NASA’s new lander CRASHES AND BURNS--Curiosity’s potential sucessor, Morpheus, explodes ...

The Register ^ | 10th August 2012 00:43 GMT | By Simon Sharwood, APAC Editor

[left that other site]

That is why it is called a “TEST”.

Remember how hard it was getting that first Satellite into orbit, back in the day?

But we eventually landed on the Moon.

[brytlea]

I hope I can see a little of it here, but we have a lot of ambient light. Still, I’m hopeful.

[kanawa]

[hattend]

That was Dr Morbius.

Morpheus was in Greek mythology

[steve86]

Means nothing at this early stage.

You should see some of the RC quadcopter crash videos on Youtube prior to getting the stabilization issues worked out. Later on they fly like on a magic carpet.

[Roccus]

Nasa personnel don’t know how to count down from 10 to 0?

In the 50's a schoolyard joke went like this.

Q. How do they count backwards at Cape Canaveral?

A. 5...4...3...2...1...OH s#!t, back to the drawing boards.