NASA Unable to Communicate with Mars Rover

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:23:56 -0800 (PST)
From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <jhall () SIMS Berkeley EDU>
Subject: NASA Unable to Communicate with Mars Rover
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>


We've lost contact with Spirit...

http://news.myway.com/top/article/id/40819|top|01-22-2004::13:11|reuters.html

NASA Unable to Communicate with Mars Rover
Jan 22, 1:05 PM (ET)
By Jill Serjeant

PASADENA, Calif. (Reuters) - NASA scientists said on Thursday they had
lost contact with the robot rover Spirit on Mars and were unsure what
had caused the problem.

Spirit project manager Pete Theisinger told a news briefing that there
was a "very serious anomaly" in communications with the six-wheeled
craft, which landed on Mars on Jan. 3 on a planned three-month mission
to explore the geologic history of the planet.

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Joseph Lorenzo Hall                    http://pobox.com/~joehall/
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