Posted on 11/18/2013 10:10:53 AM PST by NonValueAdded
An Atlas 5 rocket is geared up to launch Monday with NASA's first mission dedicated to studying the Martian atmosphere, aiming to solve the puzzle of how Mars dried up and lost its life-supporting atmosphere eons ago. Liftoff of the MAVEN spacecraft from Cape Canaveral is set for 1:28 p.m. EST (1828 GMT), kicking off a 10-month cruise to the red planet.
I’d rather have welfare for space exploration that pushes the boundaries of knowledge than welfare for the hood.
I’m for the space program, but how bout these dollars being spent on the next generation shuttle.
We are hitching rides with the Russians...what an embarrassment.
These would be dollars well spent. Studying Martian non-atmosphere seems kinda of pointless.
I watched the launch in HD. Fantastic!
I agree, however missions like this one are a waste of limited resources.
I'd rather they send probes to Europa, Calisto, Titan, Triton, etc or build a replacement shuttle.
Mars once had water and an atmosphere but now it's a dead rusted rock, uummmmmm OK, we got it already. Enough.
Sweet!
Videos of launch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKdLfOibTTg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz7Iue_J0YA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxGGc-mCwYg
Multiple camera angles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELSS3mhUHSU
Earth/Mars orbit simulator
http://www.windows2universe.org/mars/mars_orbit.html
You can't make this stuff up ping.
* 05375 nasa' {naw-saw'} or nacah (Ps 4 : 6 [7]) {naw-saw'}
a primitive root; TWOT - 1421; v
AV - (bare, lift, etc...) up 219, bear 115, take 58, bare 34, carry 30, (take, carry)..away 22, borne 22, armourbearer 18, forgive 16, accept 12, exalt 8, regard 5, obtained 4, respect 3, misc 74; 654
1) to lift, bear up, carry, take
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to lift, lift up
1a2) to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure
1a3) to take, take away, carry off, forgive
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be lifted up, be exalted
1b2) to lift oneself up, rise up
1b3) to be borne, be carried
1b4) to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist
1c2) to desire, long (fig.)
1c3) to carry, bear continuously
1c4) to take, take away
1d) (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to cause one to bear (iniquity)
1e2) to cause to bring, have brought
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