bfwebster writes "Space.com has an article talking about the efforts to observe the arrival of the Phoenix lander on Mars this coming May using current Mars orbiters. Slashdotters will likely be as intrigued to see the ways in which NASA is using existing landers and orbiters to prepare for and then monitor that landing. This includes using the existing landers (Spirit and Opportunity) to simulate transmissions from Phoenix as a testing procedure in advance of the actual landing, using the Odyssey orbiter as a high-speed data transmission link from Phoenix to Earth during the landing, and using the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) and Mars Express orbiter as backup data stores for Phoenix data transmissions during the descent. So, how long until we get a terabyte solid-state dataserver (running IPv6, 'natch) in orbit around Mars?" Link to Original Source
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