Comments on: NASA Mars lander freezes to death

By: Chou Chou Learn to Walk

Chou Chou Learn to Walk — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:30:48 +0000

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By: Yong Oldinger

Yong Oldinger — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:42:30 +0000

If you ask me, Mars is the most fascinating planet orbiting our Sun. While all the robotic probes are very important, there has to be human hands on Mars in order to get any benefit as to the existence of life on the planet, since it is most likely to be dwelling way beneath the ground. With a manned mission to Mars, we would have full laboratories to truly examine the samples – something we have not been able to do with robots and a tiny payload. I only hope The Mars Society can succeed sooner rather than later.

By: DaveBG

DaveBG — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:43:15 +0000

Couple of things come to mind.

First, congratulations NASA, amazing job.

I just have a couple of questions for them.

I can’t really understand how come electronics can be made to withstand the cold of space but not the relative warmth of a Mars winter.

I also do not really understand how come the solar panels, which folded out once, cannot be made so as to fold away (or into a more safe configuration) during the winter (and so not be damaged/broken off by the weight of ice build-up) until the Martian spring.

These things cost a heap of cash as it is, surely a hibernating probe which might see out a few years is not beyond our abilities?