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Jacob Samorodin — 6/26/2004 3:27:58 PM (archived)

...JPL has its hands full with five deep-space missions.
Count them! FIVE!
(1) Opportunity
(2) Spirit
(3) MGS
(4) Mars Odyssey
(5) Cassini

That's alot of telemetry and downlinked data to handle 24/7, and no doubt the three main
DSN receiving-stations that JPL employs are busy busy busy
So it's no surprise to me that they may "rest" one of the MER rovers because of that
potential data logjam.

I've NEVER known JPL to be busier, have you?....

IMAGINE!...JPL wasn't as busy in 1979 when they had to deal with only four deep-space probes that year [during the 'Golden Years' of
JPL's planetary explorations]

Jacob

"Extrordinary claims, require extraordinary evidence."
CARL SAGAN

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Ok, Oppy hasn't moved in over a week. What gives? - RobVG - 6/26/2004 2:03:22 AM
- Looks like it's still heading slowly downhill. - Tom Brosz - 6/27/2004 2:38:27 AM
- Also... - Jacob Samorodin - 6/26/2004 3:27:58 PM
  - Busy huh? Maybe thats why no rear hazcam images. - RobVG - 6/26/2004 3:56:25 PM
    - Between June/28th and July/04, Cassini will have priority with JPL's DSN. - Jacob Samorodin - 6/26/2004 4:38:03 PM
      - DSN , that's pretty interesting. - RobVG - 6/26/2004 5:19:53 PM
        
        re: DSN , that's pretty interesting. - Jacob Samorodin - 6/26/2004 5:49:28 PM
        
        re: DSN , that's pretty interesting. - Nick Hoffman - 6/26/2004 11:21:57 PM
- What gives - SteveS - 6/26/2004 5:41:55 AM

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