so how come we never spotted anything of MPL?

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JimO — 5/28/2008 4:02:09 AM (archived)

Was the search zone just too big, the orbiting cameras still not strong enough, and the dust/dry-ice cycles just too erasing of visible traces in only a few years?

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Phoenix on the ground with parachute and heatshield - Raoul - 5/27/2008 9:34:11 PM
- The SOUND of Phoenix !! - Raoul - 5/28/2008 10:09:20 PM
- And now we can see what happens next winter - TB - 5/28/2008 5:13:42 AM
- so how come we never spotted anything of MPL? - JimO - 5/28/2008 4:02:09 AM
  - A signal - Raoul - 5/28/2008 5:43:16 AM
    - That and... - alcaray - 5/28/2008 7:59:37 AM
- re: Questions about the (awesome) image answered... - Vince - 5/28/2008 3:15:17 AM
- One word... - Algorithms - 5/28/2008 1:08:34 AM
- But shortly before, while landing, the full context !! - Raoul - 5/27/2008 9:41:48 PM
  - WOW! One of the coolest space photos ever! Thanks Raoul! (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 5/27/2008 10:01:27 PM
  - Wow! - TB - 5/27/2008 9:56:40 PM
    - re: I guess it REALLY IS Heimdall Crater in the background (I had to check!). - Marcia - 5/27/2008 10:21:14 PM
      - re: I guess it REALLY IS Heimdall Crater in the background (I had to check!). - Marcia - 5/27/2008 10:49:55 PM
    - Yes,; there were about 20 km (horizontally) to go before touching the ground (n/t) - Raoul - 5/27/2008 10:15:41 PM
      - Makes one wish that Phoenix was a rover too. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 5/28/2008 1:33:31 PM
  - And details on the ground - Raoul - 5/27/2008 9:54:24 PM
    - re: And details on the ground - TB - 5/28/2008 12:03:20 AM
      - re: And details on the ground - Marcia - 5/28/2008 12:47:36 AM
        
        re: And details on the ground - alcaray - 5/28/2008 1:11:10 AM
        
        re: And details on the ground. - :) - Marcia - 5/28/2008 1:30:34 AM

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