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Re: Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars

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Post by pacofvf » Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 5:34 PM UTC

mabbo wrote: post #6

graupel wrote: post #5

This seems like something right out of The Martian (which I am 75% through reading, and highly recommend) - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18007564-the-martian

Love the book. Scared about the movie. Matt Damon seems an odd cast for the role. He's not that kind of funny.

In my head Mark Watney was Sam Rockwell, maybe beacuse of Moon , similar theme different plot.

Re: Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars

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Post by pacofvf » Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 5:38 PM UTC

mikepurvis wrote: post #8

graupel wrote: post #5

This seems like something right out of The Martian (which I am 75% through reading, and highly recommend) - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18007564-the-martian

The final act is definitely a stretch in terms of plausibility, but it's a fun book. Recommend as well.

If Matthew mcConaughey docked to a spinnig station and sandra bullock re-entered to earth like that, then Matt damon can survive that, also Andy Wier reseached a lot about the plausability of every situtation, but I'm sure "hollywood" will make this stupidly unbelievable or magically believable.

Re: Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars

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Post by digikata » Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 5:43 PM UTC

graupel wrote: post #5

This seems like something right out of The Martian (which I am 75% through reading, and highly recommend) - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18007564-the-martian

Yes, my first flippant thought was, well send Mark Watney by for a quick repair... (I recently finished the Martian too, good read!)

Re: Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars

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Post by spullara » Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 5:46 PM UTC

pacofvf wrote: post #32

mikepurvis wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The final act is definitely a stretch in terms of plausibility, but it's a fun book. Recommend as well.

If Matthew mcConaughey docked to a spinnig station and sandra bullock re-entered to earth like that, then Matt damon can survive that, also Andy Wier reseached a lot about the plausability of every situtation, but I'm sure "hollywood" will make this stupidly unbelievable or magically believable.

In an interview, he said the most implausible / impossible thing in the book was actually the very first scene when there is a storm that can knock things over.

Re: Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars

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Post by allcentury » Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 5:56 PM UTC

One time in a interview I got asked "If two robots are lost on mars and can't communicate with one another, how do they find each other? - please write a program outlining your thoughts"

I just want to be clear it took an actual space agency 11 years to pull this off and the company I interviewed at just backed up data for people.

Re: Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars

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Post by fargolime » Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 6:17 PM UTC

allcentury wrote: post #35

One time in a interview I got asked "If two robots are lost on mars and can't communicate with one another, how do they find each other? - please write a program outlining your thoughts" I just want to be clear it took an actual space agency 11 years to pull this off and the company I interviewed at just backed up data for people.

I'm guessing one stays put and the other does a grid pattern search.

Re: Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars

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Post by kaybe » Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 6:34 PM UTC

fargolime wrote: post #36

allcentury wrote: post #35

One time in a interview I got asked "If two robots are lost on mars and can't communicate with one another, how do they find each other? - please write a program outlining your thoughts" I just want to be clear it took an actual space agency 11 years to pull this off and the company I interviewed at just backed up data for people.

I'm guessing one stays put and the other does a grid pattern search.

Most of them have means to leave marks on the ground. Would that count as communicating for that exercise?

Re: Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars

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Post by IvyMike » Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 8:01 PM UTC

kaybe wrote: post #37

fargolime wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm guessing one stays put and the other does a grid pattern search.

Most of them have means to leave marks on the ground. Would that count as communicating for that exercise?

That might work on the moon, but on Mars... http://www.universetoday.com/14892/mars-dust-storms/

Re: Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars

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Post by ksrm » Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 8:11 PM UTC

fargolime wrote: post #36

allcentury wrote: post #35

One time in a interview I got asked "If two robots are lost on mars and can't communicate with one another, how do they find each other? - please write a program outlining your thoughts" I just want to be clear it took an actual space agency 11 years to pull this off and the company I interviewed at just backed up data for people.

I'm guessing one stays put and the other does a grid pattern search.

How does each robot decide whether to stay put or not if it can't communicate with the other?

Re: Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 8:13 PM UTC

fargolime wrote: post #36

allcentury wrote: post #35

One time in a interview I got asked "If two robots are lost on mars and can't communicate with one another, how do they find each other? - please write a program outlining your thoughts" I just want to be clear it took an actual space agency 11 years to pull this off and the company I interviewed at just backed up data for people.

I'm guessing one stays put and the other does a grid pattern search.

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