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“Curiosity" Safely on Mars!
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Posted on 08/05/2012 10:40:16 PM PDT by BwanaNdege

Odyssey has safely landed on Mars and is transmitting photos.


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KEYWORDS: curiosity; jpl; mars; marslanding; marsrover; nasa; odyssey
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To: BwanaNdege

Great job on the landing!!!

I feel badly for these JPL guys who are feeling rudderless these days (due to Obama cuts to projects in the pipeline).


41 posted on 08/05/2012 11:23:08 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: RandallFlagg

You didn’t have to wait long (never mind this program began under the Bush admin)


42 posted on 08/05/2012 11:25:20 PM PDT by Heatseeker (Elizabeth Cheney for President)
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To: BwanaNdege

the speaker said president obama have a bold new mission for mars. What is that exactly? I thought it was cancelled


43 posted on 08/05/2012 11:25:54 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: BwanaNdege

the speaker said president obama have a bold new mission for mars. What is that exactly? I thought it was cancelled


44 posted on 08/05/2012 11:26:09 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: barmag25

Somebody PLEASE photoshop that into a Chick-fil-A.


45 posted on 08/05/2012 11:26:48 PM PDT by Former War Criminal (Who am I? Why am I here?)
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To: BwanaNdege

Have they found any Muslims there yet?


46 posted on 08/05/2012 11:31:37 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (REPEAL WASHINGTON! -- Islam Delenda Est! -- I Want Constantinople Back. -- Rumble thee forth.)
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To: bigtoona
"Holdren is on now so that he can make sure Obammy gets credit for it."

Did anyone else catch Holdren stating that the U.S. is the only country to ever land spacecraft on other planets? What a doofus; I knew without even checking that the Soviets put landers on Venus in the 70's (4 times), and that they were the first to put a lander on Mars (after a bunch of failures).

Of course, what we have done has been on a much higher level of sophistication and difficulty, but how could the White House "Science Advisor" be so pitifully uninformed? Par for the course with the Big Zero's appointments.

47 posted on 08/05/2012 11:31:42 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Terry L Smith

Bless your heart.


48 posted on 08/05/2012 11:32:11 PM PDT by MaxMax
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To: MamaB

Your company built part of that!


49 posted on 08/05/2012 11:32:42 PM PDT by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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To: Cementjungle

Don’t feel too badly for them.

JPL is ALIVE because of their efforts!


50 posted on 08/05/2012 11:37:20 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (This hobbit is looking for her pitchfork...God help the GOP if I find it.)
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To: Terry L Smith
"THIS IS MARS!!! Humans have NOT been there, yet! "

Shiela Jackson Lee, congresscritter from Houston, knows better. Just aks her.

51 posted on 08/05/2012 11:45:52 PM PDT by matthew fuller (They'll have to pry my gun, bible, and chikin from my cold dead fingers.)
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To: saganite
Can't wait to see how this guy's doing:


52 posted on 08/05/2012 11:46:03 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: Terry L Smith

You are new here, aren’t you?


53 posted on 08/06/2012 12:05:36 AM PDT by Mom MD (T he country needs Obamacare like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask)
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To: Terry L Smith
I believe they were referring to the quote from that towering intellect Shela Jackson Lee.
54 posted on 08/06/2012 12:16:30 AM PDT by Desron13
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To: Terry L Smith

Uh, according to one Congreswoman Shelia Jackson Lee the flag is on Mars.


55 posted on 08/06/2012 12:16:51 AM PDT by Sea Parrot (Once I was young, now I am old and the in between went way too fast)
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To: BwanaNdege

We were watching the live feed of the Control Room as the craft was descending. They just erupted when the Flight Director said “Touchdown!” That was the culmination of many years of hard work, and thousands of things had to go just right for things to turn out so well. I’m proud of NASA!


56 posted on 08/06/2012 12:19:25 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Former War Criminal
Somebody PLEASE photoshop that into a Chick-fil-A

Here you go:

Photobucket

57 posted on 08/06/2012 12:30:27 AM PDT by TheCipher (Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself- Mark Twain)
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To: TheCipher

ThankyouThankyouverymuch.


58 posted on 08/06/2012 12:36:01 AM PDT by Former War Criminal (Who am I? Why am I here?)
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To: SuziQ

No kidding! This is the biggest moment in our space program in decades.

If you aren’t aware, this rover is a mobile lab the size of a small CAR.

The events necessary to land this thing on Mars were nothing short of a technological wonder of the world.

It’s a very, very proud moment for our country and almost no one even knows it’s happening tonight. It’s a tragedy.


59 posted on 08/06/2012 12:37:19 AM PDT by Advil000
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To: Advil000
If you aren’t aware, this rover is a mobile lab the size of a small CAR.

Our son has been talking about it all day. He said the craft was the size of an SUV. ;o)

So the USA has put an SUV on Mars!! Have we no shame? Are we just trying to ruin the Martian atmosphere like we've done with the Earth? /sarc

60 posted on 08/06/2012 12:51:42 AM PDT by SuziQ
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