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Aug 5, 2012 11:41 PM
Don't know if anyone is aware of this or even interested, NASA Curiosity is scheduled to land on Mars at 1:30 this morning. Live on NASA TV and on Ustream.

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl
Aug 5, 2012 11:41pm
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Aug 5, 2012 11:43 PM
Hell yeah, I'm watching NASA TV tonight.

Seriously.
Aug 5, 2012 11:43pm
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Aug 5, 2012 11:47 PM
still over 16,000 miles from Mars, amazing. Traveling at 8,900 MPH.

https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity
Aug 5, 2012 11:47pm
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Aug 5, 2012 11:52 PM
Here's the NASA computer simulation to track progress: http://eyes.nasa.gov/
Aug 5, 2012 11:52pm
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Aug 5, 2012 11:56 PM
If you're awake and not watching this you're doing it wrong.
Aug 5, 2012 11:56pm
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Aug 6, 2012 12:02 AM
lol, I saw a twit complaining about NBC tape delaying an even less than 6000 miles away and the delay for NASA Curiosity landing 154M miles is only 15 minutes.
Aug 6, 2012 12:02am
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Aug 6, 2012 12:03 AM
here's the media channel, seems to focus more on the control room with audio feed.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-media-channel
Aug 6, 2012 12:03am
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Aug 6, 2012 12:09 AM
now within orbit of the moons of Mars, also on autopilot now. JPL have cut uplink, not issuing commands anymore.
Aug 6, 2012 12:09am
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Aug 6, 2012 12:30 AM
that computer simulation is really cool
Aug 6, 2012 12:30am
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Aug 6, 2012 1:16 AM
Curiosity already either crashed or on the ground, waiting on the time delay.
Aug 6, 2012 1:16am
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Aug 6, 2012 1:25 AM
parachutes deployed.
Aug 6, 2012 1:25am
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Aug 6, 2012 1:28 AM
touchdown!
Aug 6, 2012 1:28am
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Aug 6, 2012 1:30 AM
getting images.
Aug 6, 2012 1:30am
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Aug 6, 2012 1:36 AM
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Aug 6, 2012 1:37 AM
Fucking awesome.
Aug 6, 2012 1:37am
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Aug 6, 2012 1:58 AM
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Aug 6, 2012 2:04 AM
I think you've got a shopped image. Don't think the faint guy was in the first images. lol, be cool if that picture was real, though.
Aug 6, 2012 2:04am
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Aug 6, 2012 2:10 AM
tk421;1240840 wrote:I think you've got a shopped image. Don't think the faint guy was in the first images. lol, be cool if that picture was real, though.
(I knew it was shopped...lol.)

I like this one too.






Pretty amazing. Lands on Mars and minutes later sends back a picture.

And I can't get Direct Tv to keep working when a small rain cloud passes over.




The legit pic


Aug 6, 2012 2:10am
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Aug 6, 2012 2:54 AM
yeah, it's pretty cool we can get a picture back within 15 minutes of landing on Mars, but can't watch someone win the 100M less than 6000 miles away live.
Aug 6, 2012 2:54am
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Aug 6, 2012 4:46 AM
tk421;1240847 wrote:yeah, it's pretty cool we can get a picture back within 15 minutes of landing on Mars, but can't watch someone win the 100M less than 6000 miles away live.
NBC didn't broadcast the Mars landing live either. ;)
Aug 6, 2012 4:46am
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Aug 6, 2012 6:42 AM
I Wear Pants;1240809 wrote:If you're awake and not watching this you're doing it wrong.
and this is different from any other mars landing because......?
Aug 6, 2012 6:42am
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Aug 6, 2012 6:52 AM
Glory Days;1240854 wrote:and this is different from any other mars landing because......?
Well....it's a much BIGGER rover and bigger is always better!

Plus this time - maybe THIS time - they'll actually find a few fossilized organic microbes and a couple o' drops of H2O and it'll have been "worth" the 2.5 billion taxpayer dollars spent in a CRAP economy. :rolleyes:
Aug 6, 2012 6:52am
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Aug 6, 2012 7:12 AM
believer;1240856 wrote:Well....it's a much BIGGER rover and bigger is always better!

Plus this time - maybe THIS time - they'll actually find a few fossilized organic microbes and a couple o' drops of H2O and it'll have been "worth" the 2.5 billion taxpayer dollars spent in a CRAP economy. :rolleyes:
every rover sent to mars along with every other planet and space object has been looking for water and other signs of life!
Aug 6, 2012 7:12am
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Aug 6, 2012 7:16 AM
Glory Days;1240860 wrote:every rover sent to mars along with every other planet and space object has been looking for water and other signs of life!
True. I just scratch my head at the priorities. Even if they find what they looking for, how does that benefit the taxpayer? Oh yeah - knowledge. I forgot.

Why not spend the 2.5 billion dollars on finding a cure for breast cancer for example? My sister will appreciate it.
Aug 6, 2012 7:16am
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