Measuring Martian Radiation: Good and Bad News[zz# Astronomy - 天文
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March 15, 2002 | Mars Odyssey, the latest orbiter to start mapping the red
planet, is back to full working order. Its cameras have always worked fine,
but last August controllers lost communication with Odyssey's Mars Radiation
Environment Experiment (MARIE) while the craft was still en route to Mars.
The broken component — designed to measure the radiation danger that future
travelers to Mars might encounter — was largely ignored until the craft
reached its low mapping orbit in February and eng
planet, is back to full working order. Its cameras have always worked fine,
but last August controllers lost communication with Odyssey's Mars Radiation
Environment Experiment (MARIE) while the craft was still en route to Mars.
The broken component — designed to measure the radiation danger that future
travelers to Mars might encounter — was largely ignored until the craft
reached its low mapping orbit in February and eng