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07-30-2012, 04:11 PM
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Curiosity August 6th Landing
Big day approaching for the $ 2.5 Billion Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) touchdown on Gale Crater Mars. NASA to provide extensive internet coverage and most T.V. news networks will broadcast as well. If all is successful the first low-res images should be available anywhere from 15 minutes to 2 1/2 hours.
Touchdown scheduled for Monday Aug 6th 10:31 PST.
http://www.exploremars.org/nasa-tv-a...iosity-landing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Science_Laboratory
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07-30-2012, 04:20 PM
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Not good news for the reclusive TV & screen acTor, Michael J. Pollard, as he lives there in solitude, poised in anticipation with a binding contract to open the first In&Out Burger/Planet Mars franchise.
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07-30-2012, 05:48 PM
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can't wait for the landing, but one rather startling Martian picture has already surfaced.
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08-05-2012, 02:55 AM
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Originally Posted by redshift1
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Touchdown is actually 1:31 PST not 10:31 PST.
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08-05-2012, 09:43 AM
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I always thought Hcap might be an illegal alien.
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08-05-2012, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by redshift1
Touchdown is actually 1:31 PST not 10:31 PST.
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did it change?
according to the JPL site it's 10:31 PST/1:31 EST
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/
check out the "7 minutes of terror video" at that link for an overview of the landing. I wish them well but it looks awfully complicated.
Last edited by ArlJim78; 08-05-2012 at 10:23 AM.
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08-05-2012, 10:17 AM
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A friend of mine designed the system that frees and extends the robot arm after landing. Even tho it's literally been years since he finished work on it, he's still gonna be nervous if it lands successfully and the time comes..
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08-05-2012, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
can't wait for the landing, but one rather startling Martian picture has already surfaced.
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I can't tell if those are legal or illegal aliens.
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08-05-2012, 10:50 AM
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While on Mars, the rover will visit the drive thru of any Chick Fil A it encounters.
DJ, legal or not,those boys look nekked to me!  
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08-05-2012, 11:07 AM
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Maybe those nekked aliens are nudist.
I guess they've got nothing to hide.
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08-05-2012, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by DJofSD
I can't tell if those are legal or illegal aliens.
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They aren't aliens, as long as they are on Mars. We're the ones with the unoccupied alien spacecraft. (Maybe they existed they should fear us!)
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08-05-2012, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
did it change?
according to the JPL site it's 10:31 PST/1:31 EST
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/
check out the "7 minutes of terror video" at that link for an overview of the landing. I wish them well but it looks awfully complicated. |
10:31 p.m. PDT Aug. 5 (1:31 a.m. EDT Aug. 6) From NASA site.
Some confusion because of the varing time zones and standard and daylight savings time. I've seen so many different times reported I'm getting confused.
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08-05-2012, 08:03 PM
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Anyone know of any live blogs, or tv stations that will be covering this?
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08-05-2012, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Zippy Chippy
Anyone know of any live blogs, or tv stations that will be covering this?
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you can find it online live at the link i posted
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08-05-2012, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Zippy Chippy
Anyone know of any live blogs, or tv stations that will be covering this?
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http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html
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