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NASA photographs split second when Curiosity enters Mars airspace
Fox news ^
| August 6, 2012
| Foxnews
Posted on 08/06/2012 3:44:40 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
Thanks to a remarkable combination of engineering and mathematics, a NASA satellite in orbit around Mars was able to capture this picture of the split second when Curiosity fell from the skies to its successful landing on the surface of the red planet.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: curiosity; mars; marslanding; marsrover; nasa
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To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
08/06/2012 6:09:38 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(ABO 2012)
To: cripplecreek
To: Bernard Marx
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posted on
08/06/2012 6:14:33 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Charles Martel
Success rate for landing on Mars is about 30% (including all nations). Pretty amazing to have something this complicated work so well. It was really exciting to watch it live. My 14-year old daughter thought so too. Especially when the first photo of the wheel on Mars came back so quickly. Cool stuff.
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posted on
08/06/2012 6:20:15 PM PDT
by
21twelve
To: EQAndyBuzz
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ancient-aliens
Ancient Aliens is a series of image macros based on History Channels TV series with the same name starring alien expert Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, who often tends to explain inexplicable phenomena as the direct result of aliens or extraterrestrials being on Earth. In a somewhat similar fashion to Bill OReillys You Cant Explain That series, the Ancient Aliens macros exaggerate Tsoukalos beliefs to such an extent that they become humourous.
The still shot of Giorgio A. Tsoukalos originated from the History Channel series Ancient Aliens[1], a documentary series that explores the possibility that aliens may have visited in the past. The program is directed and produced by Giorgio A. Tsoukalos and first aired on April 20th, 2010.
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posted on
08/06/2012 6:34:03 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Eric Holder's NAACP rally against the voter ID laws required the press to bring govt issue photo ID.)
To: South40
Thanks for the link! I liked this one too. It's a picture of the mountain it will soon be off to explore.
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posted on
08/06/2012 6:41:50 PM PDT
by
MCH
To: a fool in paradise
I thought it was a character from a Saturday Night Live skit.
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posted on
08/06/2012 6:43:18 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(ABO 2012)
To: Vince Ferrer; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Cincinatus' Wife; ..
Two things...
to ponder here:
First, they release Obama's New No-Deport Immigration Policy on the same day lands on Mars-- Why... do that?
Could it be... to send a message... to Mars--
And, secondly, why did they not release... the other photo of Curiosity entering Mars airspace?
Just two things to ponder... until the martinis numb the need to think!
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posted on
08/06/2012 6:49:59 PM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: Vince Ferrer; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Cincinatus' Wife; ..
Two things...
to ponder here:
First, they release Obama's New No-Deport Immigration Policy on the same day Curiosity lands on Mars-- Why... do that?
Could it be... to send a message... to Mars--
And, secondly, why did they not release... the other photo of Curiosity entering Mars airspace?
Just two things to ponder... until the martinis numb the need to think!
49
posted on
08/06/2012 6:53:09 PM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: All
Gadzooks! Not another...
double post?
So... sorry about that!
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posted on
08/06/2012 6:55:35 PM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: Bender2
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posted on
08/06/2012 7:01:47 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: brivette
Hope they find something of interest.
To: MCH
Marine Combat Photographers were the first on the moon as shown in this rare photograph with the CH-46 dusting off immediately after dropping off the Marine who shot Armstrong taking his first step.
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posted on
08/06/2012 7:07:51 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: Vince Ferrer
Curiosity tweeted from Mars, after landing!! NASA was wicked smart to set that up.
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posted on
08/06/2012 7:09:11 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: MCH
That is a good. I like it too! Should be interesting to see more and up close.
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posted on
08/06/2012 7:12:12 PM PDT
by
South40
("Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance." Hussein Obama, Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009)
To: Cvengr
Marine Combat Photographers were the first on the moon... Why am I not surprised...
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posted on
08/06/2012 7:13:34 PM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: Bender2
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posted on
08/06/2012 7:13:43 PM PDT
by
South40
("Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance." Hussein Obama, Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009)
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posted on
08/06/2012 7:14:12 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93destr)
To: Sen Jack S. Fogbound
Yeah, it sounds extravagant to spend millions on a pen that operates in zero gravity, when a pencil would do, However, anyone who has tried to decipher something written in pencil, after a few years, can see the value of information written in ink.
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posted on
08/06/2012 7:22:50 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: reg45
But Michelle Obama isn’t. After all, look at the Curiosity Rover. . . it’s (shudder) WHITE !!!
I’m waiting for some Congresscritter to complain on that very point. . .
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posted on
08/06/2012 7:36:46 PM PDT
by
Salgak
(Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border. I **DARE** you to cross it. . . .)
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