From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Mon Nov 01 1999 - 19:54:36 MST
Brian D Williams wrote:
> NASA's Mars Polar Lander spacecraft successfully fired its
> thrusters for 12 seconds this morning to fine-tune its flight...
> lander is now about 14.3 million kilometers (about 8.9 million
> miles) from Mars, traveling at a speed of 4.8 kilometers per
> second (about 10,700 miles per hour) relative to Mars...
Wow, thanks Brian! I was *sure* some yahoo would work
this into a kilometers vs miles gag. spike
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