[geocentrism] Exciting news

  • From: "philip madsen" <pma15027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 08:19:21 +1000

      Phoenix set to land on Mars 
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/13may_phoenix.htm?list117629
     05.13.2008 

     
      May 13, 2008: NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long 
journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian 
soil and buried ice. The lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet on 
Sunday, May 25th. 

      Phoenix will enter the top of the Martian atmosphere at almost 13,000 
mph. In seven minutes, the spacecraft must complete a challenging sequence of 
events to slow to about 5 mph before its three legs reach the ground. 
Confirmation of the landing could come as early as 7:53 p.m. EDT.

      Right: An artist's concept of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander a moment before 
its 2008 touchdown on the arctic plains of Mars. Pulsed rocket engines control 
the spacecraft's speed during the final seconds of descent. [Larger image]

      "This is not a trip to grandma's house. Putting a spacecraft safely on 
Mars is hard and risky," said Ed Weiler, associate administrator for NASA's 
Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. 
"Internationally, fewer than half of all attempts to land on Mars have 
succeeded." 
     


And what is happening on the Sun
ERUPTING PROMINENCE:  Today, astronomers are monitoring an unusually active 
prominence on the sun's eastern limb.  Even veteran observers are impressed, 
using words like "amazing" and "jaw-dropping" to describe the activity they 
have seen. One onlooker described the fountain-like eruptions as "volcanic in 
appearance."  This beautiful activity may herald the approach of a new 
sunspot--or it may be just a temporary upheaval, here today and gone tomorrow. 
What happens next?  Check http://spaceweather.com for images and updates.  

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