C. You wrote "they can spell-out messages (Kilroy was
here) in the sand and image them from orbit".
I appreciate your need for communication from another world; however, you may have underestimated the technical difficulty involved in writing script in rockciferous sand using multiple impression points upon which Spirit motates. Have you considered even the static equations necessary for Spirit to balance on a single linear track with which to write such text, not to mention the classical diagram which typically accompanies this quote in late 20th century American culture? The aerodynamic dynamics of such a feat boggles even the simplest mind. A gaseous momentum of over .00023 ergs/hermat would erase such siliceous script, and render Spirit as poetic as a Galapagos turtle in breeding season. Granted, you haven't quoted a sentence using a "t", but how do you propose to complete as simple a task as dotting the "i"? B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuckhards@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 12:10 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Spirit imaged from Mars orbit
If they can fix the rover, they can spell-out messages in the sand and image them from orbit (Kilroy was here?)
Just kidding!
C.
--- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20040123a.html
Patrick
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