Will the Phoenix land safely?

I hope she arrives safely. Imagine her surprise when instead of microscopic life forms she finds tons of domes with poets inside them...what will the tabloids say then?

The site below has real time updates and the links on the left of that page might help with some of your questions. Happy landings Phoenix - good luck NASA! UPDATE: Successful landing and some great pictures coming down. However they are having some comms problems although these do not impact too seriously on the mission. They hope to start digging up soil specimens soon but this has been delayed by the comms problem.

My father was a pilot and then an air carrier operations specialist and accident investigator for the FAA. Prior to that, he bombed Berlin with a B-17. People can take bad and turn it to good.

The Phoenix has kicked my @ss. So, from now on...i'm out of Mars, then. I wouldn't wanna be around people who hates me. Goodbye everyone.

That's really nice. Short and sweet. Great poem. 70 out of 100, if you don't agree with this score, that's fine, it's just an opinion.

And what be this phoenix bird?

a metaphor for things uneeded,

or troubled past calling again?

Pray tell, do enlighten...

if the Phoenix doesn't rise...

it can stay in it's ashes.

ho what then? [3:5]

so will the bird eat from the hand?

will it sing our solemn song?

will she sit atop her stand?

with the KNOWLEDGE on a platter?

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And it is said, Cats have nine lives!

Is this about Ultrastooge?

:)

Very nice.