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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Monday 08.24.09

ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 08.24.09 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 08.24.09 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature: CFI Bob Miller: Listener E-Mail - 08.24.09 (ANN Special Report, with CFI Bob Miller)

NASA: Second Test Rover Added to Driving Experiments

How To 'Unstick' A Rover

A second, lighter-weight test rover has entered the testing setup at JPL where rover team members are assessing strategy for getting Spirit out of soft soil where it is embedded on Mars.

Klyde Morris (08.24.09)

Klyde Gets a Laser???!!!

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.24.09): Nav Canada

Nav Canada A private, non-share capital corporation that owns and operates Canada’s civil air navigation service.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (08.24.09)

Aero-Linx: Airline Handbook Chapter 5 -- How Aircraft Fly ATA's Airline Handbook provides a brief history of aviation and an overview of important aviation topics, including: the principles of flight, deregulation, the structure of the industry, airline economics, airports, air traffic control, safety, security and the environment. This publication also includes a glossary of commonly used aviation terms.

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (08.24.09)

"There is no perfect Earth analog for Spirit's current situation... There's less gravity on Mars, little atmosphere, and no moisture in the soil where Spirit is. It is not anything like being stuck in sand or snow or mud on Earth. Plus, since the rover moves only about as fast as a tortoise, you cannot use momentum to help. No rocking back and forth as you might do on Earth." Source: JPL's John Callas, project manager for the twin Mars Exploration Rovers, talking about the effort to "unstick" a mired mars Rover.