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Mars Curiosity rover moves, finds broken sensor
LA Times ^
| 22 Aug 2012
| Amina Khan
Posted on 08/22/2012 8:02:26 PM PDT by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
08/22/2012 8:23:42 PM PDT
by
al baby
(“If Barack Obama has a Harvard law degree, he didn’t earn that. Somebody else made that happen.”)
To: smokingfrog
Houston we have a condom?
To: smokingfrog
We have actually put a car on Mars and we are going to drive it around, from Earth...
Amazing. Everything having to do with this mission has my brain locked in a fantasy world. It’s hard for me to believe that we have actually done this.
Obama did not build this, the American people did. American ingenuity. American dreamers, a free America did this.
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posted on
08/22/2012 8:40:54 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(I would have voted for NEWT, now it's Ryan and the other guy.~Just livin' life, my way~)
To: smokingfrog
Looks like NASA is doing muzzi outreach through the LA times.
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posted on
08/22/2012 8:43:25 PM PDT
by
Track9
(Ego undermines moral courage.)
To: smokingfrog
Damn. Hasn’t even made it’s first drive and already an instrument is broken. Hope this isn’t a bad omen of things to come.
I’m disappointed they didn’t put a microphone on the rover. Would have been great to hear the wind blowing on another planet! Or lightning generated by dust storms. Or sonic booms of meteors entering the atmosphere. The only Mars probe that had a microphone on it was the Mars Polar Lander. But that probe crashed.
To: Gator113
I have a hard time getting a radio controlled car down the street. These guys do it on ANOTHER PLANET!
Hats off.
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posted on
08/22/2012 8:48:56 PM PDT
by
going hot
(Happiness is a momma deuce)
To: smokingfrog
I told them..... do not to hire that dude from Yugo.
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posted on
08/22/2012 8:55:08 PM PDT
by
Musketeer
To: chessplayer
>> Im disappointed they didnt put a microphone on the rover.
That’s hard to believe. No sonic instrumentation?
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posted on
08/22/2012 9:04:45 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Demoralization is a weapon of the enemy. Don't get it, don't spread it!)
To: chessplayer
You're right. I microphone so we could hear Mars would be too cool. Seems like an oversight but I guess they have to strictly prioritize what sensors get to go.
To: smokingfrog
Awright. Gonna get the eyes tested. I thought it said broken sewer.
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posted on
08/22/2012 9:22:04 PM PDT
by
righttackle44
(I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine.)
To: Gene Eric
Thats hard to believe. No sonic instrumentation? You're right, small piezo transducer, one lowly telemetry channel, wouldn't have taken much.
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posted on
08/22/2012 9:23:17 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
To: chessplayer
I'm disappointed they didn't put a microphone on the rover And maybe an electric guitar and drum set.
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posted on
08/22/2012 9:27:52 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
To: smokingfrog
Maybe next time they’ll put on a retractable cover to protect the instrumentation.
To: Gator113
The project started 8 years ago. Obama inherited it.
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posted on
08/22/2012 9:34:17 PM PDT
by
kabar
To: Gator113
We have actually put a car on Mars and we are going to drive it around, from Earth...
Amazing. Everything having to do with this mission has my brain locked in a fantasy world.
Obama did not build this, the American people did. American ingenuity. American dreamers, a free America did this. Needs repeating.
America is different than the other nations. Americans drive RC cars... on Mars.
God Bless America.
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posted on
08/22/2012 9:42:28 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
To: chessplayer
Obviously Bush’s fault. Just ask Slow Joe, he’ll tell ya.
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posted on
08/22/2012 9:47:47 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(Republicans Hope people are Smart, but Democrats Know people are Stupid.)
To: smokingfrog
I would find it interesting to see other rovers and or crash sites
if ever an opportunity presents itself
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posted on
08/22/2012 9:55:35 PM PDT
by
daku
To: going hot
I wanted a Radio Plane and thought I better try a simulator first. Good thing I did
because I must have wrecked at least 100k worth of RC aircraft. No plane for me.
I really like seeing us driving around Mars. /Salute Nasa
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posted on
08/22/2012 10:06:47 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
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