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[MetalGuardian]

Man this is so awesome

Here's some great space music that I'm listening to for hype

Awake! All you constellations
To space's serene sonata
Forget the daily tribulations
And join the nebular multicoloured strata

I crown you kings of the hemispheres
Burn wild, like an untamed lion
The stellar eruption throws out like spears
From the offspring carnival within Orion

Space exploration I think might literally be the coolest thing

 

[Htown]

Yes, but this is the biggest project for NASA since then. What was the biggest one before this, Cassigi-Huygen? I don't even remember if that was NASA or an international coop. You can't deny that NASA's PR f-ing blows. Dubya stated he wanted to put men on Mars by 2020, and people pretty much laughed. It would be easier to justify a bigger budget if people actually gave a damn. PEACE.

How do you get people to give a damn when you don't have the budget to do anything other than send rovers?

 

[Jintor]

See ya'll on the other side.

...on Mars.

 

[pxleyes]

MacBook, MacBook, iPhone. Even at NASA, Apple has a presence.

 

[everyday math]

God getting so excited.

Congratz to all the people that worked so hard on this project. And I hope it turns out in the best way possible.

See you on the other side with the peanuts.

 

[Smokey]

It wasn't. Curiosity is too heavy, whether is it the size of a mini or an SUV is irrelevant and a distraction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Science_Laboratory#Landing



EDIT:

Funny you accuse others of derailing the thread, but provide not evidence to back up your assertion that NASA could and should have used airbags for the landing.

But Lob is smarter than NASA tho

 

[Neuromancer]

Nice. The XBox app quality is HD and no gold needed. This is great.

Yeah it's awesome.

 

[StopMakingSense]

Holy shit a friend of mine from college is on the control team!

 

[Jzero]

Good luck peanuts lmao

 

[FACE]

Opening the peanuts friends!

 

[FelixOrion]

Mars is getting pretty damn big right now.

 

[Kaako]

Its getting close now, I can feel the heat. Exciiiiiite!

 

[Cranzor]

It's so close. I really hope that it lands safely. For some reason it's crazy to think this thing is actually plummeting toward Mars right now.

 

[newjeruse]

So the EDL team is the Seal Team 6 of this mission?

 

[Niks]

permission to open the peanuts is a go.

 

[JJDinomite]

Link to the stream?

 

[Mejilan]

EXCITE!!!

 

[Log4Girlz]

EXCIIIIIIITE

 

[nemesun]

We already know why we're going back to mars ffs. Just cutback to control room and update us on why people clapping in the background.

 

[owlbeak]

Link to the stream?

Check OP.

 

[maquiladora]

Link to the stream?

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/edu_flash.html

 

[TurtleSnatcher]

Link to the stream?

lol... Nasa.gov of course...!

 

[weekend_warrior]

You have shown two pictures now that show that the Mini-Cooper is not an SUV, BAM.

The point is that it's a lot bigger then the Spirit and Pathfinder, around the size of a small car.

 

[FelixOrion]

Link to the stream?

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

... Did she say "penis?"

 

[AnathemicOne]

Passing out peanuts oh yeah!

 

[mackaveli]

... Did she say "penis?"

thats what i heard lol.

 

[lednerg]

5,000 miles to go...

 

[2Crisis]

we are go on peanuts

 

[Trouble]

What's the deal with the peanuts? I have the stream muted.

 

[ultron87]

Argh, I wanna use the Eyes program but the site isn't loading!

 

[ghostmind]

For one GAF, please don't turn another thread into a pissing contest.


Let's watch this together in peace and celebrate science.

 

[Vano]

PEANUUUUUUUUUUUTS

What's the deal with the peanuts? I have the stream muted.

For luck. Good luck tradition since Ranger 7 in 64

 

[KHarvey16]

We already know why we're going back to mars ffs. Just cutback to control room and update us on why people clapping in the background.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/media_flash.html

 

[smokeymicpot]

She is thinking about that dudes penis.

 

[JJDinomite]

You guys are life savers.

 

[LQX]

Ha! She called the peanuts penis.

 

[maquiladora]

Now I want peanuts.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

thats what i heard lol.

She said it again. On the third time she was a bit clearer.

 

[Akira]

Why does she say peanuts wrong out of all the words to mispronounce?

 

[C.Dark.DN]

Shut up:
http://marsmobile.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/rover/

Size: About the size of a small SUV -- 10 feet long (not including the arm), 9 feet wide and 7 feet tall -- (about 3 meters long (not including the arm), 2.7 meters wide, and 2.2 meters tall), or about the height of a basketball player.

 

[everyday math]

Urg, the live chat makes me want to bang my head against the wall.

 

[Chris R]

What's the deal with the peanuts? I have the stream muted.

They are supposedly good luck...

 

[Divvy]

Lol @ peanuts.

 

[Log4Girlz]

I want his peanuts inside me.

 

[TurtleSnatcher]

This would be a terrible time for someone to have an unknown allergic reaction to Peanuts

 

[perfectchaos007]

So if the feed from Mars to Earth is delayed by about 30 minutes because of radio feeds, Curiosity should be going through its 7 minutes of terror now, right?

 

[LobLob]

The point is that it's a lot bigger then the Spirit and Pathfinder, around the size of a small car.

Of course, it is a beast. There is no getting around that. I wouldn't mind having that parked on my lawn or something lol.

 

[Agnostic]

I got peanut M&M's for this shit.

 

[georgc]

NASA sold out to Planters peanuts. :/