Posts: 6281 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001
posted 10-10-2002 11:17 AM
Hello fellow-collectors ... I'm searching the large poster NASA issued on th Pathfinder-Sojourner landing on Mars back in 1997 ... Preferably "rolled-up" in a tube ...
Ben Member
Posts: 1935 From: United States Registered: May 2000
"'Time was invented to keep everything from happening at the same time. Space was invented so that everything doesn't happen to you.' -Anonymous"
derek Member
Posts: 297 From: N.Ireland. Registered: Jul 2002
posted 10-11-2002 05:40 AM
I got mine (laminated) from spacetoys.com, planetarysociety.org does a 3D one showing Twin Peaks.
Ben Member
Posts: 1935 From: United States Registered: May 2000
posted 10-11-2002 07:37 AM
Those links are for the Planetary Society, thats their partner store.
tegwilym Member
Posts: 2340 From: Sturgeon Bay, WI Registered: Jan 2000
posted 10-11-2002 12:36 PM
I have one of those posters that I got from www.novaspace.com.
Philip Member
Posts: 6281 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001
posted 04-03-2003 01:40 PM
I believe NASA did provide large posters for FREE of the Pathfinder/Sojourner scenery ? I remember it was brownish red about 36X30 inches with Mars facts on the back ... Does anyone still have a spare one ?
Miracoli New Member
Posts: From: Registered:
posted 04-04-2003 10:00 AM
Did Pathfinder/Sojourner consist of an Orbiter + Lander ? How was the data transmitted to Earth ?
Ben Member
Posts: 1935 From: United States Registered: May 2000
posted 04-04-2003 12:38 PM
Mars Pathfinder/ Sojurner Rover was just a lander. However, it's complimentary orbiter was Mars Global Surveyor which arrived a few months before Pathfinder and is still operating today. It was the relay station for transmitting data back to earth. I would guess it will do the same for these upcoming rovers, along with Odyssey.
[This message has been edited by Ben (edited April 04, 2003).]