Some good news.

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Some good news.

dlp_79 — 1/22/2004 5:47:25 PM (archived)

They said they got a beep back from the spacecraft today after trying to communicate at a different data rate. They said this data rate is used when the vehicles computer has had a fault. But this means Spirit is still alive.

Most likely it's a fixable software issue.

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Damn it! Lost communication with Spirit (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 1/22/2004 5:34:42 PM
- Careful about the wording... - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 7:25:29 PM
- Last photo downloaded... ;) - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 6:54:58 PM
  - We can begin a junk yard here. (n/t) - Nick - 1/23/2004 5:14:40 AM
  - Ha ha ha ha!...Good one, Tom. And it's name is Bruce. ;-)> (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/22/2004 7:07:49 PM
    - but, but, but..... - Tony - 1/22/2004 8:08:46 PM
      - re: but, but, but..... - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 8:10:20 PM
        
        Hmm. Are we sufficiently off-topic yet? :-D - Tony - 1/22/2004 8:51:25 PM
        
        re: Hmm. Are we sufficiently off-topic yet? :-D - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 9:44:27 PM
        
        re: Hmm. Are we sufficiently off-topic yet? :-D - SDG - 1/23/2004 1:09:57 AM
        
        Close, but maybe no cigar - Tony - 1/23/2004 1:52:05 PM
- Some good news. - dlp_79 - 1/22/2004 5:47:25 PM
  - Martian computer virus - Buck Galaxy - 1/22/2004 6:21:53 PM
    - Would an extremely energetic 'cosmic-ray' particle scramble the software? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/22/2004 6:51:55 PM
      - Single Event Upsets (SEUs) - Larry J - 1/22/2004 9:00:23 PM
        
        I knew there's redundancy.... - Jacob Samorodin - 1/22/2004 9:54:35 PM
        
        Most of the hardware is controlled by software... - Larry J - 1/23/2004 2:44:15 AM
  - leads to a question... - McFly - 1/22/2004 6:14:42 PM
  - re: Some good news. - dlp_79 - 1/22/2004 5:50:35 PM
- re: It is indeed serious (n/t) - Raoul - 1/22/2004 5:37:52 PM
  - failure or setback, watch the conspiracy theorists come out of the woodwork. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/22/2004 6:54:01 PM

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