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Mars Landing tonight! - Aircalibur - 2012-08-06
Someone get me my freaking tinfoil hat.
Mars Landing tonight! - Nomad9375 - 2012-08-06
I'm still waiting for the moon to retaliate since we did fire a missile at it
Mars Landing tonight! - WillDaSnail - 2012-08-06
Touchdown as of 10:32 PM PDT!
Update - Real touchdown time - 10:14 PM PDT
Mars Landing tonight! - MariettaRC - 2012-08-06
They got pictures!
This is pretty dang awesome.
Mars Landing tonight! - Necryllex - 2012-08-06
Watching the Nasa livefeed, these guys at control are going crazyyy, I don't blame them though, huge accomplishment
Now I have to stay up all night waiting for pictures
Mars Landing tonight! - WillDaSnail - 2012-08-06
Courtesy of NASA TV livestream:
![[Image: 531459_415244825202722_1091918838_n.jpg]](https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/531459_415244825202722_1091918838_n.jpg)
Mars Landing tonight! - Marksman Bryan - 2012-08-06
GO SCIENCE!
Now I'll be waiting for what we learn from it!
Mars Landing tonight! - DrRusty - 2012-08-06
I think it's pretty cool how close their expected calculations are to the actual numbers
Mars Landing tonight! - Loose - 2012-08-06
Damn, I missed the streaming of this. : \
Mars Landing tonight! - Satellite - 2012-08-06
Malthe Wrote:What exactly should we be scared of? That the martians start attacking? Lol.They discover cursed ancient Marsian temple and the curse of God "Marsimus" will be casted on the human race of earth.
Mars Landing tonight! - Chew - 2012-08-06
POM POM POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!
![[Image: bHDeQ.png]](http://i.imgur.com/bHDeQ.png)
INB4 unnecesary drama
Mars Landing tonight! - Olsi - 2012-08-06
Chew Wrote:POM POM POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!
INB4 unnecesary drama
Im not saying its aliens.... but its aliens
Mars Landing tonight! - Foxino - 2012-08-06
Was so gutted I missed this.. so late for me
Mars Landing tonight! - Worthyness - 2012-08-06
Chew Wrote:POM POM POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!
INB4 unnecesary drama
It's Megatron!
Mars Landing tonight! - DeanNim - 2012-08-06
they can afford thousands and even millions for the vehicle but not 2k for a decent DSLR-quality camera ?
Mars Landing tonight! - 案山子 - 2012-08-06
Mario Wrote:Not martians, just expanding our curiosity into space like we own the solar system in general. We are getting a bit too curious for our own good imo.
Whatever is to destroy us will happen without fail at some point.
All things end eventually, so if our end is when we get ''too curious for our own good'' then it was meant to be that way. Death is absolutely guaranteed, it's just a matter of when and how.
I'm assuming you're implying something like that, because I don't see how curiosity is a bad thing in this case otherwise. There isn't anything wrong with wanting to learn more about everything around us.
Mars Landing tonight! - MuscleWizard - 2012-08-06
DeanNim Wrote:they can afford thousands and even millions for the vehicle but not 2k for a decent DSLR-quality camera ?
you gotta remember
they gotta keep the quality and file size of the pictures down, otherwise it'd be absolute hell to transmit them
Mars Landing tonight! - Malthe - 2012-08-06
And i have my doubts that a 2k camera will work on mars.
Mars Landing tonight! - ChocolateMonocle - 2012-08-06
The thing that impressed me about the operation was the elaborate touchdown procedure. Going from parachute to jet propulsion to lowering the rover down via crane, keeping in mind the 7-minute transmission delay, just absolutely astounds me.
Mars Landing tonight! - rassilon - 2012-08-06
That's why the entire landing sequence had to be automated. That it all worked is the amazing part -- and a tribute to all those calculations and projections.
