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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: JRandomFreeper

3400 miles to go.


261 posted on 08/05/2012 10:10:44 PM PDT by jpsb
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To: hattend

12:31 CST (-7 minutes)


262 posted on 08/05/2012 10:11:47 PM PDT by jpsb
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To: hattend

when will we know? Time? I gotta go to bed.


263 posted on 08/05/2012 10:11:55 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: hattend
Said a few minutes ago it was at the top of the atmosphere.
264 posted on 08/05/2012 10:12:39 PM PDT by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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To: Windcatcher

This is making me breathless. I hope I don’t pass out before it lands.


265 posted on 08/05/2012 10:12:54 PM PDT by CitizenM (Obama - The architect of the decline of the U.S.)
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To: All

Live from NASA TV

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/mars/curiosity_news3.html


266 posted on 08/05/2012 10:12:54 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
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To: LibWhacker

Nice mohawk on that one guy.


267 posted on 08/05/2012 10:12:54 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: JRandomFreeper

Do you have CNN? Coverage is on CNN and Fox News or so I am told


268 posted on 08/05/2012 10:13:04 PM PDT by jpsb
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To: hattend
Sure, 9:17 is correct. Depends on what part of what part of what planet you are on.

Doesn't work for Earth or Mars, but I never suspected CNN was part of this universe anyway.

/johnny

269 posted on 08/05/2012 10:13:18 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: jpsb

Woot!

Go baby go!


270 posted on 08/05/2012 10:13:38 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

All I’ve got here is bottled water. OMG, have we crashed yet? ;-)

C’mon, Curiosity, don’t kill the cat! (Kudos to the Freeper who did that play on words earlier in the thread!)


271 posted on 08/05/2012 10:13:59 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Jet Jaguar

They SHOULD know if it made it about 14 minutes past 10:31 PST


272 posted on 08/05/2012 10:14:28 PM PDT by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: dfwgator
[ Nice mohawk on that one guy. ]


273 posted on 08/05/2012 10:14:28 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: jpsb
Neg on televisor device for the last 10 years.

I'm following on NASA live feed.

/johnny

274 posted on 08/05/2012 10:14:55 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: hoagy62

Thanks!


275 posted on 08/05/2012 10:15:15 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: dfwgator

Nice mohawk on that one guy.
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Seeing those more and more recently. But this is the first NASA engineer I’ve seen with one.


276 posted on 08/05/2012 10:15:15 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: Jet Jaguar

You know either at 45 past the hour or a couple of hours later


277 posted on 08/05/2012 10:15:20 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: LibWhacker

Lost telemetry, recieving heartbeat tones, all normal. Lots of smiles.


278 posted on 08/05/2012 10:15:40 PM PDT by this_ol_patriot
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To: dfwgator

OMG, grab the guy with the mohawk. He doesn’t belong there!


279 posted on 08/05/2012 10:15:48 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: jpsb

Cruise stage separated. RCS thrusters are about to go. ...


280 posted on 08/05/2012 10:16:22 PM PDT by Red Steel
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