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Mars Rover Curiosity Lands successfully!! LIVE THREAD
Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) ^
| 5 Aug 2012
| JPL
Posted on 08/05/2012 11:04:03 AM PDT by hattend
Landing at 10:30PM Pacific...yes, this is early so all the aviation, space, astronomy and science pingers can "get 'er done".
TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: curiosity; jpl; livemarslanding; mars; marslanding; marslandinglive; marsrover; nasa
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To: SamAdams76
Problem with sending dogs into space is that they burn their faces off sticking their heads out the window on reentry.
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posted on
08/05/2012 9:49:09 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: hattend
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posted on
08/05/2012 9:49:21 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(FUJR (not you, Jim))
To: this_ol_patriot
Thanks, giving it a try now.
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posted on
08/05/2012 9:52:08 PM PDT
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: this_ol_patriot
Thanks!! Awesome here also.
To: jpsb
Historically, 2 out of 3 either miss or make a large, hot hole. JPL, though, has a history of kicking ass and taking names with MER-A and MER-B.
It is a complex landing system. Not much more than bouncing down on airbags, or bouncing around on a retro rocket like PHX.
Lots of room for failure.
Suprisingly, I have high confidence, and fully expect it to work.
/johnny
To: LibWhacker
Ok, ATM second eyes are looking at work station to verify all is good.
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posted on
08/05/2012 9:54:08 PM PDT
by
jpsb
To: LibWhacker
Right now, they are running through checklist steps.
On a personal note, to me, some of those guys behind consoles in blue shirts look like state prisoners. ;)
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
Yes JPL is very good, but not much can go wrong with a bouncing ball.
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posted on
08/05/2012 9:55:58 PM PDT
by
jpsb
To: LibWhacker
Second eyes report everything looks good.
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posted on
08/05/2012 9:57:42 PM PDT
by
jpsb
To: jpsb
To: jpsb
but not much can go wrong with a bouncing ball.You need to upgrade your imagination.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
Yeah, we did not have to do that back in my day. lol
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posted on
08/05/2012 9:58:48 PM PDT
by
jpsb
To: this_ol_patriot
Working alright for me...thanks!
Still some buffering but I am in the middle of nowhere.
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posted on
08/05/2012 9:59:22 PM PDT
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: Empireoftheatom48
This is not a bounce in!We hope not, but that's theory. In theory, practice and theory are the same, in practice, they aren't. ;)
/johnny
To: hattend
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posted on
08/05/2012 10:00:25 PM PDT
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: Empireoftheatom48
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posted on
08/05/2012 10:00:29 PM PDT
by
Windcatcher
(Obama is a COMMUNIST and the MSM is his armband-wearing propaganda machine.)
To: LibWhacker
NASA TV doing a fluff piece killing time.
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posted on
08/05/2012 10:00:53 PM PDT
by
jpsb
To: jpsb
This whole thing is out of near-future science fiction, imagine seeing that sequence of events somewhere on Earth. Surely people would be claiming they saw an alien ship.
To: jpsb
Far too big and heavy to land it like the other rovers.
To: jpsb
Thank you.
Did you find your telemetry data? I’ve been poking around but no luck yet.
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