Draco1962 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 MSL Curriosity lands on Mars tomorrow morning at 1:31 AM EST. Coverage of will begin at 11:30PM EST tonight on NASA TV. For those of you with the XBox Kinect, there is a downloadable Mars Landing game at the Xbox Live Marketplace and Kinect Central.Good luck Curriosity! Land well and find us some signs of life! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigby Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Really looking forward to this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celly Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 This is really intense. I watched the explaination of the whole landing process online a while ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansolo77 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Yeah I was hoping I'd be able to watch it tonight, but I have to work tomorrow so I'll end up missing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 I will be dragging my knuckles at work tomorrow (more than usual anyways) but I have yet to miss a U.S or Europe Mars mission landing yet. Since this type of landing has never been tried before, it will be exciting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullPointer Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 This is really intense. I watched the explaination of the whole landing process online a while ago.I think I watched the same video. It's a pretty cool little clip! I love the 'Michael Bay' feel of the introduction! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 SUCCESS!!! First of its kind landing. Totally frickin' awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celly Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I knooooow! Science kicks ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigby Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Just had a good look on Nasa's website and im very impressed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansolo77 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Congrats to NASA and the people who built the rover and are running the mission. It's got a lot going for it. Pathfinder was the size of a book, whereas Spirit/Opportunity were the size of a TV, this new Curiosity rover is the size of a car! I never knew how bit it was in comparison till I saw a picture of it next to the others. It can go pretty fast over the terrain too, which is a plus. And I think the coolest part is the power source, using a "Radioisotope thermoelectric generator" that will garauntee a long life for a minimum of 14 years (according to wikipedia). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicGMR Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 This is fabulous. I'm still in awe of Opportunity and what that has accomplished and now there's a new toy in town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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