21 ordspråk av Jim Erickson
Jim Erickson
[For now, the rovers are in] amazingly good shape, ... We're going to work them hard to get as much benefit from them as we can, for as long as they are capable of producing worthwhile science results.
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As they age, we learn how to deal with the symptoms of old age whether it's the equivalent of arthritis in our joints or senility in our memory.
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Everybody knows that eventually we will die. They are metal. They are machines. So sooner or later the tool will break.
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He is persisting in his fears. He was afraid of the police.
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I'm not sure I'd want that, they may be difficult to control.
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It does cause tension in the family when you have to make choices between having Thanksgiving with your family and going off to solve a problem on the spacecraft.
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It is an indication that more parts may be showing their age.
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It went fine...we successfully put an instrument on the rock. The team did a great job but we've got more work to do.
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It's good to be driving again. It was sort of a combination between a test drive and going to an interesting target.
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Part of the issue is that he did not believe that this was Professor Martin anymore. He thinks that he was confronted with a robot or a person that was controlled by a computer chip that was trying to kill him.
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Really, all we need to do is get to get to the beginning of McCool Hill, because we can climb the hill in that position.
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So far it looks fine, but it will be awhile before we're sure about that arm position. We'll be doing further analysis to see if there are other poses that are better for the arm.
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The rovers are both in good shape. Normal science activities are increasing as we continue to get additional power out of the solar panels, primarily because the Martian day is getting longer.
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Then again, that's why we're exploring Jupiter and its moons -- to discover these unusual phenomena.
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