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Curiosity is on Mars and is alive and well.
:lifter :lifter :lifter :lifter
Link with landing and first pictures.
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1772534025001/
Unfiltered by the Fourth Estate.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/eventwebcast/index.html
Surprisingly, no Tebowing amid the congratulatory high fiving at JPL.
Stargazer
08-06-2012, 05:08
Another milestone reached. For those interested, National Geographic will air a show on Curiosity's initial journey from the drawing board to launch time - Thursday, 8/9, 10P.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/08/120806-mars-landing-curiosity-rover-nasa-jpl-science/
But seldom in human history has science had an opportunity this grand. Curiosity will be looking for the carbon-based building blocks of life, using instruments that have a good chance of finding them if they're present; it will be searching for habitats that could have once supported life; and just possibly it will find some biosignatures that show, or at least strongly suggest, that Mars was indeed once home to living things.
If you have something to say that will add to a discussion, we'd like you to say it. However, merely adding a smiley doesn't cut it, so if that's all you have to say - don't. Richard
I wonder if Quaid managed to get the O2 generator started before Curiosity landed? :D
Richard :munchin
Utah Bob
08-06-2012, 08:22
Vary cool. That was a room full of happy nerds for sure!:D
I was afraid it was going to be a yard dart. Good job. What a country!:D
mark46th
08-06-2012, 09:15
I wonder if any of them are going to use Howard's pick up line on Big Bang- "
"Hey Baby, wanna drive a car on another planet?"
I wonder if Quaid managed to get the O2 generator started before Curiosity landed? :D
Richard :munchin
Looks as if he did.
Nyaaahyha !!!!!!!!
Amazing.
I hope I see a manned mission to Mars in my lifetime. I know there is talk of one in 2030's so we'll see.
If so it most likely won't be a U.S. only mission
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/story/2012-08-01/NASA-mars-rover/56656270/1
Here's a shot of Curiosity under canopy, taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19150849
Inflexible Six
08-06-2012, 15:10
Very happy for the JPL nerds. There were 79 functions that had to perform flawlessly in order for Curiosity to land safely...and none of them had been pre-tested. If just one of them had failed it would have been crash & burn, and maybe not just for the spacecraft. There are quite a number of NASA people out of work in this state thanks to our CINC.
And the photos keep rolling in :D
Dozer523
08-07-2012, 12:54
They've found four Starbucks but no signs of intelligent life.
Im not sure there is intelligent life on this planet.
Definitely not in DC. :D
AngelsSix
08-12-2012, 06:16
Definitely not in DC. :D
It's not just DC, trust me. The lack of intelligent life in my neck of the woods knows no bounds. I'm surrounded by golf courses and rednecks!:D
Ret10Echo
08-12-2012, 07:24
I'm surrounded by golf courses and rednecks!:D
Somehow those two don't seem to go together...
Technologically this was pretty impressive.
But we still can't design automobiles that operate on alternative fuels or radically extend current fuel economy standards. I find that puzzling/annoying.
Somehow those two don't seem to go together...
Technologically this was pretty impressive.
But we still can't design automobiles that operate on alternative fuels or radically extend current fuel economy standards. I find that puzzling/annoying.
I'm with you on that on. I think the technology is there but in my opinion it's being held back on purpose. Look at all the money the government makes on fuel. Heck the gas station owner only makes pennies per gallon in profit when the government takes somewhere around 45 cents per gallon. My question is "FOR WHAT?" They didn't produce it, distribute it, market it or sell it. It's just another way for them to get more money to waste on BS causes/projects.
Curiosity uses an alternative fuel source........
Then again it's an "evil" source - so says the earth firsters.
Planning for life on Mars