categoria ~ phoenix

ontem a phoenix marciana, que blogava no gizmodo, postou uma mensagem de adeus:

this final entry is one that i asked be posted after my mission team announces they've lost contact with me. today is that day and i must say good-bye, but i do it in triumph and not in grief.

as i've said before, there's no other place i'd rather be than here. my mission lasted five months instead of three, and i'm content knowing that i worked hard and accomplished great things during that time. my work here is done, but i leave behind a legacy of images and data.

oooooh! broke my heart.

via neatorama.

no site do european space agency (esa), imagens realmente excitantes da superfície de marte.

destaque para água congelada em cratera no pólo norte.

the confirmation that water ice exists in the area directly surrounding the lander is big and good news for the martian mission. nasa's stated goal for the mars phoenix was to find exactly this - water ice - and then analyze it. with the latest news, the first step is accomplished. all that's left now is to get the water into the phoenix's instruments, a task which has occasionally proven more difficult than anticipated.

via wired.

poderemos importar icebergs de lá assim que o pólo norte acabar de derreter. não percam a esperança, ursos polares.

então a aterrisagem da phoenix foi um sucesso. que incrível. parabéns aos sacerdotes da nasa.

aqui dá pra acompanhar o andamento da missão. o primeiro dobrar de bracinho da nave foi um hit.

e os terráqueos são os aliens. e os terráqueos inventam o disco voador.

via iuri.