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Perfect Memorial Day Gift.]]>May 26th 2008 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/]]>May 26th 2008 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/Cels = (5/9)x(Faren-32)

Or you can go here http://www.wbuf.noaa.gov/tempfc.htm
The answer is 76.6C]]>May 26th 2008 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&hs=Uxd&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=convert+-106+degrees+Fahrenheit+to+Celsius&spell=1]]>May 26th 2008 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/
-106F in C

http://www.google.com/search?q=-106F%20in%20C
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that sound Anti-American

METRIC RULES!!!]]>May 26th 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/
If you watched the landing you noticed that they called out the distance in meters. Have you considered the fact that the mission is being run in metric and it's just being converted to English units for the reporting?

Frankly, if I want to measure my speed in MILES per hour, and put GALLONS of gasoline in my car what is it to you? Since English measurements are arbitrary and more difficult to do math and conversion on, perhaps your real complaint is that you aren't smart enough to figure it out, 'cause those fraction things are just to hard to work with?

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How about this for an answer: the imperial system is dated and having the see it (with a few excpetions in the US) is annoying, its not very practical. Using a decimal system is much more efficient.]]>May 26th 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/
It's about time the US joined the rest of the world - but then again, the US is a country full of people who believe in Noah's Ark and that humans coexisted with dinosaurs. ]]>May 26th 2008 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/ "...who believe in Noah's Ark and that humans coexisted with dinosaurs."

Completely absurd statement. Have you check US foreign policy lately ? I think it's pretty clear that Americans don't believe in co-existing with ANYBODY...

(And before you low rank me, I AM an American...which from many peoples perspective probably warrants a low ranking in and of itself :P)

Smile people...just a little sarcastic humor...]]>May 26th 2008 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/images.php?gID=440&cID=8 ]]>May 26th 2008 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/

wait, that was the joke? Damn.]]>May 26th 2008 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/
Seriously though, great work to everyone involved!]]>May 26th 2008 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/]]>May 26th 2008 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/Why would he read his OWN comments?]]>May 26th 2008 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 26th 2008 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/The first three were rubbish.]]>May 26th 2008 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/
Are you seriously suggestion that The Phantom Menace was better than A New Hope?

If your only criteria is special effects I can see that I suppose. ]]>May 26th 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/
Of course, by "picture," clement pretty clearly meant the mars photo, not the Indy movie, anyway.]]>May 26th 2008 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/May 27th 2008 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/mars-phoenix-lander-has-near-perfect-landing-says-its-really/It would also be nice if it had a core sampler built into it to supplement the scoop.

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They need to go all out and send in a rover with all the instrumentation needed to do some real scientific studies, and not this half assed attempts they've been doing]]>May 26th 2008 11:35AM