tk421
Posts: 8,500
Aug 5, 2012 11:41pm
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
http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Aug 5, 2012 11:43pm
Hell yeah, I'm watching NASA TV tonight.
Seriously.
Seriously.
tk421
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Aug 5, 2012 11:47pm
still over 16,000 miles from Mars, amazing. Traveling at 8,900 MPH.
https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity
https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity
gorocks99
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Aug 5, 2012 11:52pm
Here's the NASA computer simulation to track progress: http://eyes.nasa.gov/
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I Wear Pants
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Aug 5, 2012 11:56pm
If you're awake and not watching this you're doing it wrong.
tk421
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Aug 6, 2012 12:02am
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.
tk421
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Aug 6, 2012 12:03am
here's the media channel, seems to focus more on the control room with audio feed.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-media-channel
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-media-channel
tk421
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Aug 6, 2012 12:09am
now within orbit of the moons of Mars, also on autopilot now. JPL have cut uplink, not issuing commands anymore.
tk421
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Aug 6, 2012 12:30am
that computer simulation is really cool
tk421
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Aug 6, 2012 1:16am
Curiosity already either crashed or on the ground, waiting on the time delay.
tk421
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Aug 6, 2012 1:25am
parachutes deployed.
tk421
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Aug 6, 2012 1:28am
touchdown!
tk421
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Aug 6, 2012 1:30am
getting images.
tk421
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Aug 6, 2012 1:36am
I
I Wear Pants
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Aug 6, 2012 1:37am
Fucking awesome.
said_aouita
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Aug 6, 2012 1:58am
tk421
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Aug 6, 2012 2:04am
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.
said_aouita
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Aug 6, 2012 2:10am
(I knew it was shopped...lol.)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 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
tk421
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Aug 6, 2012 2:54am
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.
believer
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Aug 6, 2012 4:46am
NBC didn't broadcast the Mars landing live either.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.
Glory Days
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Aug 6, 2012 6:42am
and this is different from any other mars landing because......?I Wear Pants;1240809 wrote:If you're awake and not watching this you're doing it wrong.
believer
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Aug 6, 2012 6:52am
Well....it's a much BIGGER rover and bigger is always better!Glory Days;1240854 wrote:and this is different from any other mars landing because......?
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:
Glory Days
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Aug 6, 2012 7:12am
every rover sent to mars along with every other planet and space object has been looking for water and other signs of life!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:
believer
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Aug 6, 2012 7:16am
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.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!
Why not spend the 2.5 billion dollars on finding a cure for breast cancer for example? My sister will appreciate it.
SportsAndLady
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Aug 6, 2012 8:33am
