any try if a man do then in the next try he would become more successful, this is what we are calling the "upgradation of the earth technologies" which can be best suit to explore the universe.

after moon, the mars has came in the light in the world, there are huge expectations of the people of this world, they are just waiting, that on mars anything will be found which so beautiful and beyond our imaginations. Toseek, what you think?

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There's no live film of the rovers on Mars as the rovers only take still photos. (However, the next rover is supposed to have the photographic and memory capacity to take movies - should be interesting.)

However, you can compose videos from the still images in some cases. See the "All Videos" link at the NASA website for the rovers:

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html

The absolute best place for keeping up with the rovers is on the Unmanned Spaceflight forum at:

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/

See the MER section. Some people with official standing as well as a lot of talented amateurs post here with processed photos and movies.
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No data coming down from either rover for the past few days, obviousely somethings gone wrong.
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Uhh ohh...wonder what it is? ToSeek, see if you can dig up anything with your super human searching.
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thanks toseek for the information. and the links.


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There's no live film of the rovers on Mars as the rovers only take still photos. (However, the next rover is supposed to have the photographic and memory capacity to take movies - should be interesting.)

However, you can compose videos from the still images in some cases. See the "All Videos" link at the NASA website for the rovers:

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html

The absolute best place for keeping up with the rovers is on the Unmanned Spaceflight forum at:

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/

See the MER section. Some people with official standing as well as a lot of talented amateurs post here with processed photos and movies.

Thanks for the links !
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Uhh ohh...wonder what it is? ToSeek, see if you can dig up anything with your super human searching.
The folks at unmannedspaceflight.com think it's just a server problem getting the images out for display, nothing to do with the rovers or the downlink.
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No data coming down from either rover for the past few days, obviousely somethings gone wrong.
ToSeek has replied to this, but will just note that it is both rovers is a dead give away. They have lasted two years: they odds that they would go down at the same time is very remote: less than one percent. That would obviously suggest a non-rover problem. ToSeek says people think it is a server problem which would certainly do it.

Besides when those rovers do die, I am sure the word would spread in science circles very quickly.
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The folks at unmannedspaceflight.com think it's just a server problem getting the images out for display, nothing to do with the rovers or the downlink.
Ok, thank you!
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well Toseek i have observed the image (in upper link), which shows that there were rains ever before on the mars for a long time, since the stones are showing that sort of "great irrosion by water", is it correct !


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Mind there's also wind erosion, and it takes quite some experience and knowledge to recognize the differences in erosion traces between these two mechanisms.
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ToSeek has replied to this, but will just note that it is both rovers is a dead give away. They have lasted two years: they odds that they would go down at the same time is very remote: less than one percent. That would obviously suggest a non-rover problem. ToSeek says people think it is a server problem which would certainly do it.

Besides when those rovers do die, I am sure the word would spread in science circles very quickly.
The other possibility would be a problem with Mars Odyssey, which would hinder the downlinks from both rovers (and which has happened before).
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Roving the Red Planet

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NASA's Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have been working overtime to help scientists better understand ancient environmental conditions on the red planet. NASA's third mission extension for the rovers lasts through September 2006, if they remain usable that long.
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very nice photos there, i have enjoyed it, Toseek,
the people of the world are optimist in respect of finding life on the mars in the different shape, or unknown size etc !

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well, is there any live story of the rover moving on the mars, can general people like me see that film of moving rover on the mars, doing exploration there, please give me the info to enjoy the rovers on the mars. infact sending rovers on the mars is a great achievement and we know any try if a man do then in the next try he would become more successful, this is what we are calling the "upgradation of the earth technologies" which can be best suit to explore the universe.

after moon, the mars has came in the light in the world, there are huge expectations of the people of this world, they are just waiting, that on mars anything will be found which so beautiful and beyond our imaginations.
Well, there's Disney's IMAX animation based on the real pictures, Roving Mars.
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