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[maquiladora]

The NASA TV schedule grid shows the press conference at 5pm EST, the text version says 7pm EST.

:| wonder which one is the right time?

Hopefully 5pm.

 

[owlbeak]

Hopefully 5pm.

Just checked and it's 7pm, according to the MSL website.

 

[DrForester]

Crying because it didn't crash so he'd have a better excuse to slash some more.

 

[Heretic]

Any chance these images get censored at some point or if something is seen?

 

[derFeef]

Any chance these images get censored at some point or if something is seen?

??

 

[Ovid]

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

Awesome stuff

I still can't believe humanity pulled this thing off.

 

[monchi-kun]

Any chance these images get censored at some point or if something is seen?

like aliens and shit? maybe decepticons?

 

[FACE]

http://www.outlookindia.com/images/photoessays/obama_crying_20081104.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]

Cool, now double NASA's budget.

 

[Leeroy3101]

I'm excited for the microbiol fossil hunting that Curiosity will be doing. No offense Dr. Alan Grant but you're not my favorite archaeologist anymore. We now have a robot hunting for tiny space aliens.

 

[newjeruse]

Any chance these images get censored at some point or if something is seen?

Andherewego.gif

 

[EarsOfASnake]

I still can't believe humanity pulled this thing off.

The crazy thing about watching that video now is that its how it actually happened. Everything went to plan and it's not just some out there, complicated, over endulgent sci-fi fantasy. It actually worked.

 

[weekend_warrior]

 

[Seep]

Will there be any audio with the video?

 

[BruiserBear]

The crazy thing about watching that video now is that its how it actually happened. Everything went to plan and it's not just some out there, complicated, over endulgent sci-fi fantasy. It actually worked.

This.

http://i.imgur.com/PdpLb.jpg

Where did you get that uncensored photo?!?


I am so excited to see video from Mars, and full res color photos!

 

[maquiladora]

Any chance these images get censored at some point or if something is seen?

If something is seen then NASA's budget would probably increase x100. The last thing they would do is censor anything.

 

[derFeef]

Somehow Lamarr Fuzzy got into the capsule!

If something is seen then NASA's budget would probably increase x100. The last thing they would do is censor anything.

lol.

 

[Heretic]

??

like aliens and shit? maybe decepticons?

Anything questionable.

Andherewego.gif

What?

If something is seen then NASA's budget would probably increase x100. The last thing they would do is censor anything.

Ha. True! But you know the government...

 

[BruiserBear]

Anything questionable.

What?


Ha. True! But you know the government...

Oh god.

You clearly have no understanding of how all this works.

 

[maquiladora]

Will there be any audio with the video?

No. There was a microphone on the Mars Polar Lander though, but alas...

 

[Macattk15]

Oh god. We could pull off Alcamoth/Eryth Sea from Xenoblade.

Floating cities overloaded with sulfuric acid!

Anything questionable.

What?


Ha. True! But you know the government...

There won't be any "aliens" on Mars. Sorry. If there was life to be found at all, it'd be on the cellular level most likely.

 

[Rentahamster]

Cool, now double NASA's budget.

Yep. Fuck Solyndra. Gimme more space shit.

 

[orientalNoodle]

Cool, now double NASA's budget.

Now, realistically, what is the chance of this happening after Curiosity successful mission?

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

This is a test shot of the 100m right mastcam. The houses were 1km away from the camera.



This is the level of detail and quality we can look forward to.

 

[DieH@rd]

I really hope that I will witness in my lifetime submarine probe on Europe, balloon/rover on Titan and closer exploration of Enceladus. So far, it looks that I will have to wait 20 years for either one of those.

At least James Webb Space Telescope is relatively close [6-8 years].

 

[owlbeak]

Now, realistically, what is the chance of this happening after Curiosity successful mission?

Considering the Mars program budget alone is already getting cut dramatically by FORTY PERCENT, I'd say not very good. Call your congressperson and let them know they need to. Every call helps.

 

[andylsun]

Gah, looks like next press conference is 7pm ET.

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

 

[DrForester]

Now, realistically, what is the chance of this happening after Curiosity successful mission?

Obama has seriously been a terrible president as far as NASA goes.

 

[weekend_warrior]

Does Curiosity have any microphones? I'd be amazing if we could listen to the sounds on Mars.

 

[Seep]

No. There was a microphone on the Mars Polar Lander though, but alas...

 

[Bollocks]

What's the point of a video camera on mars?
I doubt there's anything moving. For anything else a picture is more than sufficient.
I'm far more interested in audio footage but I don't know the structure of the mars atmosphere so I don't know whether that would make sense.

 

[akira28]

MAHLI is awesome too, look at the scale in the botton right!



Soooo much to look forward to.

No. Kill. I....

 

[Heretic]

Oh god.

You clearly have no understanding of how all this works.

Thanks for helping me understand.

There won't be any "aliens" on Mars. Sorry. If there was life to be found at all, it'd be on the cellular level most likely.

Not saying aliens although I won't deny I thought that. We don't know what we'll find out there. It was just a general question.

 

[FACE]

Obama has seriously been a terrible president as far as NASA goes.

Cutting NASA's budget should be considered treason.

 

[owlbeak]

What's the point of a video camera on mars?
I doubt there's anything moving. For anything else a picture is more than sufficient.
I'm far more interested in audio footage but I don't know the structure of the mars atmosphere so I don't know whether that would make sense.

One could make the same argument in regards to sound about a microphone. Personally, I'm excited to have actual movies from Mars. Sunsets, dust devils, clouds, etc. Will be pretty cool if nothing else.

 

[TUSR]

Crane goes off to Cydonia, to complete the true mission, at the base of the Mars Face.

Bit late, but is this a UFO Defense reference haha?

 

[derFeef]

Does Curiosity have any microphones? I'd be amazing if we could listen to the sounds on Mars.

Forst rover had some mikes on, or the lander or something.

Not saying aliens although I won't deny I thought that. We don't know what we'll find out there. It was just a general question.

We pretty much know what we will find.

 

[maquiladora]

What's the point of a video camera on mars?

Dust storms, cloud movements in the wind. Maybe even a Martian tornado if you're lucky?

 

[orientalNoodle]

Considering the Mars program budget alone is already getting cut dramatically by FORTY PERCENT, I'd say not very good. Call your congressperson and let them know they need to. Every call helps.

Sad. It is really a such a small investment with significant returns in term of our scientific and technological understanding.

I hope Curiosity will discover something major like oils a few feet below the surface (hey this means life was once flourished here) / joke

 

[AstroNut325]

Now, realistically, what is the chance of this happening after Curiosity successful mission?

ZERO. NASA's budget is going in the opposite direction of expansion!

 

[speculawyer]

Will there be any audio with the video?

Not much to hear . . . just the wind of a thin atmosphere. Someone could synthesize that and add it to the video. I guess the whirring of the motors should be added as well but it is not very interesting.

 

[Fenderputty]

Dust storms, cloud movements in the wind. Maybe even a Martian tornado if you're lucky?

Yeah ... video will be useful for weather and things like that. If I remember correctly, the last rover had all but died until a wind storm cleaned off the solar panels and allowed it to reenergize.

 

[Slacker]

I hope Curiosity will discover something major like oils a few feet below the surface (hey this means life was once flourished here) / joke

I think there's Unobtanium under there.

What's the point of a video camera on mars? I doubt there's anything moving. For anything else a picture is more than sufficient.

http://i.imgur.com/3m4mb.png

 

[Log4Girlz]

why is there a huge ass mountain in the middle of a crater?

Mars got KTFO with whatever made that bump

I just saw an article the other day, damn wish I could find it, but it claims to have found an extremely ancient mega impact crater. The crater itself has basically eroded away but there still stands a massive mountain in the center that is believed to be the impactor itself (which resolidified).

 

[DrForester]

Cutting NASA's budget should be considered treason.

Say what you will about bush Jr, but NASA was one of the few good things about his administration. Despite having a very unpopular NASA head, a lot got done. Curiosity is an example of that, as they've been working in it since 2004.

 

[Beer Monkey]

A tea party asshole at work was running around weeks ago blaming Obama for killing the space shuttle.

GWB killed the space shuttle (not a bad thing, but it's funny to hear people thinking that Obama did it).

Obama pledged to get man to an asteroid by 2025 and Mars in the 2030s. He shortened the window to get our astronauts launched from US soil to the ISS by a few years over what GWB set up.

Reality, as always, is complicated.

 

[Log4Girlz]

I don't mind retiring the Space Shuttle (the widow maker), but goddamit, in addition to the new crew pod I want a new space plane.

 

[FACE]

Say what you will about bush Jr, but NASA was one of the few good things about his administration. Despite having a very unpopular NASA head, a lot got done. Curiosity is an example of that, as they've been working in it since 2004.

I just wish NASA would get 4.4% of the federal budget like they used to back in the day, imagine how much science they'd be doing now.

 

[AstroNut325]

I just wish NASA would get 4.4% of the federal budget like they used to back in the day, imagine how much science they'd be doing now.

4.4%

*DROOLS*

 

[orientalNoodle]

How about making NASA apart of the military? Unlimited funding.

 

[SRG01]

A tea party asshole at work was running around weeks ago blaming Obama for killing the space shuttle.

GWB killed the space shuttle (not a bad thing, but it's funny to hear people thinking that Obama did it).

Obama pledged to get man to an asteroid by 2025 and Mars in the 2030s. He shortened the window to get our astronauts launched from US soil to the ISS by a few years over what GWB set up.

Reality, as always, is complicated.

To be quite honest, killing the space shuttle was the best decision that anyone could've made for NASA. The shuttles were old and outdated.

How about making NASA apart of the military? Unlimited funding.

One of NASA's mandates is to be non-military. But, then again, they also develop ballistic missile technology...

edit: Ooops I think I confused the missile technology part with another org...