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[Prax]

Agh.. so awesome!!
I want pictures. I want data! I want bacteria~~!!

 

[Log4Girlz]

The mission costs $2.5 billion.

I year's worth of underpants for the US Military.

 

[Shard]

NASA Channel now conducting an interview with the Admin of the project.

 

[Gradivus]

Can't wait to see what type of Aliens are on Mars.

 

[bort]

yay science ftw

 

[Ozone]

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Curiosity took the picture. It relayed it to earth using Odyssey.

ok thanks

 

[SpacLock]

Was awesome to see that live.

 

[Xeke]

It is awesome. Don't really get the hype of the photo. Spirit, Opportunity, Pathfinder and the Viking missions provided those.

 

[apana]

It's a freakin shame this had to happen on the same day as the Wisconsin tragedy. This should be celebrated as a triumph of humanity. One of the days that truly makes me feel good about human creativity and ingenuity.

That's what life is all about, good and bad stuck together. Super Mario 64 world record was also broken today.

 

[midonnay]

What is that in the horizon :O

I think its an ocarina

ocarina of mars....

 

[everyday math]

Guys guys guys


We mother fucking landed a mother fucking car on MARS.

So badass.

 

[The_Inquisitor]

It is awesome. Don't really get the hype of the photo. Spirit, Opportunity, Pathfinder and the Viking missions provided those.

Hype is fact thing is actually on Mars.

 

[Fusebox]

Not gonna lie, I choked up a bit sitting at work watching the live stream on my iPad.

 

[Neuromancer]

Guys guys guys


We mother fucking landed a mother fucking car on MARS.

Yes a Mini Cooper SUV

 

[Jezbollah]

Fucking amazing.

 

[DopeyFish]

All the US rovers have been successful. Spirit and Opportunity both lasted well beyond their 90 day life expectancy. They both landed in 2004. Spirit ran until 2010, and Opportunity is still going.

Sure NASA has had huge success but it still doesn't discount how difficult it is to land these things, let alone having chute/rocket entry/crane and crane separation.

NASA is the only group to have complete success with mars rovers and they are lucky for it

 

[qcf x2]

T________T

She's pretty hot, I'd do what she says if I were you.

Spoiler

I've never played diablo

 

[Slayer-33]

Yes a Mini Cooper SUV

LOL

 

[perfectchaos007]

Celebration over. Back to work

 

[Htown]

It is awesome. Don't really get the hype of the photo. Spirit, Opportunity, Pathfinder and the Viking missions provided those.

SKY CRANE

 

[Calidor]

so happy that the thing landed safely :')

Can't wait for HD footage

 

[Fenderputty]

It is awesome. Don't really get the hype of the photo. Spirit, Opportunity, Pathfinder and the Viking missions provided those.

I think people are just stoked the thing is on Mars and functional.

 

[Clydefrog]

president obama's science advisor

AKA the guy he never talks to

 

[kaskade]

Why can't we send another guy to the moon now?

 

[ghostmind]

 

[delta25]

"No one would have believed, in the last years of the 21 century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space. No one could have dreamed that we were being scrutinized as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few men even considered the possibility of life on other planets. And yet, across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely, they drew their plans against us. "

 

[Dan]

Damn. the actual transit time was only 6 months right? Is 8 years the amount of time since the last rover was sent to Mars?

It launched in November. Little bit over 8 months.

 

[sinxtanx]

Better pics will come. I'm sure it has a better cam, but they're just sending small pics so they can get them faster, right? It takes longer to send high res pics.

Yeah, this thing can shoot 720p video.

 

[fallout]

It is awesome. Don't really get the hype of the photo. Spirit, Opportunity, Pathfinder and the Viking missions provided those.

It's additional confirmation of a successful landing.

 

[FyreWulff]

So does that mean it's not going to get any better, or is it going to send hi-res pics but they're just going to take longer to get here?

Higher res ones will take longer, as it has to upload when the satellite passed over, then that satellite has to wait until it's facing earth to send. What we saw was from the rover's hazard camera that helps them navigate around.

 

[Oozer3993]

 

[DrForester]

Here's an even better one...



Crappy picture did nothing for me. Guess I'm spoiled having seen all the pictures Spirit and his twin took. Can't wait for better high-res ones. It's too bad the landscape is so monotonous in every direction.

I'm pretty sure that's a picture from the older missions.

 

[Neuromancer]

It is awesome. Don't really get the hype of the photo. Spirit, Opportunity, Pathfinder and the Viking missions provided those.

It just shows us that it landed safely and is working. The photo itself is not the point.

 

[The_Inquisitor]

Time to go to bed. Too bad I am full of adrenaline right now...

 

[Mobius 1]

I wish he was around to see it

 

[drizzle]

Nicest picture I've seen in years.

From mars anyway.

 

[Escape Goat]

Why can't we send another guy to the moon now?

What would you have that guy do on the moon?

 

[Dicer]

T________T

Shut the fuck up you dizzy bitch....

 

[Forsete]

president obama's science advisor

AKA the guy he never talks to

 

[Falifax]

I'm glad I could witness this, it was more awesome watching this with you guys. Thank you NASA and thank you GAF.

 

[KHarvey16]

It is awesome. Don't really get the hype of the photo. Spirit, Opportunity, Pathfinder and the Viking missions provided those.

The photo is confirmation the thing is alive and well and on the surface. C'mon.

 

[2real4tv]

When do you guy think the first largescale space station will be designed?

 

[LuFel]

yeah! i saw that on live...xDDD...

 

[Kaako]

http://i.imgur.com/B8mDT.gif

F YEAH! Dude, I exploded with excitement as well just watching the live stream. What a freaking rush. I can't even imagine what those guys must have felt at that moment. Just heartwarming and inspiring as hell. :bow: to all involved.

 

[JLG-]

 

[rsjankis]

http://penny4nasa.org/

 

[Calcaneus]

Packing my bags right now.

 

[Fusebox]

Btw, Australia says 'you're welcome' for providing the main tracking station for the landing.

 

[Kyaw]

I wish he was around to see it

He would have loved it.