NASA is giving up on getting Spirit out of the sand trap. But it will have a new life that looks interesting to time-nuts. (frequency-nuts?)
http://tinyurl.com/yzbslwz http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/01/spirit-rover-probably-stuck/?utm_sou rce=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+ Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29 "That imperative to drive is relaxed," Squyres said. "That enables us to focus on new classes of science that you can only do from a science platform that isn't moving around a lot." In particular, he said that the team would focus on tracking Spirit's radio signal very precisely, which could allow them to determine whether the Martian core is solid or liquid through a telltale wobble in the planet's rotation. "The way that Mars wobbles depends on its internal structure," said Squyres. "When you go through the math, if Mars has a solid core of iron, it will wobble in a certain well-defined way. But if that core is liquid, it will wobble in an ever-so-slightly different way. And by tracking the signal, we can distinguish between the two." -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
