Job Discussion Forums

Sashadroogie

I used to work in school just like that in the suburbs of Moscow : )

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15574646

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Been following this for awhile...pretty cool. Space geeks have been clamouring for some time that we should send people to Mars and here are some concrete steps towards the goal. Still a long way off though. I'm guessing the Chinese will get there first.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Whoops...the Russians seem to have lost their latest endeavour out to Mars. 17 failures in a row and 0 for 2 on Phobos...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15698439

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:21 am Post subject:

Failure seems to be the name of the game re Mars - not just for the Russians. With luck, things will be ironed out before the manned missions... hic!

7969 · Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 5782 Location: Coastal Guangdong

Great way to save money.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:58 am Post subject:

Hic! There wasn't too much cash washing about when the first man flew into space fifty odd years ago. Belief and Socialist ardour can carry one beyond the usual limits, hic! The cosmos is a Russian domain, hic! Even the first rockets carrying satellites shew that: Vostok, meaning, 'The East'... ura!

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15904408

Well, NASA managed to get theirs off the ground. Curiosity lands in August. NASA has had a good run of luck and great science with landers on Mars over the last 20 years. This one will be great to watch.