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Minifigs on Mars!
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Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:56:35 GMT
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Hi everyone
Last night, on Danish TV, Lego announced that there are Minifigs on Mars!
The first (picture of a ..) minifig on Mars, Biff Starling, arrived with the
first Mars Exploration Rover along with a dvd containing millions of names,
which people around the world can look up to see if their name is on Mars. A
second minifig, Sandy Moondust, will land with the second rover on January 24th.
I hope this is of interest. If anyone has anymore information I would be
pleased to hear it.
Chris
Here’s a link with a graphic of the minifig
http://www.lego.com/eng/discovery/funfacts.asp?x=x&id=7469
Here’s the dvd image http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=68185
when my gallery goes public.
Here’s the info in Danish - with a very rough translation.
LEGO har sendt et visitkort til Mars
Lego has sent a business card to Mars.
Et billede af LEGO-figuren Biff Starling var ombord på den amerikanske robotbil,
Spirit, der søndag landede på Mars. Biff får følgeskab af Sandy Moondust, når
endnu en robot, Opportunity, sættes ned på den modsatte side af Mars 25. januar.
A picture of the Lego figure Biff Starling was onboard the American rover,
“Spirit”, that landed on Mars on Sunday. Biff will be followed by Sandy
Moondust, when the rover “Opportunity” touches down on the opposite side of Mars
on January 25th.
LEGO er kommet med til Mars, fordi den danske virksomhed gennem The Planetary
Society, en interesseorganisation der arbejder for at udbrede kendskabet til
rumforskning, har sponsoreret et sekscifret dollarbeløb til et
NASA-uddannelsesprogram for børn.
Lego has come to Mars because the Danish company, through The Planetary Society,
has sponsered a six figure sum, in dollars, to a NASA education program for
children.
LEGO-figurerne er malet på aluminiumsovaler, som er monteret på DVD-skiver. På
skiverne er der også monteret tre røde, gule og grønne LEGO-klodser.
The Lego figure is painted on aluminium which is mounted on a dvd. Also mounted
on the dvd are three lego bricks, red, green and yellow.
De skal bruges til at undersøge, hvordan forskellige farver ser ud i det særlige
lys, som kommer ned gennem atmosfæren på Mars.
They will be used to study how different colours appear in the special light
that comes down through the atmosphere on Mars.
Selve DVD-skiverne indeholder navnene på millioner af personer, som har skrevet
sig op til at komme med på en mission til Mars.
The dvd contains the names of millions of people who have signed up to come on
the Mission to Mars.
Landing søndag
Landing Sunday
Omkring kl. 5.35 søndag morgen nåede den amerikanske robotbil Spirit
velbeholdent ned på den røde planets overflade. Landingsstedet var Gusev
krateret, et 1,6 km dybt krater, der formentlig engang har været fyldt med vand.
Approximately 05.35 Sunday morning the American rover “Spirit” touched down on
the red planet’s surface.
Efter en nervepirrende tur ned gennem atmosfæren, der gik lige efter bogen, og
en lang hoppetur hen over den støvede overflade, lagde robotbilen sig til rette
- endda med den rigtige side opad.
After a nerve wracking descent through the atmosphere, that went by the book,
and a long bounce over the dusty surface, the rover came to land right side up.
Og da de første signaler fra Spirit nåede Jorden, brød jublen løs i NASA’s
kontrolrum.
And when the first signals from “Spirit” reached Earth the cheers broke loose in
NASA’s controlroom.
Læs mere om ekspeditionen til Mars på Dansk Rumforskningsinstituts hjemmeside.
Read more about the expedition to Mars on the Danish Space Research Institute.
http://www.rummet.dk/index.php?
Phew - that’s all for now!
Chris
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