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Mars Rover Curiosity Lands successfully!! LIVE THREAD
Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) ^ | 5 Aug 2012 | JPL

Posted on 08/05/2012 11:04:03 AM PDT by hattend

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To: DocRock

pictures. sorta.

It’s working.

It’s the wheel


421 posted on 08/05/2012 10:35:59 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: dragnet2

Too bad they’re coming from a Hollywood Studio. /s


422 posted on 08/05/2012 10:36:04 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: LibWhacker
CURIOSITY STICKS HER LANDING!!! GOLD MEDAL FOR TEAM NASA AND THE USA !!!

423 posted on 08/05/2012 10:36:04 PM PDT by CitizenM (Obama - The architect of the decline of the U.S.)
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To: kabar

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/nasatv/

must be on a delay :(


424 posted on 08/05/2012 10:36:23 PM PDT by 1066AD
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To: DoughtyOne

JPL guy yelling...”It’s the wheel! It’s the wheel!”...


425 posted on 08/05/2012 10:36:31 PM PDT by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: kabar
06:09 MTC, 12:58 local sun time at the landing site.

/johnny

426 posted on 08/05/2012 10:36:31 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Red Steel

Hugs all around. Amazing. Wow.

Now how long will the rover operate on the surface. I read it’s nuclear powered. Don’t know if that’s true, tho. I suspect it’s a misunderstanding by the reporter. But... does it need solar panels? Getting away from solar panels would be a big improvement, imho.


427 posted on 08/05/2012 10:36:36 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: DocRock

My God, it’s full of stars!


428 posted on 08/05/2012 10:36:36 PM PDT by this_ol_patriot
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To: amom

Very few things in life put an irresistible smile on my face. This is one of them!


429 posted on 08/05/2012 10:36:36 PM PDT by PA Engineer ("We're not programs, Gerty, We're People")
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To: LibWhacker

I swear if the first pic is a BHO ad my head will asplode!


430 posted on 08/05/2012 10:36:43 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts bolt the Constitution together as the loose screws of the Left fall out!)
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To: LibWhacker

Let’s see where Curiosity takes us!”

WOOHOO!
WOOHOO!
WOOHOO!


431 posted on 08/05/2012 10:36:51 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Siri: Gold Baby, Gold!)
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To: dfwgator

I swear I saw an egg beater... ;^)


432 posted on 08/05/2012 10:36:51 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Vote Obama he's unqualified on so many subjects, citizenship, history, economics, racism, allies...)
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To: PA Engineer

Bigger pics coming!


433 posted on 08/05/2012 10:37:15 PM PDT by colinhester
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To: LibWhacker

Obama reaction: “You didn’t do that. The Europeans and Russians laid the groundwork for this”.


434 posted on 08/05/2012 10:37:46 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture TM)
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To: DoughtyOne

"I just wanted to say...'Good Luck, We're all counting on you.'"

435 posted on 08/05/2012 10:37:58 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: Empireoftheatom48

OMG!!! Woo-Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


436 posted on 08/05/2012 10:38:00 PM PDT by chessplayer
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To: colinhester

Fantastic. You just know Obama and the ‘rats were hoping for failure, so they could shut down the space program for good.


437 posted on 08/05/2012 10:38:20 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
Now how long will the rover operate on the surface. I read it’s nuclear powered. Don’t know if that’s true, tho. I suspect it’s a misunderstanding by the reporter. But... does it need solar panels? Getting away from solar panels would be a big improvement, imho.

Powered by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator, like the old Viking landers. produces electricity from the heat given off by plutonium.
438 posted on 08/05/2012 10:38:27 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: LibWhacker

Nuke powered can do primary mission for 2 earth years.


439 posted on 08/05/2012 10:38:27 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: PA Engineer
Very few things in life put an irresistible smile on my face. This is one of them!

Absolutely!!!

440 posted on 08/05/2012 10:38:27 PM PDT by amom
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