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Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:30 pm

Mars Rover Curiosity-Landing 8-5-12

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/msl_landing.cfm

Landing is sched for 2230 hrs PDT on the 5th of August. Looks like streaming video will be available.

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Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:15 pm

Re: Mars Rover Curiosity-Landing 8-5-12

Bump... Less than 2 hours to landing.

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Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:42 pm

Re: Mars Rover Curiosity-Landing 8-5-12

just watched simulation and live feed form JPL. So cool.
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Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:16 pm

Re: Mars Rover Curiosity-Landing 8-5-12

Success!!
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:18 am

Re: Mars Rover Curiosity-Landing 8-5-12

They owe it all to the most sophisticated equipment man has ever known! Great Job!!!!! =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>



















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Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:44 am

Re: Mars Rover Curiosity-Landing 8-5-12

Talk about the ultimate off airport landing! I like what one engineer said, when asked if he was nervous " people watching this at home have as much control as we do, it' s all up to the programing now." I sure would like to see another moonwalk, American hopefully.
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:23 am

Re: Mars Rover Curiosity-Landing 8-5-12

Zane wrote:Success!!


But at what Cost?
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:36 am

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SkyTruck wrote:
Zane wrote:Success!!


But at what Cost?


Billions, strip bagging [-X
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:48 am

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... and our next generation airplane gadgets, etc. will come out of that. I can't wait!
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:55 am

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patrol guy wrote:... and our next generation airplane gadgets, etc. will come out of that. I can't wait!


Next Gen airplanes won't have pilots!
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:57 am

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SkyTruck wrote:
patrol guy wrote:... and our next generation airplane gadgets, etc. will come out of that. I can't wait!


Next Gen airplanes won't have pilots!
So basically, your tax dollars are being used to put you out of work!
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:12 am

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SkyTruck wrote:
SkyTruck wrote:
patrol guy wrote:... and our next generation airplane gadgets, etc. will come out of that. I can't wait!


Next Gen airplanes won't have pilots!
So basically, your tax dollars are being used to put you out of work!



That has been happening since the Wilson administration.
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:41 pm

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That has been happening since the Wilson administration.


That's why I didn't vote for the SOB! :x
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:46 pm

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SkyTruck wrote:
Zane wrote:Success!!


But at what Cost?

Why does everything have to have a balance sheet? #-o
How profitable are our planes?
What has GA done to advance mankind? (at what cost?)

Way to go Curiosity Team!! =D> =D> =D>
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:50 pm

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GroundLooper wrote:
670x wrote:

That has been happening since the Wilson administration.


That's why I didn't vote for the SOB! :x

Wow!! The worlds oldest man is a BC Pilot. Who Knew? :lol:
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:08 pm

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S-12Flyer wrote:Why does everything have to have a balance sheet? #-o


Because I'm getting tired of financing someones science project!
NASA. needs a PR program.
Someone needs to explain the "Value" of this huge expense!
But that's just me.
Can Mars support a freeking mico-organism? Who gives a shit!
If it could, what the hell could we do about it... Keeping in mind, we are f&@;^*#, Broke!
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:51 pm

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Ditto to Sky Truck's comment
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:46 pm

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The GPS systems we use sure are nice and so are the computers we are using. Without launching satellites and the reach we made into space most of the advances we have made in technology would be limited to those developed for war time. It is still cheaper to lead and push the envelope of discovery with exploration than it is to ride shotgun to the Russians or Chinese and resign this country to second place. The drivers seat will always come with the price of responsibility.
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:48 pm

Re: Mars Rover Curiosity-Landing 8-5-12

If it wasn't for human's built-in curiosity and drive to learn, explore, and discover we'd still be living in caves and flinging poo at each other. Though, as we breed ourselves stupid as a species, we may be doing it again.



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Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:04 pm

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SkyTruck wrote:
S-12Flyer wrote:Why does everything have to have a balance sheet? #-o


Because I'm getting tired of financing someones science project!
NASA. needs a PR program.
Someone needs to explain the "Value" of this huge expense!
But that's just me.
Can Mars support a freeking mico-organism? Who gives a shit!
If it could, what the hell could we do about it... Keeping in mind, we are f&@;^*#, Broke!
Signed,
A maxed out taxpayer!

I suspect that no explanation would suffice. The benefits from the space program over the decades would take hundreds of pages to list. From electronics to weather prediction, medicines to pathophysiology. Advances in ceramics and metallurgy as well as aircraft construction and design. Solar power, and particle beam transmissions will help power us as fossil fuels dwindle. All directly related to NASA spending. Someday, in the not too distant future we will have to find a way to expand beyond this planet. We are laying the groundwork for that.
The government is rife with wasteful spending. My personal favorite is the National Endowment for the Arts. Take your pick from tens of thousands of redundant environmental studies. How about free healthcare for life for politicians? Where's the balance sheet there?
In the grand scheme of things, NASA and the space program is one of very few programs with tangible benefits for everyone.
"Keeping in mind, we are f&@;^*#, Broke". Not from NASA but from out of control entitlement spending.
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