Mars Rover Curiosity Lands successfully!! LIVE THREAD

Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) ^ | 5 Aug 2012 | JPL

[hattend]

Landing at 10:30PM Pacific...yes, this is early so all the aviation, space, astronomy and science pingers can "get 'er done".

[chessplayer]

Once it’s on the ground I hope they keep Howard Wolfowitz away from the controls.

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Big Bang Theory is one of the best tv shows to come along in a long, long time. Hilarious!

[Sirius Lee]

Americans did this! Not Russians, not Chinese, not the French. I am so thankful that this nation can still accomplish such engineering feats. Under President Newt we could accomplish so much more.

[chessplayer]

I believe that’s entirely an illusion (psycho-sensory distortion). Apparent size as you perceive it is bigger near the horizon but actual angle subtended is slightly less. There is no actual magnification at all.

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If it’s just an illusion and there is no magnification, then why can we see features on a Harvest Moon with the naked eye that would normally require a telescope to see?

[familyop]

"...but this is one of my favorite images of the Martian surface."

Looks very much like my place in July this summer--clouds and all (over 9,000 feet here).

[familyop]

Oops...June and halfway through July. There was only sparse, patchy, dried out, very short plant life here.

[dragnet2]

Yep..no doubt about it. I’ve seen those skies in the deep southwest. I love that image.

[familyop]

"Several dust devils cross a plain in this animation..."

Very much like my place in June, except that this a high basin (more like a plateau) between mountain ranges. Extreme low temps with high winds during winter.

[dragnet2]

Yep..Btw, if ya see any more images, be sure to post um and ping me! Take car fo!

[dragnet2]

Yep..Btw, if ya see any more images, be sure to post um and ping me! Take car fo!

[steve86]

Chessplayer, It’s all in your head. Hold up a quarter at arm’s length and compare sizes. No difference. Sometimes I wake up at night and think I can see things in the semi-darkness. They aren’t really there. All in the neurons.

[dragnet2]

Postx2..Oh yeah...Sorry bout that. No doubt my Internet connection caused a world wide glitch.

People call me on my cell, and I receive it like 2 days later...Ya try an explain and everyone thinken, "Oh sure, didn't get the msg eh"

I'm operating in near sub zero environment here, so try amd bear with me.

TCFo

[familyop]

"Btw, if ya see any more images, be sure to post um and ping me!"

Yep.