Talk:Mars Pathfinder/Archive 1

Translation details

 * Article: es:Mars Pathfinder
 * Corresponding English-language article: Mars Pathfinder
 * Worth doing because: broaden people's knowledge.
 * Originally Requested by:
 * Status: complete
 * Other notes: Spanish Translation of the Week

I've marked the few phrases in Spanish remaining to be translated in red. &mdash; J3ff 21:59, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * This appears to have been completed. SteveW | Talk 11:50, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

"all the elements"?

 * It found all the elements except hydrogen, which constitutes just one tenth of 1% of the rock's or soil's mass.

Surely this is an error. Can someone explain what's intended to be said here? Tempshill 04:17, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Nice picture and video
/inflation/ tool] that would be $3,439,787,332.42 in 1997. Zanter 12:41, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Probe path
I think it would be great to have a section outlining the specific path that the probe took to get to Mars. And also explain why the mission date was 12-4-96 as it relates to the orbits of Earth and Mars. This could educate the public as to the complexity (or simplicity?) of orbital planning. I'm not an expert so I couldn't piece this together, but I know there are smart/knowledgeable people out there capable of writing such a section! It would be a really great addition. ~ Rollo44 12:00, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Refs
--Stone (talk) 21:40, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

OH!!! Mars Pathfinder References This are a lot of Refs!!--Stone (talk) 21:55, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Sojourner (rover) merge
There's practically nothing on Sojourner (rover) and the topic is already well covered here. Pimlottc 03:31, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --ukexpat 15:51, 3 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Support -- Davidkevin 15:57, 3 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Support -- IntrplnetSarah (talk) 20:14, 15 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I have completed the merge --Pico del Teide (talk) 09:52, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

History of Missions
This article states that Mars Pathfinder was the first to carry rovers to Mars. This isn't exactly correct. Mars 2 and Mars 3 had small rovers with them. Yes, Mars 2 crashed into Mars and Mars 3 failed to communicate before the rover was released, but it is possible (so far as I know) that the Mars 3 rover did actually deploy and gather data. It was just never received. In any event, Mars 2 and Mars 3 did deliver rovers to Mars.

One way to fix this would be to say "successful rovers" rather than just "rovers". Another would be to say "independent rovers" or "untethered rovers". But let's not leave the impression that Mars 2 and Mars 3 never got to Mars at all because that's not supported by official reports and the general historical record. Wilnap (talk) 10:57, 7 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I made a change. "was the first mission to send a rover to a planet." -> "was the first successful mission to send a rover to a planet."  gh5046 (talk) 11:46, 7 January 2009 (UTC)


 * The Mars 3 rover was never deployed. The plan was to pick up the rover, which was on the lander, using a manipulator arm and place it on the ground and than activate it. That never happened and as such Sojourner was the first rover to be deployed on another planet. --GrandDrake (talk) 17:03, 4 April 2009 (UTC)