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LIVE: Atlas V ready to launch NASA’s MSL Rover to Mars
NASA ^
| 26 Nov 2011
| William Graham
Posted on 11/26/2011 4:51:04 AM PST by shove_it
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory will begin its mission to the Red Planet Saturday, with a launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is scheduled to occur during a one-hour and 43 minute window opening at 15:02 UTC (10:02 local time).
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(Excerpt) Read more at nasaspaceflight.com ...
TOPICS: Government; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: atlas; ksc; mars; space
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posted on
11/26/2011 4:51:09 AM PST
by
shove_it
To: shove_it
Looks like a go for today.
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posted on
11/26/2011 4:53:38 AM PST
by
shove_it
(just undo it)
To: shove_it
ET doesn’t like us nosing around on Mars - will the lab land safely, or...?
To: shove_it
Very detailed explanation of everything - except the power source.
Is it solar like the last two which means a possible extended life - or something else.
4
posted on
11/26/2011 5:01:57 AM PST
by
PeteB570
( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
To: PeteB570
Found out - nuke powered and will still be producing 100 Watts at 14 years.
5
posted on
11/26/2011 5:05:26 AM PST
by
PeteB570
( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
To: shove_it
AThis is remarkable. Is there an animated rendition of the flight and landing?
How long will it take until it arrives on Mars?
Also, what happens to the sky crane once Curiosity is dropped off? Does it fly off?
This is incredible....
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posted on
11/26/2011 5:08:16 AM PST
by
nikos1121
(Stand up is hard if you're not funny.)
To: nikos1121
7
posted on
11/26/2011 5:13:02 AM PST
by
shove_it
(just undo it)
To: shove_it
Yawn, when they start building Saturn V’s again wake me up.
8
posted on
11/26/2011 5:17:13 AM PST
by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: shove_it
Thank you.
Looks like it will arrive August, 2012. INteresting, as it might be an issue for the election. Clearly again we will listen to someone, like Newt, who undestands the inpact of space exploration and the idiot in the white house.
Will be nuclear powered.
The sky crane will fly off after depositing the rover. Hopefully all those landing tethers will dislodge nicely.
9
posted on
11/26/2011 5:26:31 AM PST
by
nikos1121
(Stand up is hard if you're not funny.)
To: Jack Hammer
Mars seems to be the Bermuda triangle of space. The Russians have lost better than a dozen mars bound craft themselves.
10
posted on
11/26/2011 5:29:25 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
To: amzgirl; 75thOVI; Ravenstar; June2; LuvFreeRepublic; AdvisorB; 88keys; Matchett-PI; mcmuffin; ...
LAUNCH ALERT
Brevard County, Florida ping.
Let me know if you want on or off this ping list.
(not associated with the county government)
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posted on
11/26/2011 5:34:00 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(At 4 AM, it is a test; at 2 PM, it is a demonstration)
To: NonValueAdded
12
posted on
11/26/2011 5:36:41 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(At 4 AM, it is a test; at 2 PM, it is a demonstration)
To: PeteB570
Clean sun power was quickly rejected as unable to produce sufficient power. I doubt wind power was ever considered.
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posted on
11/26/2011 5:38:20 AM PST
by
shove_it
(just undo it)
To: shove_it
I’m standing in the parking lot of the VAB waiting to see the launch right now. A few sprinkles and some wind but they apparently don’t think it’s a problem.
To: shove_it
Any TV covering the launch?
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posted on
11/26/2011 5:44:38 AM PST
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: shove_it
AtlasV? Surely Oblast Off would choose to collaborate with his Chinese friends.
According to one ancient legend, a Chinese official named Wan-Hoo attempted a flight to the moon using a large wicker chair to which were fastened 47 large rockets. Forty seven assistants, each armed with torches, rushed forward to light the fuses. In a moment there was a tremendous roar accompanied by billowing clouds of smoke. When the smoke cleared, the flying chair and Wan-Hoo were gone.
Ise gotts da chair. There are syrplus Fourth of July rockets. Maybe Obluster would like to be the first prez in space!
To: nikos1121
Also, what happens to the sky crane once Curiosity is dropped off? Does it fly off?I think that they're considered to be "no deposit, no return" items.
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posted on
11/26/2011 5:46:56 AM PST
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: PeteB570
Man, that thing is bigger than a monster pickup truck!
Cordially,
18
posted on
11/26/2011 5:51:04 AM PST
by
Diamond
(He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people,)
To: Young Werther
Mind you, Mythbusters busted that legend in no time flat (it was one of the more memorable episodes of that series).
19
posted on
11/26/2011 5:52:11 AM PST
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
11/26/2011 6:01:29 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(At 4 AM, it is a test; at 2 PM, it is a demonstration)
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