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[edit] Nice picture and video

/inflation/ tool] that would be $3,439,787,332.42 in 1997. Zanter 12:41, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Translation details

I've marked the few phrases in Spanish remaining to be translated in red. — J3ff 21:59, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

  • This appears to have been completed. SteveW | Talk 11:50, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "all the elements"?

It found all the elements except hydrogen, which constitutes just one tenth of 1% of the rock's or soil's mass.

Surely this is an error. Can someone explain what's intended to be said here? Tempshill 04:17, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Probe path

I think it would be great to have a section outlining the specific path that the probe took to get to Mars. And also explain why the mission date was 12-4-96 as it relates to the orbits of Earth and Mars. This could educate the public as to the complexity (or simplicity?) of orbital planning. I'm not an expert so I couldn't piece this together, but I know there are smart/knowledgeable people out there capable of writing such a section! It would be a really great addition. ~ Rollo44 12:00, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Sojourner (rover) merge

There's practically nothing on Sojourner (rover) and the topic is already well covered here. Pimlottc 03:31, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Support --ukexpat 15:51, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Support -- Davidkevin 15:57, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Support -- IntrplnetSarah (talk) 20:14, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Refs

  • Kramm, J.R.; Thomas, N.; Keller, H.U.; Smith, P.H. (1998). "The CCD imager electronics for the Mars pathfinder and Marssurveyor cameras". Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on 47 (5): 1112 - 1118. doi:10.1109/19.746566. 
  • Smith, P. H.; Tomasko, M. G.; Britt, D.; Crowe, D. G.; Reid, R.; Keller, H. U.; Thomas, N.; Gliem, F.; Rueffer, P.; Sullivan, R.; Greeley, R.; Knudsen, J. M.; Madsen, M. B.; Gunnlaugsson, H. P.; Hviid, S. F.; Goetz, W.; Soderblom, L. A.; Gaddis, L.; Kirk, R. (1997). "The imager for Mars Pathfinder experiment". Journal of Geophysical Research 102 (E2): 4003-4026. doi:10.1029/96JE03568. 
  • Golombek, M. P.; Bridges, N. T.; Moore, H. J.; Murchie, S. L.; Murphy, J. R.; Parker, T. J.; Rieder, R.; Rivellini, T. P.; Schofield, J. T.; Seiff, A.; Singer, R. B.; Smith, P. H.; Soderblom, L. A.; Spencer, D. A.; Stoker, C. R.; Sullivan, R.; Thomas, N.; Thurman, S. W.; Tomasko, M. G.; Vaughan, R. M.; Wänke, H.; Ward, A. W.; Wilson, G. R. (1999). "Overview of the Mars Pathfinder Mission: Launch through landing, surface operations, data sets, and science results". Journal of Geophysical Research 104 (E4): 8523-8554. doi:10.1029/98JE02554. 
  • Stone, H. W. (1996). "Mars Pathfinder Microrover: A Small, Low-Cost, Low-Power Spacecraft". 
  • P. H. Smith, J. F. Bell III, N. T. Bridges, D. T. Britt, L. Gaddis, F. Gliem, R. Greeley, H. U. Keller, K. E. Herkenhoff, S. Hviid, R. Jaumann, J. R. Johnson, R. L. Kirk, M. Lemmon, J. N. Maki, M. C. Malin, S. L. Murchie, J. Oberst, T. J. Parker, R. J. Reid, P. Rueffer, R. Sablotny, L. A. Soderblom, C. Stoker, R. Sullivan, N. Thomas, M. G. Tomasko, W. Ward, E. Wegryn (1997). "Results from the Mars Pathfinder Camera". Science 278 (5344): 1758 - 1765. doi:10.1126/science.278.5344.1758. 
  • Bell, J. F.; McSween, H. Y.; Crisp, J. A.; Morris, R. V.; Murchie, S. L.; Bridges, N. T.; Johnson, J. R.; Britt, D. T.; Golombek, M. P.; Moore, H. J.; Ghosh, A.; Bishop, J. L.; Anderson, R. C.; Brückner, J.; Economou, T.; Greenwood, J. P.; Gunnlaugsson, H. P.; Hargraves, R. M.; Hviid, S.; Knudsen, J. M.; Madsen, M. B.; Reid, R.; Rieder, R.; Soderblom, L. (2000). "Mineralogic and compositional properties of Martian soil and dust: Results from Mars Pathfinder". Journal of Geophysical Research 105 (E1): 1721-1756. doi:10.1029/1999JE001060. 
  • Foley, C. Nicole; Economou, Thanasis; Clayton, Robert N. (2003). "Final chemical results from the Mars Pathfinder alpha proton X-ray spectrometer". Journal of Geophysical Research 108 (E12): ROV 37-1. doi:10.1029/2002JE002019. 

--Stone (talk) 21:40, 1 May 2008 (UTC)


OH!!! Mars Pathfinder References This are a lot of Refs!!--Stone (talk) 21:55, 1 May 2008 (UTC)