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Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« on: August 05, 2012, 04:10:33 PM »
I'll unfortunately be asleep as I have work tomorrow, but anyone interested in astronomy and such should check out the live stream of the landing:

https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/nasatv/
https://eyes.nasa.gov/
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2012, 04:26:46 PM »
I have been following this for the last 2 years. A good friend of mine has programming code on it from his internship at JPL. I tried having a landing party tonight, but no one I know cares enough :(
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2012, 04:34:30 PM »
Dang, 1:30am might be too rich for my blood. Bummer though, would love to see it. Problem though is that the actual event will drag on over the course of hours.

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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2012, 04:38:36 PM »
Quote from: rumborak on August 05, 2012, 04:34:30 PM
Dang, 1:30am might be too rich for my blood. Bummer though, would love to see it. Problem though is that the actual event will drag on over the course of hours.

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But I think 1:31AM is the time Curiosity touches Mars. We'll have confirmation by 1:50 whether it survived or not. I can go to sleep at that point lol.
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2012, 04:42:17 PM »
Depends if the satellite orbiting mars runs properly. If not, you'll have to wait a few hours until we can directly reach the landing site.
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2012, 04:48:23 PM »
Quote from: XJDenton on August 05, 2012, 04:42:17 PM
Depends if the satellite orbiting mars runs properly. If not, you'll have to wait a few hours until we can directly reach the landing site.

Balls. Forgot about that. Oh well, I'll stay up regardless. People at my work today (grown men and women) were talking about how funny it would be if it crashed or even missed the planet entirely. One even went as far as saying he hoped it crashed so that the government would stop funding such "pointless bullshit". I said that if it wasn't for NASA and the moon mission, he wouldn't have the iPhone that he plays angry birds on all day.
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2012, 04:51:59 PM »
I hate people like that. This country could do to have more people interested in science.
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2012, 06:09:08 PM »
Well I guess this is one benefit of working nightshift tonight!! :metal
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2012, 07:49:07 PM »
I'll have to check this out!
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2012, 08:28:36 PM »
I'm thinking there are no squid on Mars...just a hunch...but that's my guess  :biggrin:
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2012, 08:52:06 PM »
We don't know that for sure. There is a recurring release of methane on Mars. On Earth, methane comes from volcanoes (mars has a dead core) and organisms doing their thing. Seeing as the surface of Mars is very hostile, it would make sense for life to seek refuge underground. We have no clue what lies beneath the surface :neverusethis:
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2012, 09:26:10 PM »
 :lol....................... :|........................ :lol


True dat.... we don't know.
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2012, 10:22:32 PM »
Are you saying I'm a martian squid now?
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2012, 10:30:36 PM »
No!!  Never!!!!   ;)
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #14 on: August 05, 2012, 11:02:28 PM »
I have a friend from high school who works for NASA but I don't know what she does there.  I don't think she's going to be on the thing tonight, she works in Houston, and this thing is in Pasadena.
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2012, 11:03:15 PM »
Quote from: splent on August 05, 2012, 11:02:28 PM
I have a friend from high school who works for NASA but I don't know what she does there.  I don't think she's going to be on the thing tonight, she works in Houston, and this thing is in Pasadena.

Well I'm sure she'll be the first to hear if there's a problem.
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #16 on: August 05, 2012, 11:07:04 PM »
Quote from: Adami on August 05, 2012, 11:03:15 PM
Quote from: splent on August 05, 2012, 11:02:28 PM
I have a friend from high school who works for NASA but I don't know what she does there.  I don't think she's going to be on the thing tonight, she works in Houston, and this thing is in Pasadena.

Well I'm sure she'll be the first to hear if there's a problem.

I knew someone was going to say that and I am not surprised at all that it is you.  ;)
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #17 on: August 05, 2012, 11:12:45 PM »
Quote from: Chino on August 05, 2012, 08:52:06 PM
We don't know that for sure. There is a recurring release of methane on Mars. On Earth, methane comes from volcanoes (mars has a dead core) and organisms doing their thing. Seeing as the surface of Mars is very hostile, it would make sense for life to seek refuge underground. We have no clue what lies beneath the surface :neverusethis:

I hear there is a recurring release of methane on Uranus.

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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2012, 11:19:00 PM »
Quote from: splent on August 05, 2012, 11:07:04 PM
Quote from: Adami on August 05, 2012, 11:03:15 PM
Quote from: splent on August 05, 2012, 11:02:28 PM
I have a friend from high school who works for NASA but I don't know what she does there.  I don't think she's going to be on the thing tonight, she works in Houston, and this thing is in Pasadena.

Well I'm sure she'll be the first to hear if there's a problem.

I knew someone was going to say that and I am not surprised at all that it is you.  ;)

I'll take that as an insult.

Thank you.  :)
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #19 on: August 05, 2012, 11:24:10 PM »
2 mins to entry... looking good!!
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #20 on: August 05, 2012, 11:24:47 PM »
Quote from: Big Hath on August 05, 2012, 11:12:45 PM
Quote from: Chino on August 05, 2012, 08:52:06 PM
We don't know that for sure. There is a recurring release of methane on Mars. On Earth, methane comes from volcanoes (mars has a dead core) and organisms doing their thing. Seeing as the surface of Mars is very hostile, it would make sense for life to seek refuge underground. We have no clue what lies beneath the surface :neverusethis:

I hear there is a recurring release of methane on Uranus.

/10yearoldbighath

That's really the only answer though, Hath :lol
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #21 on: August 05, 2012, 11:24:52 PM »
Excited face!!
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #22 on: August 05, 2012, 11:33:42 PM »
Wow, it worked. I'm legitimately surprised.
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #23 on: August 05, 2012, 11:38:08 PM »
I SEE A WHEEL!!!
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #24 on: August 05, 2012, 11:39:20 PM »
Awesome!  :hefdaddy
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #25 on: August 05, 2012, 11:42:18 PM »
Un-Fucking-Believable!!!!  That was FUN to watch!  How exciting!! :metal :metal :metal
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #26 on: August 05, 2012, 11:52:31 PM »
The thing that makes me sad is that 99.9% of Americans could give a shit. Most wont have a clue what curiosity is unless they stumble on it a few pages into a newspaper tomorrow.

I'm really happy the new crane system worked. I'm truly surprised lol. Scaling this system up opens the door to many new kinds of crafts we can put on the surface.


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Maybe I stand corrected... Every NASA website has crashed due to traffic! :lol
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« Reply #27 on: August 06, 2012, 12:01:11 AM »
And Tumblr has exploded about it too! I'm surprised!
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #28 on: August 06, 2012, 12:02:01 AM »
It's amazing that it all worked, even the choreographing of the comm sats.
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #29 on: August 06, 2012, 12:07:12 AM »
Time for bed. Well done NASA!  :tup  :hefdaddy  :yarr  :metal  :corn   ;D
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #30 on: August 06, 2012, 02:30:16 AM »
SPACE PROGRAMME IS NOT DEAD  :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal

Yes. Space exploration is really that metal. But yes, I'll give the pics a look, space is fascinating.
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #31 on: August 06, 2012, 02:50:20 AM »
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #32 on: August 06, 2012, 02:51:14 AM »
:icy:

This sounds exciting, looking forward to some pics from Mars.
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« Reply #33 on: August 06, 2012, 07:22:12 AM »
Quote from: Sketchy on August 06, 2012, 02:30:16 AM
SPACE PROGRAMME IS NOT DEAD  :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal

Yes. Space exploration is really that metal. But yes, I'll give the pics a look, space is fascinating.

Yes, precisely this reaction is what I'm hoping for from the general public. We need to pump more funding into this sorta stuff, it's high time the American people got interested in science again.
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Re: Curiosity due to attempt most complex Landing in Nasa history in a few hours.
« Reply #34 on: August 06, 2012, 07:42:23 AM »
The comments on this article are what's wrong with America....

https://money.cnn.com/2012/08/06/news/companies/mars-curiosity-jobs/index.htm?iid=GM
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