For those of you out there, who follow the advances of science and exploration, many of you will already know of this sad day. For others, this will be news. Phoenix is dead ...
Who was Phoenix? Named after a mythical bird, it was the spectacular lander sent to examine soil and water at the Northern Ice Cap of Mars.
This one:
It was set to run for 90 days and instead it ran more than twice that amount of time. Pretty awesome if you ask me and yeah, you can ask.
PhoenixThis awesome piece of technology has lead us to a much deeper understanding of our own planet and will help us to survive. Plus, we have to get off this rock anyway, if we want to survive as a species.
For any of you that grip about the amount of money 'wasted' on space programs. I beg to differ here.
Inventions used everyday Bar Coding, Medical Scanning are just two of them. Want more?
NASA spinoffs.That just two areas I came up with very quickly. Fact is, going into space forces the 'mother of invention, need' to work over time that find ways to get back and help us right here on Earth... So before you jump on the "Money is wasted on space" band wagon. See how many of those thing you use, like your cell phone, gps in your car, studless winter tires, scratch resistant lens for your glasses, on and on and on...
Plus, here is some cool specs of our very own moon...
Good Old Alaska is this one...
Happy Learning
Nancy Louise
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