I only have a 9% thanks to China.now you're just being an ass.
and when talking about funding and money, don't forget who pretty much funds your country.
i think we all should really just thank China, don't you think?
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NASA's Mars Science Laboratory |OT| 2,000 Pounds of Science!
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astroturfing
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hey man you provoked! but ok i apologize.
but seriously China is awesome. i bet they will be leading space exploration efforts 30-50 years from now. can't wait. already learning a bit of their language.
No MSL. Shit, Google, get it together.
We agree for sure, China is going to kick major ass in space exploration sooner then most people think.
astroturfing
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yeah. i hope they will be as inclusive as NASA, letting other nations join in on projects.
overall i'm optimistic. space exploration shall unite us all. if it doesn't, nothing will..
Wat, why is there Olympic Fencing on the NASA Stream on the 360?
It just wet back to the Mars Science Laboratory Mission Support area..
Edit: Now it's on fucking CNN.. What the hell!
NASA guy found the remote, doesn't know it's streaming.
Rentahamster
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Anyone got a link to the part of the video when they're about to land?
I'm fine with nationalism when it actually helps improve its country. That rarely happens though.
It's a lot easier to say "I support our awesome troops - they're the best in the world!" than it is to actually increase veteran benefits and end wars and bring them home. Similarly, it's easier to praise NASA than increase its funding.
Because megapixels mean nothing. The lens and sensor are the important part.
Pristine_Condition
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Update on NASATV
Yes, and they can take lots of smaller pics and splice them together.
Data size. Bandwidth is at a premium. They can either download lots of One Megepixel photos or just one 10 Megapixel in the same amount of time. It isn't needed. 10 Megapixel would be overkill.
Also. The camers on the Curiosity weren't bought at Best Buy. They have to be incredibly fault tolerant to extreme temperatures, etc. you have to stop expecting things on Mars to work like they do on Earth.
but doesn't higher megapixel counts mean they can blow up the picture to higher resolutions without sacrificing clarity on pictures?
I don't think this is likely. China is not known for being international and inclusive; instead, they're known for being especially nationalistic and exclusive.
I'm not saying it's impossible, but I wouldn't get my hopes up that China will be better than the US in this regard -- they're likely to be much worse. Still, scientific progress is scientific progress, and I'll take exclusive nationalistic progress over no progress at all, if those are my only two options.
Pristine_Condition
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You can build just about any resolution you'd want through multiple exposures.
I can't imagine any one country going to some place like Mars though alone, some nations are going to have to step up to share the costs and responsibilities, so i hope that inclusion among nations like China happen.
Smiles and Cries
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thats a lot of macbooks for XP users
To be fair to China, our Congress gave them the middle finger last year or the year before. I don't remember what the exact legislation was, but it basically said, "No, fuck you, China, we're not going to be working with you on Space stuff." It was just the most childish, nationalistic bullshit.
Curiosity will do better than this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Victoria_Crater,_Cape_Verde-Mars.jpg
Yes, like the panoramas and landscapes provided by both Opportunity and Spirit:
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/panoramas/spirit/
The "original size" links are huge .TIFF images.
Smiles and Cries
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I don't mind seeing China land a man on the moon or mars sooner in my lifetime - I would love another space race
I doubt there will be another space race. Congress has given up on Nasa sadly.
Smiles and Cries
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private companies then LobLob
Private companies aren't going to advance new frontier. They can barely get 62 miles up, very old frontier.
And Private companies will want to look for ways to profit off of Space Travel rather than take a more scientific approach.
Also, they largely can't even get up to that old frontier without government contracts.
they just need a swift kick in the ass. Right now we're all austerity and debt is too big and other shit. There's time enough to right that ship. Might not be tomorrow, but in a decade or two you never know.
Still waiting.
About ~10 Minutes until the data arrives.
Never discount the old guard being stirred up with Cold War fervor when China does a lunar flyby or landing. I could easily see NASA getting more funding in the future event of a successful Chinese mission to the Moon (provided Congress gets their act together and comes up with a credible long term deficit reduction plan next year).
They haven't received it yet, mang.
The Satellite received it at 12:30, but it takes 14 minutes to arrive to us.
It's coming through radio waves in space.
Edit: more peanuts?
ColeTheMole
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next pic is panorama?
I suppose if private companies can make a shit load of money some CEO might try to some day though. I mean, if Mars has lot's of Iron and other minerals, i bet one day in the far future some company could set up a mining industry there.
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