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[Jintor]

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

Briefing is on

 

[ezekial45]

Can someone explain what happened today? I just heard about this from a bajillion twitter posts.

.....

Another Mars Rover landed on the planet Mars. After nearly a year of travel, we finally have eyes and means of research on the surface of mars again.

 

[Shard]

He must be the school headmaster.

 

[Falifax]

Man, he's like "STOP FUCKING HIGH FIVING, I HAVE A SRS TALK IN HERE"

 

[Clydefrog]

SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP

 

[timetokill]

My name is on a microchip on the rover on Mars.

A lot of people here did that if I remember right? So cool to think about.

Yeah mine is on it three times, my name printed once, my signature, and my name in my handwriting (not signature). My wife's is too.

So happy. what an amazing day to be alive.

 

[Trickster]

How long are people gonna ignore the dude telling them to shut up?

 

[Rokam]

Hah "Alright... good nigh...evening everyone"

 

[Jezbollah]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkVBXW4JeUI

Touchdown video. I want this feeling.

 

[DrForester]

The touchdown was a bulls-eye, but my god, the missed high fives. Honkey town usa. Whatever, when you can land a car on mars with a fucking skycrane, you can miss all the terrorist fist jabs you like.

When landing the first men on the moon, no one thought about the American flag's proximity to the LEM and that famous flag from Apollo 11 was knocked over on takeoff.

 

[orientalNoodle]

My name is on a microchip on the rover on Mars.

A lot of people here did that if I remember right? So cool to think about.

Whoa this is pretty cool.

 

[Shard]

What accent is that?

 

[owlbeak]

DARE MIGHTY THINGS

 

[Slayer-33]

What accent is that?

Boss scientist overlord, I'm thinking German

 

[Schrade]

So awesome that we are able to do this stuff. I hope we get some really exciting pictures and discoveries from this rover.

Cannot WAIT!

 

[danwarb]

Boss scientist overlord, I'm thinking German

Indeed.

Sit down and shut up people!

 

[Gen.Grievous]

Obama has not been good for NASA to be honest.

With the money we (Europe and US) spent on Iraq and Afghanistan there could have been a permanent base on the moon and we might be close to sending people to Mars. Such a damn shame.

 

[Utako]

Can someone explain what happened today? I just heard about this from a bajillion twitter posts.

I'm 12 and what is this?

when they go to decommission Curiosity, I think they should find the Skycrane so they can be together again.

I was wondering why SkyCrane wasn't being repurposed after touchdown. Maybe no monies…

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

NOW FUND THEM OBAMA!

jesus just friggin sink a sub and use the budget on nasa!

 

[Afrikan]

I'm drunk here watching all this with my xcoworker, shes into astrology.....having fun.

So happy for everyone there at Nasa.

 

[Agnostic]

What accent is that?

Sounds like the Greek side of my family. I don't really know.

 

[Jintor]

Less than $7 p/citizen? Goddamn

 

[Trouble]

Sounds like the Greek side of my family. I don't really know.

Israeli maybe?

 

[Pandemic]

Did they show footage of the actual landing?

Or once it landed, they showed footage?

 

[KillerAJD]

For those of you talking about increasing funding for NASA, check out the Penny4nasa.org website. Regardless of whether you can donate or not, it has a handy tool to send a message off to your local congress people. I created a little message that might be of some help to people wondering what to write. Go ahead and change it how you want, but I think it could be a decent base for showing support. Send the link and message to anybody you want.

Doubling funding for NASA would be the least amount of support you could give to further not only the American people, but the entire human race. Not only would it cement the US's role in future space exploration, but it would be a grand opportunity to reach out a strong and steady hand to all other countries in joining together as one to ensure a rich and fulfilling future for us all. It is time for us as a country to evolve past wars and petty politics and realize how important NASA and its developed technologies have been and will be for us all. Transferring even a bit of funding to NASA would go a long way in rallying the American public. You must strike while the iron is hot, lest we devolve into bashing each others heads in over greed and cultural differences. Thank you very much for your time in reading this message from a concerned citizen.

 

[Falifax]

New stuff every week. Bueno.

 

[Head of Vengarl]

M-A-R-S: Mars, bitches.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

My name is on a microchip on the rover on Mars.

A lot of people here did that if I remember right? So cool to think about.

Fucking no, I didn't know about this.

 

[owlbeak]

Did they show footage of the actual landing?

Or once it landed, they showed footage?

It's barely been an hour, man. People need patience.

 

[Jintor]

Did they show footage of the actual landing?

Or once it landed, they showed footage?

Wait until tommorrow, the satellites aren't in the right position to transfer the data back right now

 

[FACE]

Less than $7 p/citizen? Goddamn

And yet, people still want to chop NASA's budget more.

 

[Shard]

GIVE THESE PEOPLE MORE MONEY!

 

[Log4Girlz]

And yet, people still want to chop NASA's budget more.

WE NEED MORE WARZ

 

[speculawyer]

"we're missing about 20 people. ... apparently, they've all taken to the hotel and put Do Not Disturb signs on their doors."

Being NASA/JPL nerds . . . they'll be back in 5 minutes.

 

[SDBurton]

So pissed I missed the landing. Damn it all!

Good shit to NASA. So awesome!

 

[Pandemic]

It's barely been an hour, man. People need patience.

Simple question, I only just tuned in. I ain't stomping my foot around demanding footage..

 

[timetokill]

"Made in the USA" bitches!

How's that, Congress? How about instead of bitching about Olympic uniforms, toss some money NASA's way?

 

[FACE]

WE NEED MORE WARZ

My english is totally breaking down because of tiredness and excitement.

 

[astroturfing]

"the rover was made in the USA"...

well not all of it mr NASA dude.

 

[Navidson REC]

Ugh, the whole "ONLY AMURICA CAN DO THIS" line was kinda annoying.

At least he kinda acknowledged the international involvement.

 

[Slayer-33]

Charles Elachi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charles Elachi
Born April 18, 1947 (age 65)
Lebanon
Nationality Lebanese
Fields Electrical engineering
Institutions Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Charles Asshur Al-Wadad Elachi

Unexpected.

 

[Zebra]

Less than $7 p/citizen? Goddamn

We seriously need some sort of nasa kickstarter to ride on the hype of this event.

If we can raise half a million dollars to send a bus monitor on vacation, imagine how much could be raised for space exploration.

 

[LobLob]

Ugh, the whole "ONLY AMURICA CAN DO THIS" line was kinda annoying.

At least he kinda acknowledged the international involvement.

Well, has anyone else done this yet? he is correct at this point until another country does this.

 

[timetokill]

Ugh, the whole "ONLY AMURICA CAN DO THIS" line was kinda annoying.

??? Why?
Is America not supposed to be proud of anything it's doing?

 

[Bollocks]

too much self adulation

 

[astroturfing]

Ugh, the whole "ONLY AMURICA CAN DO THIS" line was kinda annoying.

At least he kinda acknowledged the international involvement.

yeah, made me cringe as a non-American. especially considering it's not entirely American made.

but whatever... exceptionalists gonna exceptionalize i guess.

 

[Kettch]

Ugh, the whole "ONLY AMURICA CAN DO THIS" line was kinda annoying.

At least he kinda acknowledged the international involvement.

Normally I'd be annoyed, but if it helps to get the USA USA Republicans on board for more funding, then I'd say keep it up.

 

[KHarvey16]

Your other left, camera man.

 

[kms_md]

We seriously need some sort of nasa kickstarter to ride on the hype of this event.

If we can raise half a million dollars to send a bus monitor on vacation, imagine how much could be raised for space exploration.

If anything, a NASA kickstarter might shame the government into increasing/not cutting any further the agency's budget.

 

[danwarb]

Ugh, the whole "ONLY AMURICA CAN DO THIS" line was kinda annoying.

At least he kinda acknowledged the international involvement.

Amurican taxes payed for it. If it gets them more money, carry on.