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Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 05 Aug 2012 13:48
by ULFsurfer
I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to follow this religiously all night. Landing expected at 1.31 am EDT, and then it seems like it would take a couple of hours to see the first photos from the surface.

What do you think? Will we spot any worms this time?

Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 05 Aug 2012 14:15
by Freakzilla
http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

No worms, but I'm hoping to see a three breasted hooker.

Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 05 Aug 2012 14:53
by lotek
Monday/0531 GMT

:tissue2:

Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 05 Aug 2012 14:56
by ULFsurfer
Freakzilla wrote: No worms, but I'm hoping to see a three breasted hooker.
Just make sure she doesn't have a mutant on her belly.

Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 05 Aug 2012 17:11
by Freakzilla
They just started the broadcast.

Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 05 Aug 2012 18:54
by ULFsurfer
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 05 Aug 2012 20:13
by ULFsurfer
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Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 00:15
by Freakzilla
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/mars/ ... news3.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 00:50
by Freakzilla
Touchdown! Going back to bed now...

Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 00:58
by Lawliet
Ok i`m watching the streaming and i noticed that there are a lot of women in NASA. There was one girl who was really pretty btw. Also, i think i saw Larry David celebrating there.

Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 01:27
by ULFsurfer
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Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 01:33
by ULFsurfer
All images will end up here: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/raw/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

But it will take a day or two before we see any juicy panorama pics in color.

Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:43
by lotek
This is awesome !

As a treat :
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http://www.entertainmentbuddha.com/new- ... tlyn-leeb/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 06:40
by Freakzilla
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Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 13:33
by ULFsurfer
This is pretty spectacular: One of the orbiters took a picture of the lander as it was descending with the parachute.

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Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 13:55
by ULFsurfer
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Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 03:54
by lotek
Where there are worms, there's always spice.
Always ?
Always.

Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:38
by Ampoliros
WE'RE ON MARS!

I watched some of the post touchdown livestream, in fact I think I joined it 5 seconds after it landed considering how long it took them to calm down enough to continue the press conference.

I really think NASA should consider an early settlement program trying to create a human-sustainable habitat on Mars and not worry about bringing the people back. I wouldn't doubt that there would be no shortage of volunteers even knowing it was a more than likely a one way trip.

Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 13:15
by DuneFishUK
ULFsurfer wrote:This is pretty spectacular: One of the orbiters took a picture of the lander as it was descending with the parachute.

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That is rather spectacular! :)

Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 19:43
by Freakzilla
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Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 04:23
by lotek
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Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 16:11
by DuneFishUK
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Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 17:44
by Omphalos
What is that? A Lynchian heart-plug?

Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 17:47
by Freakzilla
I was wondering, too. I'm thinking it's something from a video game.

Re: Curiosity on Mars

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 07:44
by Freakzilla
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WTF is that on the horizon?