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keith Cowing — 4/28/2005 2:22:23 AM (archived)

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/newsroom/merlandings.pdf

"Heat inside the warm electronics box comes from a combination of electrical heaters, eight
radioisotope heater units and heat given off by electronics components."

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Some gossip about Prometheus / JIMO - Gary - 4/26/2005 4:15:56 AM
- I hate to be a wet blanket... - R.L. - 4/26/2005 5:24:19 AM
  - Wasn't much of a fight. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/26/2005 8:04:14 PM
    - NASA spent heaps of money to preempt the anti-Cassini bozos - Gary - 4/27/2005 5:58:39 AM
      - re: federal door stop factories - dtb - 4/27/2005 1:20:04 PM
      - re: federal door stop factories - dtb - 4/27/2005 1:20:01 PM
  - The best flagship mission for Prometheus... - Buck Galaxy - 4/26/2005 5:09:50 PM
    - Exactly. I posted a similar proposal, months ago. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 4/27/2005 6:00:29 PM
  - re: I hate to be a wet blanket... - Keith Cowing - 4/26/2005 5:47:23 AM
    - re: I hate to be a wet blanket... - dtb - 4/26/2005 1:19:22 PM
      - Trust me- I have seen it happen - R.L. - 4/27/2005 5:54:50 AM
        
        re: Trust me- I have seen it happen - Keith Cowing - 4/27/2005 1:46:33 PM
      - I don't know... - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2005 4:23:43 PM
      - Prometheus is political - Gary - 4/26/2005 3:42:58 PM
        
        PR and a little pork barrel for the nuclear power industry - pwokenyaw - 4/27/2005 3:28:21 AM
        
        re: both seem plausible - dtb - 4/27/2005 1:15:02 PM
        
        re: Prometheus is political - McFly - 4/27/2005 2:59:54 AM
      - re: I hate to be a wet blanket... - pwokenyaw - 4/26/2005 3:22:34 PM
        
        re: I hate to be a wet blanket... - Chris Vancil - 4/26/2005 11:44:22 PM
        
        ? MER's Are Solar Powered Not Nuclear Powered - Mark Eby - 4/28/2005 2:03:07 AM
        
        re: ? MER's Are Solar Powered Not Nuclear Powered - keith Cowing - 4/28/2005 2:22:23 AM
        
        re: ? MER's Are Solar Powered Not Nuclear Powered - Chris Vancil - 4/28/2005 10:04:21 PM
        
        MERs and New Horizons - pwokenyaw - 4/29/2005 5:18:59 PM
        
        re: MERs and New Horizons - Chris Vancil - 4/29/2005 9:20:10 PM
        
        Sorry Chris, Thanks Keith - Mark Eby - 4/29/2005 1:58:38 AM
        
        Actually there are other radioactive... - Chris Vancil - 4/30/2005 1:22:15 AM
        
        Actually there are other radioactive... - Chris Vancil - 4/30/2005 1:22:11 AM
        
        re: I hate to be a wet blanket... - pwokenyaw - 4/27/2005 3:30:28 AM

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