The Coolest Mars Landing Ever Attempted

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live blog with updates. Pics coming soon.

Curiosity rover Mars landing

[lipripper]

very cool stuff no doubt!

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If the US taxed religious organizations, NASA could send 28 rovers to Mars per year...EVERY YEAR. FOREVER.

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[Mr I]

If the US taxed religious organizations, NASA could send 28 rovers to Mars per year...EVERY YEAR. FOREVER.

Fucken catholics, institutional child rape and cover up, yeah great power for good they are, I'm with stephen fry on that

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Really good 1 hr program all about the creation and engineering behind the Curiosity rover on NGC. Came one at 10pm originally but it re-airs at 1am. Definitely worth watching.

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Really good 1 hr program all about the creation and engineering behind the Curiosity rover on NGC. Came one at 10pm originally but it re-airs at 1am. Definitely worth watching.

Setting DVR now

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amazing to think this is mars.

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-ima...000E1_DXXX.jpg

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amazing to think this is mars.

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-ima...000E1_DXXX.jpg

"It's not, it's the parking lot at NASA" - Sincerely, MrI :hibb:

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Where the hell are all the images? I expected a bunch of high def shit by now. Scrum wtf is going on? Is this just a hoax after all? :D

[Scrumhalf]

Patience... they are programming the rover and making sure everything works before they drive it off a cliff or something lol...

In the meantime, here is a badass website with a 360 degree panoramic view of the rover and its surroundings.

Mars Panorama - Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2

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Great find scrum. That's bad ass!

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Patience... they are programming the rover and making sure everything works before they drive it off a cliff or something lol...

In the meantime, here is a badass website with a 360 degree panoramic view of the rover and its surroundings.

Mars Panorama - Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2

it could at least be in color.. :tired:

i didnt know this was 1946! :fight:

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Patience... they are programming the rover and making sure everything works before they drive it off a cliff or something lol...

In the meantime, here is a badass website with a 360 degree panoramic view of the rover and its surroundings.

Mars Panorama - Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2

Are you sure that picture is not taken at mojave desert? :rofl: