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The Curiosity On Mars Thread.

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    #182
    shizz
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    Absolutely BRILLIANT!!!


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    #183
    ThatDrGuy
    Registered Users Posts: 325 ✭✭ThatDrGuy


    Well done NASA fantastic ! Sometimes a great nation. So happy for them


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    #184
    murrayp4
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    :):):)


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    #185
    Cú Giobach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭Cú Giobach


    Classy, images so fast from so far.


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    #186
    sink
    Registered Users Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭sink


    It's pretty damn incredible, so buzzed.


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    #187
    shedweller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭shedweller


    Blowfish wrote: »
    heh, images already.
    "its a wheel!!!!!"


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    #188
    Cú Giobach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭Cú Giobach


    shedweller wrote: »
    "its a wheel!!!!!"
    On the surface with a horizon!!!!
    After living through exploration from Viking onward this is the fooking best. :D


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    #189
    Trine
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭Trine


    That was fantastic :)


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    #190
    ThatDrGuy
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    Relativity is a crazy thing. It was sitting safely there for 13 minutes before landing confirmed message hit home.


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    #191
    Turtwig
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    Now where are the alien biomechanical organism images? Or are Nasa going to cover them up again? :rolleyes:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeyLHPg6ft4



    Lol, family friendly stream, just hearing some profanities in the background. :D
    I take it the folks are excited. :D


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    #192
    muskyj
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    that was nail biting but wow just wow! and those images so early ah man the lack of sleep was worth it, its gonna be some party in NASA tonight i'd say!


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    #193
    Cú Giobach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭Cú Giobach


    ThatDrGuy wrote: »
    Relativity is a crazy thing. It was sitting safely there for 13 minutes before landing confirmed message hit home.
    What I love is UTC v's ERT, "Earth Time" just seems so Star Trecky.


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    #194
    murrayp4
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    I cannot believe that crazy plan actually worked!
    Absolutely magnificent.......science works!


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    #195
    cereberus
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    hard to believe it all worked, great bit of engineering.
    imagine, he's sitting up there wondering when he can start work.


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    #196
    Mountainsandh
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    I'm glad I put the alarm on, can't wait for all sorts of info and data now...


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    #197
    Turtwig
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    Azl7LXOCUAAJT5z.jpg


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    #198
    [Deleted User]
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    Things like this make me glad to be alive. All the possibilities...

    Well done all the staff at JPL.


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    #199
    murrayp4
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    Guy with beard just said that the US was the only country to ever send landers to another planet....didn't the Russians send one to Venus?


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    #200
    zenno
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    Live feed: http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/mars/curiosity_news3.html


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    #201
    ThatDrGuy
    Registered Users Posts: 325 ✭✭ThatDrGuy


    murrayp4 wrote: »
    Guy with beard just said that the US was the only country to ever send landers to another planet....didn't the Russians send one to Venus?

    Yeah I noticed that one too. And the ESA dropped one on titan (but NASA did the heavy lifting on that one)


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    #202
    sink
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    murrayp4 wrote: »
    Guy with beard just said that the US was the only country to ever send landers to another planet....didn't the Russians send one to Venus?

    You're probably thinking of the Venera probes.


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    #203
    shedweller
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    murrayp4 wrote: »
    Guy with beard just said that the US was the only country to ever send landers to another planet....didn't the Russians send one to Venus?
    Odd alright. He might have meant wheeled landers although Russia did send lunokhod to the moon


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    #204
    Cú Giobach
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    Us monkeys are getting better and better at throwing things, that was the best shot yet. :D
    Now lets go for a drive, do some digging and get some good science done, find some life maybe??


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    #205
    namloc1980
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    sink wrote: »
    You're probably thinking of the Verera probes. They measured the atmosphere of Venus but were crushed by the immense atmospheric pressure before they reached the surface.

    No the Russians did land a few probes on Venus alright.


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    #206
    thecommander
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    shedweller wrote: »
    Odd alright. He might have meant wheeled landers although Russia did send lunokhod to the moon

    The moon technically isn't a planet.


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    #207
    Cú Giobach
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    sink wrote: »
    You're probably thinking of the Venera probes. They measured the atmosphere of Venus but were crushed by the immense atmospheric pressure before they reached the surface.
    One landed and sent back a picture.


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    #208
    Mountainsandh
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    dammit what the hell, I like to hear the data announcements, they're clapping in the background ffs !
    edit : that's going to annoy me if your one has to take over with platitudes, coffee time I think


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    #209
    Turtwig
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    LOL! Nasa websites are down due to unprecedented traffic. I'd say that's a great thing. :)
    Cú Giobach wrote: »
    What I love is UTC v's ERT, "Earth Time" just seems so Star Trecky.

    I think one of the NASA guys read your post. :D


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    #210
    ThatDrGuy
    Registered Users Posts: 325 ✭✭ThatDrGuy


    Jernal wrote: »
    LOL! Nasa websites are down due to unprecedented traffic. I'd say that's a great thing. :)
    yeah the NASA tv live feed is amazing. I have it on high def, no interruption. Their bandwidth must be awesome.


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    #211
    Trine
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭Trine


    Jernal wrote: »
    Azl7LXOCUAAJT5z.jpg

    Great first pic, almost as if the rover took a picture of itself to say "I'm here".


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