On 28 Mar 2007, at 08:37, Ilove2getSpam@gmail.com wrote:
Wow!!!! Retro Boosters....scary, scary. I thought the marathon bouncing with the airbags was the way to go, my personal favorite!!!! The way I understand it, we have pretty well reached the limit of the amount of mass that can be landed on Mars via airbags. But, yes, watching the movie, that retro rocket touchdown is pretty scary.
Anyone know what the green laser was for? Was that data transfer or atmospheric analysis? It is a LIDAR, used to gather data on the atmosphere. More info here: http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/science_met.php
'Course that's what NASA is saying. Maybe it's really one of Chuck's lasers that he managed to sneak on board as part of his long awaited laser test... :) pw