Dear people who spell Fobos-Grunt as Phobos-Grunt. YOU are the worst! Leave it as Fobos-Grunt or translate it into Phobos-Soil, Phobos-Ground, Phobos-Dirt, .......
I always think the Falcon 9 looks a lot like Zenit. Go Phobos-Grunt!
no SRM to spoil the engine jets view.
Someone's moved this thread already, but without turning it into a live thread? Shakes head
Quote from: tehwkd on 11/07/2011 08:48 pmDear people who spell Fobos-Grunt as Phobos-Grunt. YOU are the worst! Leave it as Fobos-Grunt or translate it into Phobos-Soil, Phobos-Ground, Phobos-Dirt, .......And if saying the name out loud, please pronounce 'u' in "Grunt" as the "oo" in "moon": it sounds so much better and is more faithful to the Russian pronunciation.
Fingers crossed for this one, probably the most exciting Mars mission with real hardware! Hey Chris, would a countdown clock be feasible on here?
Quote from: Skylab on 11/08/2011 12:55 amFingers crossed for this one, probably the most exciting Mars mission with real hardware! Hey Chris, would a countdown clock be feasible on here? Were there exciting missions with fake hardware or other missions that were boring with real hardware?
Quote from: Jim on 11/08/2011 01:35 amQuote from: Skylab on 11/08/2011 12:55 amFingers crossed for this one, probably the most exciting Mars mission with real hardware! Hey Chris, would a countdown clock be feasible on here? Were there exciting missions with fake hardware or other missions that were boring with real hardware?No Jim, just lots of paper ones. This one is groundbreaking - no pun intended (or will be if everything goes to plan).
Um, MSL is paper? Unexciting? It's nuclear powered, has lasers to vaporize rock, is the size and mass of a Mini Cooper, and it will descend from a rocket-pack to the Martian surface.
Quote from: Skylab on 11/08/2011 01:37 amNo Jim, just lots of paper ones. This one is groundbreaking - no pun intended (or will be if everything goes to plan).Um, MSL is paper? Unexciting? It's nuclear powered, has lasers to vaporize rock, is the size and mass of a Mini Cooper, and it will descend from a rocket-pack to the Martian surface. We have a rover operating right now on Mars, plus unprecedented resolution orbital images returned from MRO, plus the trip to the icy north by Phoenix relatively recently. There's really no satisfying you people, is there?
No Jim, just lots of paper ones. This one is groundbreaking - no pun intended (or will be if everything goes to plan).