Comments on: Phoenix Spies Possible Ice; TEGA Short Circuit Likely

By: GI Joe

GI Joe — Sat, 31 May 2008 23:12:33 +0000

Wow. Didn't know New Mexico has ice. Those NASA guys are amazing.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:39:47 +0000

Max no, every degree celcius = 1.8 degrees farenheit.
-18 = 0 farenheit
0 = 32
10 = 50
20 = 68
and so forth

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 31 May 2008 17:52:02 +0000

I was talking about the celsius on max tempature shouldn't its number be lower the the fareignheit.

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 31 May 2008 12:19:01 +0000

Enjoyed the article a lot.

By: tacitus

tacitus — Sat, 31 May 2008 07:22:39 +0000

I watched the press conference, and they said that the short circuit was in the device that accelerates the "carrier gas" across the gases released from the samples thus moving those gases into the detectors.

There are two circuits in that device, and they are going to try operating them together to see if that helps prevent the shorts from happening (I assume). I guessing that they can operate the healthy one alone if necessary, because they seemed to imply that even if the short is an issue, they will still be able to operate the TEGA and get results, just maybe not to the sensitivity they originally planned.

By: Dan Tillmanns

Dan Tillmanns — Sat, 31 May 2008 02:55:42 +0000

The temperatures are all below zero so the min temp will have the largest number with a minus before it.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 31 May 2008 02:39:25 +0000

This article is really interesting and hopefully they will find some ice with some life. There is only one thing I have to say about the article and its about the widget. I'm not good with my metrics but shouldn't the max temperature be different. It should be the other way around. I just wanted to point that out.

By: Astrofiend

Astrofiend — Sat, 31 May 2008 00:39:24 +0000

Jeez I hope they can get a workaround or something going for TEGA. It pretty much ranks as the most important instrument on the craft in my opinion