https://padlet.com/eh810/fh3qx2zt1hbtyjlx The Martian Vocabulary en-us 2021-04-06 18:07:14 UTC 2021-04-07 01:18:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4d6.png eh810 https://padlet.com/eh810/fh3qx2zt1hbtyjlx/wish/1389475664 Definition: Basic or simple. Very level 1 of something.
Passage: "I could throw together a rudimentary dish out of metal I find around a base, but this isn't some walkie-talkie I'm working with here. Communicating from Mars to Earth is a pretty big deal, and requires extremely specialized equipment. I won't be able to whip something up with tinfoil and gum."
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Passage: "So, I'm here in Rover 2. I can stay for a say or two tops, before the CO2 filters from the rover and my space suit fill up. I hate that long to figure out how to deal with this."
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Passage: The MDV wasn't made for liftoff and lateral flight. Packing more fuel in doesn't help. We'd need a bigger engine and don't have time to invent one. So we need to lighten the MDV. We have an idea for that."
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Passage: "After a minute of fruitless searching, she was simultaneously relieved and disappointed."
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]]> 2021-04-07 00:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/eh810/fh3qx2zt1hbtyjlx/wish/1389516936 eh810 https://padlet.com/eh810/fh3qx2zt1hbtyjlx/wish/1389521616 Definition: A higher person in an organization that manages or directs.
Passage: "The two stood with countless other NASA managers and executives bunched up on the small stage in the press room. They faced a pit of hungry reporters, all desperate for any scrap of new information."
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Passage: The oxygenator can turn into O2 , then the atmospheric regulator will see the O2 content in the Hab is high, and pull it out of the air, storing it in the main O2 tanks and even the space suit tanks as necessary."
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Passage: "The Pathfinder mission ended because the lander had an unknown critical failure. Once JPL lost contact with the lander, they had no idea what became of the Sojourner. It might be in better shape. Maybe it just needs power."
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Passage: "The ship continued toward orbit with only a minor course adjustment, implemented automatically by sophisticated software."
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Passage: "Anyway, the drill fit in the airlock easily. It's only a meter tall, and shaped like a jackhammer. We did our rock sampling standing up, like Apollo astronauts."
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Passage: "I pressurized to a full atmosphere and waited an hour. No leaks. It's been a long, physically taxing day."
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