NASA says Spirit rover has failed to transmit data from Mars for 24 hours

[xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx]

CNN News Alert; more to follow...


Well, at least we got a few black and whites and a dozen glossy shots for out $820M +

 

[dmcowen674]

Looks like the Martian ate it

1-22-2004 NASA Team Loses Contact with Mars Rover

Theisinger said scientists had been unable to communicate with Spirit for about 24 hours, adding that scientists had so far been unable to explain the source of the problem.

 

[Czar]

 

[Moonbeam]

That means that Spirit found what it was supposed to find. The rest is clasified.

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

WMD . . . the Martians are hiding WMD.

 

[rickn]

or it fell down a pit

 

[MovingTarget]

It appears that they have heard from the rover. It sent back a transmission to earth that they picked up acknowledging that it heard Nasa's commands. Hopefully they will figure this out soon. I don't think all is lost here. From Space.com

Oh, and Repost....(from ATOT)

 

[xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx]

Originally posted by: MovingTarget
It appears that they have heard from the rover. It sent back a transmission to earth that they picked up acknowledging that it heard Nasa's commands. Hopefully they will figure this out soon. I don't think all is lost here. From Space.com

Oh, and Repost....(from ATOT)

..while then tell the OT gang to stop reposting my posts, sir.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: MovingTarget
It appears that they have heard from the rover. It sent back a transmission to earth that they picked up acknowledging that it heard Nasa's commands. Hopefully they will figure this out soon. I don't think all is lost here. From Space.com

Oh, and Repost....(from ATOT)

I heard they were getting beeps that indicate a software(*cough* Microsoft )or hardware error/failure.

 

[charrison]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: MovingTarget
It appears that they have heard from the rover. It sent back a transmission to earth that they picked up acknowledging that it heard Nasa's commands. Hopefully they will figure this out soon. I don't think all is lost here. From Space.com

Oh, and Repost....(from ATOT)

I heard they were getting beeps that indicate a software(*cough* Microsoft )or hardware error/failure.

"Comm error: press any key to continue"

 

[Mean MrMustard]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: MovingTarget
It appears that they have heard from the rover. It sent back a transmission to earth that they picked up acknowledging that it heard Nasa's commands. Hopefully they will figure this out soon. I don't think all is lost here. From Space.com

Oh, and Repost....(from ATOT)

I heard they were getting beeps that indicate a software(*cough* Microsoft )or hardware error/failure.

Did the images suddenly turn blue?

 

[charrison]

last picture from mars

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: MovingTarget
It appears that they have heard from the rover. It sent back a transmission to earth that they picked up acknowledging that it heard Nasa's commands. Hopefully they will figure this out soon. I don't think all is lost here. From Space.com

Oh, and Repost....(from ATOT)

I heard they were getting beeps that indicate a software(*cough* Microsoft )or hardware error/failure.

"Comm error: press any key to continue"

I guess we'll have to send someone to mars so they can hit the any key

 

[Raiden256]

C:\ping spirit

Pinging spirit.mars.solarsystem.universe [1.0.1.0] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out
Request timed out
Request timed out
Reply from 1.0.1.0: bytes=32 time<10000ms TTL=127

Ping statistics for 1.0.1.0:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 1, Lost = 3 (75% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 10000ms, Maximum = 10000ms, Average = 10000ms


Whew

 

[dmcowen674]

That was good Raiden. Appaerently the Rover is talking again. They are not sure if they will be able to get it back to "Normal" though.

 

[DealMonkey]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
That means that Spirit found what it was supposed to find. The rest is clasified.

They found oil? Quick, get KBR on the phone!

 

[MystikMango]

Spirit isn't 100%, but it is communicating and sending back data, which is a good sign.

I found this on Reuters... Earlier Friday, the European Space Agency said its Mars mission had confirmed the presence of frozen water on the planet's surface.

First I heard of this.

 

[Grakatt]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1232917&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE=

 

[Insane3D]

I blame the French...