Big kudos to the team behind this mission. With so many things that could go wrong, the entry and landing appears to have gone without a hitch and Curiosity is now safely down.
By Emperor Misha I
Ruler of all I survey -- and then some.
I am SO thrilled to be wrong! I’m enjoying my lovely heaping helping of crow with a side of ketchup. Delicious! Massive congratulations to NASA/JPL and everyone involved – Absolutely phenomenal. Watching it live was stunning – the live data feed through Odyssey was awe-inspiring. The entire thing – especially the joy on the faces of the crew – made… Read more »
Just watched it on JPL’s livestream. Never saw so many scientists get so emotional! Back in Apollo’s day, they would’ve all lit up cigarettes. 😉
This is a nifty 2-minute video from the JPLers showing the finale of the landing sequence dubbed “Seven Minutes of Terror.” Because so many things could go wrong!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E37Ss9Tm36c
Cannot WAIT to see the pics this thing is going to send back – I’m still in shock!
This is awesome! And we do it so well. Shame we don’t have the same science in our politics.
glad to see no one screwed up the imperial-to-metric conversion this time!
And it flatly amazes me how much love there is for this stuff – and how much good it could do us – and Obama gave up on it and sent the money to handouts instead. It’s a crime.
I watched it live last night. You can keep up with all the developments here.
http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
I held my breath until it was safely on the ground, remembering the can do, will do spirit of the space program. A complicated maneuver, pulled off without a hitch, from millions of miles away. I remember a high school kid, entering his senior year, looking up at the moon, thinking…There’s people up there…….. A world full of promise and… Read more »
We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one… Read more »
LC Cheapshot911, Dept. of Redneck Tech says:
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I say, let NASA compete in the auto design industry.
… talk about “Gubmint Motors” …
LC Cheapshot911, Dept. of Redneck Tech @ #10:
Au contraire, mon frere! Check out the Tango – a trailer hitch in the back AND the front. (See if you can figure out why…)
It wasn’t designed by Gubmint Motors, that’s one good reason why…
Congratulations! I’m excited in seeing what they’ll turn up there. Hopefully they can get the groundwork done for a manned mission in the not too different future.
Igor, Imperial Booby @ #:
“Front hitch for moving airplanes”
HUH?
Igor, Imperial Booby @ #: Yeah, we’ve got two gubmint agencies,, why not make ’em compete? That,, is,, ballssy. 3000 ft/lbs of torque at the bottom? That’s amazing.. ‘Wonder if it comes in a longbed. (Glances out at boat) Mmm,, might be a little knock knee’d on the highway ramps. It’d fit right in my shed tho’. Dang,, if only… Read more »
Hope there are no cats on Mars.
It’s a good thing that there are no cats on Mars. I suppose Phobos and Deimos chased them all away. In any case, had the lander squashed a Mars cat, the headlines would read: Curiosity Killed the Cat. Women and Children Hardest Hit.
Someone with whom the Shop Fu is especially strong: hint, hint.
LC R6 says: Hope there are no cats on Mars. LC Ogrrre says: It’s a good thing that there are no cats on Mars. I suppose Phobos and Deimos chased them all away. In any case, had the lander squashed a Mars cat, the headlines would read: Curiosity Killed the Cat. Women and Children Hardest Hit. Someone with whom the… Read more »
Gordon Shumway is the reason there are no cats on Melmac. I don’t recall his ever visiting Mars. I think he would get along well with dEar Leader, in that they both are fond of snacks involving domestic pets. While Il Douche prefers canine cuisine and Gordon prefers feline fritters, there is room for both of them in the big… Read more »
Igor, Imperial Booby says: LC Cheapshot911, Dept. of Redneck Tech @ #10: Au contraire, mon frere! Check out the Tango – a trailer hitch in the back AND the front. (See if you can figure out why…) It wasn’t designed by Gubmint Motors, that’s one good reason why… Takes me back to that AMC commercial from a thousand years ago…”Where’s… Read more »
LC Ogggre
Curiosity didn’t kill the cat, apparently.
LC Cheapshot911, Dept. of Redneck Tech @ #:
LC Cheapshot911, Dept. of Redneck Tech @ #:
Curiosity cannot kill Basement Cat.
Jackson-Lee’s only qualification for sitting on the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics was the space between her ears. She visited JPL and asked if the Mars Rover would be able to show “the flag the astronauts planted there before”. Staffers were reportedly surprised that she didn’t complain about cost overruns on the Death Star. How in the fuck is this… Read more »