Mars Curiosity Rover... to land 10:31 pm 8/5/2012 - Page 6

FPAlpha · August 6 2012, 08:05 AM

Congratulations NASA for the success of a high risk/high reward mission!

I was a sceptic at best, considered the whole thing way too complicated for such a mission but it worked and i'm happy to be disproven.

Now go get some pictures and data.. i want to see where the best place for some Mars property is.

PurpleBuddha · August 6 2012, 08:08 AM

Looks like there will be more pictures in a bit less than 25 minutes according to what they just said in the conference.

Psion · August 6 2012, 08:19 AM

PurpleBuddha wrote:

Looks like there will be more pictures in a bit less than 25 minutes according to what they just said in the conference.

I'm gonna be such a mess at work tomorrow.

Cutter John · August 6 2012, 08:37 AM

Whoo! Science, bitches!

HopefulRomantic · August 6 2012, 08:44 AM

Psion wrote:

I showed the original Seven Minutes of Terror video to my wife and friends telling them how proud I was of NASA personnel for being so bold in their latest effort to put a new crater on Mars.

Now I have to eat crow, but I'm happy about it anyway.

I loved the video. It was like watching a movie trailer. And when it showed the sky crane, I was all "You've got to be KIDDING me." And it all worked so perfectly! Never have I wished so much that we had some kind of camera recording the actual descent and landing. Whoever dreamed this up, whoa, the utter rock-solid confidence needed to see it through.

YellowSubmarine · August 6 2012, 09:27 AM

Apollo's lunar orbit rendezvous also sounded crazy when they first came up with it.

Is there anything in space exploration that didn't sound crazy?

Psion · August 6 2012, 10:34 AM

YellowSubmarine wrote:

Apollo's lunar orbit rendezvous also sounded crazy when they first came up with it.

Is there anything in space exploration that didn't sound crazy?

...

Uh ...

...

Hmmm ...

I got noth'n.

JanewayRulz! · August 6 2012, 01:48 PM

Psion wrote:

YellowSubmarine wrote:

Apollo's lunar orbit rendezvous also sounded crazy when they first came up with it.

Is there anything in space exploration that didn't sound crazy?

...

Uh ...

...

Hmmm ...

I got noth'n.

Agreed.

Not now.

Not 110 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDaOOw0MEE

Congrats to the men and women who pulled this off!

Rhaven · August 6 2012, 02:26 PM

Congrats to those at NASA that have pulled this amazing feat off.

Samurai8472 · August 6 2012, 05:27 PM

"Get yo arse to Mars"

How fitting with the new "Total Recall" movie out

At least the biggest hurdle is over.

Wanderlust · August 6 2012, 05:54 PM

M'Sharak · August 6 2012, 05:57 PM

HiRISE image of MSL descent:

Related articles:

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...parachute.html
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...-its-way-down/

Check out this, too, on the planning which went into getting that picture:

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/08...-close-up.html

YellowSubmarine · August 6 2012, 06:52 PM

The parachute photograph is truly the most unique photograph in existence.

There are only a few recognizable third-person shots of man-made objects on other planets: The photos of the Sojourner rover, the photos of the the Spirit and Opportunity landing gear, and of their heat shields. And that's it.

And out of those, only the Sojourner rover was caught in action. This is the only photograph from a distance, from an unrelated spacecraft, of a lonely man-made object that's currently preoccupied with the most difficult task that Martian landers have undertaken.

A photo of the parachute in action? It gives me the goosebumps...

SilentP · August 6 2012, 07:13 PM

I don't know about you guys, but this was me pretty much the whole day:

http://xkcd.com/1091/

I got up early to watch the coverage, and you know what? It was totally worth it! Watching those engineers and technicians go wild when the probe landed totally got me caught in the moment too.

Congratulations to all the people who put this mission together!

It was impressive enough that the landing went down smoothly, but to be getting images so quickly (in what, less than half a minute of landing, 2 images off already?), that's science and engineering right there.

I look forward to seeing the results of this mission as they come in.

Warp Core Breach · August 6 2012, 07:26 PM

I stayed up late to watch as well, and it was definitely worth it! Absolutely fantastic and amazing. Let the science begin!

August 6 2012, 08:05 AM	#76
FPAlpha Rear Admiral Location: Mannheim, Germany	Re: Mars Curiosity Rover... to land 10:31 pm 8/5/2012 Congratulations NASA for the success of a high risk/high reward mission! I was a sceptic at best, considered the whole thing way too complicated for such a mission but it worked and i'm happy to be disproven. Now go get some pictures and data.. i want to see where the best place for some Mars property is. __________________ "A control freak like you with something you can't control? No no.. that's gonna be more fun than shark week!" Det. Javier Esposito

August 6 2012, 08:08 AM	#77
PurpleBuddha Rear Admiral	Re: Mars Curiosity Rover... to land 10:31 pm 8/5/2012 Looks like there will be more pictures in a bit less than 25 minutes according to what they just said in the conference. __________________ We establish no religion in this country, we command no worship, we mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are, and must remain, separate. -Ronald Reagan

August 6 2012, 08:37 AM	#79
Cutter John Rear Admiral Location: Beyond the wall of sleep, just south of Seattle.	Re: Mars Curiosity Rover... to land 10:31 pm 8/5/2012 Whoo! Science, bitches! __________________ "The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things. But vice versa, the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant."

August 6 2012, 09:27 AM	#81
YellowSubmarine Commodore	Re: Mars Curiosity Rover... to land 10:31 pm 8/5/2012 Apollo's lunar orbit rendezvous also sounded crazy when they first came up with it. Is there anything in space exploration that didn't sound crazy? __________________ R.I.P. Admiral James T. Kirk (2233-2267, 1969, 2267, 1930, 2267-2268, 1968, 2268-2269, Serpeidon Middle Ages, 2269, 2237, 2269-2286, 1986, 2286-2293, 2371)

August 6 2012, 02:26 PM	#84
Rhaven Commander Location: Rhaven in Boston	Re: Mars Curiosity Rover... to land 10:31 pm 8/5/2012 Congrats to those at NASA that have pulled this amazing feat off. __________________ I'm not a geek, I'm an aficionado.

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August 6 2012, 05:27 PM	#85
Samurai8472 Vice Admiral	Re: Mars Curiosity Rover... to land 10:31 pm 8/5/2012 "Get yo arse to Mars" How fitting with the new "Total Recall" movie out At least the biggest hurdle is over. __________________ "Inception" is a layer cake.

August 6 2012, 05:54 PM	#86
Wanderlust Captain Location: A Checklist	Re: Mars Curiosity Rover... to land 10:31 pm 8/5/2012 __________________ Gradatim Ferociter

August 6 2012, 05:57 PM	#87
M'Sharak Definitely Herbert. Maybe. Location: Terra Inlandia	Re: Mars Curiosity Rover... to land 10:31 pm 8/5/2012 HiRISE image of MSL descent: Related articles: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...parachute.html http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...-its-way-down/ Check out this, too, on the planning which went into getting that picture: http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/08...-close-up.html __________________ I have long felt that any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel or a play or a poem is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae or a banana split. — Kurt Vonnegut

August 6 2012, 06:52 PM	#88
YellowSubmarine Commodore	Re: Mars Curiosity Rover... to land 10:31 pm 8/5/2012 The parachute photograph is truly the most unique photograph in existence. There are only a few recognizable third-person shots of man-made objects on other planets: The photos of the Sojourner rover, the photos of the the Spirit and Opportunity landing gear, and of their heat shields. And that's it. And out of those, only the Sojourner rover was caught in action. This is the only photograph from a distance, from an unrelated spacecraft, of a lonely man-made object that's currently preoccupied with the most difficult task that Martian landers have undertaken. A photo of the parachute in action? It gives me the goosebumps... __________________ R.I.P. Admiral James T. Kirk (2233-2267, 1969, 2267, 1930, 2267-2268, 1968, 2268-2269, Serpeidon Middle Ages, 2269, 2237, 2269-2286, 1986, 2286-2293, 2371)

August 6 2012, 07:13 PM	#89
SilentP Commodore Location: is in a very lonely Corner of the Circle	Re: Mars Curiosity Rover... to land 10:31 pm 8/5/2012 I don't know about you guys, but this was me pretty much the whole day: http://xkcd.com/1091/ I got up early to watch the coverage, and you know what? It was totally worth it! Watching those engineers and technicians go wild when the probe landed totally got me caught in the moment too. Congratulations to all the people who put this mission together! It was impressive enough that the landing went down smoothly, but to be getting images so quickly (in what, less than half a minute of landing, 2 images off already?), that's science and engineering right there. I look forward to seeing the results of this mission as they come in.

August 6 2012, 07:26 PM	#90
Warp Core Breach Commodore Location: Over there	Re: Mars Curiosity Rover... to land 10:31 pm 8/5/2012 I stayed up late to watch as well, and it was definitely worth it! Absolutely fantastic and amazing. Let the science begin!