"Take care of that beautiful blue marble out there in space, our home planet. I'll be keeping an eye from here."
Those were among the last words posted by NASA officials identified as the Phoenix Mars Lander on Twitter. Personnel at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab have been posting in the voice of the Mars Lander since May 25, when it touched down on the Red Planet during what mission control at the space agency described as "seven minutes of terror."
The latest posts from the Lander - which NASA announced Monday had stopped communicating due to a lack of sunlight that's needed to power the batteries that run the Lander's instruments - were markedly different from the jubilant messages posted just after the Mars landing.
I am most appreciative of the scope of the Mars Project. From the time of it's launch to this very time, I followed keenly, it's progress. The Mars mission is indeed, a laudable program.
And to the lander that completed the task of extending man's contact to the red planet's surface, I rather choose not to take the farewell message of "So long Earth" as a departure. It lives on, by virtue of the test results it sent back to Earth.
I would rather say, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You were worth the effort.
Omega John
Centre for Geodesy and Geodynamics
Toro, Bauchi State - Nigeria
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Where Google Chrome security fails: the password I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
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I am most appreciative of the scope of the Mars Project. From the time of it's launch to this very time, I followed keenly, it's progress. The Mars mission is indeed, a laudable program.And to the lander that completed the task of extending man's contact to the red planet's surface, I rather choose not to take the farewell message of "So long Earth" as a departure. It lives on, by virtue of the test results it sent back to Earth.
I would rather say, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You were worth the effort.
Omega John
Centre for Geodesy and Geodynamics
Toro, Bauchi State - Nigeria