] The day before yesterday, my wife came home with a new license ] plate frame for my car: "My other cars are on Mars." . . . ] I just finished working the Martian night (which today happened ] to be daytime at JPL), planning Spirit's activities for Sol 5, ] the rover's fifth day on the surface. The uplink team is doing a ] great job of getting a lot done in a short amount of time. The ] rover seems to be getting more sleep than we do... . . . ] I'll make additions to this site as often as living on ] Mars time and exploring an alien planet permit... Andy Mishkin is an old childhood friend of Elonka, one of the users here on MemeStreams. Here Andy is blogging his day-to-day activities at JPL. Andy, rock on. First off, I must state I'm in complete awe of all things Mars at the moment. I went to Space Camp when I was a kid.. Wanted to be an astronaut.. You know the story. Thumbs up guys. I'm loving every minute of this! Mars Roving: Andy Mishkin's Blog |