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 2012-08-06 8:37 AM |
Elite  3090    Spokane, WA |  Subject: The Curiosity has landedhttp://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/03/8058/ The link is just an illustration of the landing process, but she's there. I was actually excited to see if this would work. I'm not sure if it's worth 2 billion to do it, but that's another story. |
| 2012-08-06 9:04 AM in reply to: #4348600 |
Elite 4547 | Subject: RE: The Curiosity has landed In my opinion, it is worth every penny. This is absolutely amazing! I couldn't be happier. |
| 2012-08-06 9:06 AM in reply to: #4348600 |
Champion 6993  Chicago, Illinois | Subject: RE: The Curiosity has landed It is pretty cool thing. Is it worth 2 billion? Who knows but I know man has the need to push the boundaries and mars is on of the next frontiers. I just hope he does not get step on by a big giant robot like the last one |
| 2012-08-06 9:16 AM in reply to: #4348600 |
Elite 3277 Minnetonka | Subject: RE: The Curiosity has landed |
| 2012-08-06 9:22 AM in reply to: #4348600 |
Expert 1416 San Luis Obispo, CA | Subject: RE: The Curiosity has landed I haven't watched a second of the olympics (no TV), but I stayed up and watched the webcast of the landing. Awesome accomplishment! |
| 2012-08-06 9:44 AM in reply to: #4348600 |
Champion 16151 Checkin' out the podium girls | Subject: RE: The Curiosity has landed Part of that $2 Billion went to desiging and manufacturing the batteries right here in SE Connecticut! http://www.yardney.com/ |
| 2012-08-06 9:44 AM in reply to: #4348600 |
Elite 4564 Boise | Subject: RE: The Curiosity has landed I've been wondering, if it only took 8 months to get there, why can't we send a person there? I know it would require a different delivery vehicle that could transport people and a different landing vehicle that could then also get the astronauts back to their shuttle, but 8 months seems relatively short to me. |
| 2012-08-06 10:04 AM in reply to: #4348758 |
Champion 7347 SRQ, FL | Subject: RE: The Curiosity has landed The longest anyone has ever spent in space is 215 days on the ISS. You are talking about more than doubling that. We just do not know who it would affect the human body yet. I think we'll be ready to send a manned mission in the next 20 years but not right now. |
| 2012-08-06 10:21 AM in reply to: #4348600 |
Expert 736 Longview, TX | Subject: RE: The Curiosity has landed When in college, I was privileged to be able to work on a NASA funded research projet for a man mission to Mars. One of the biggest hurdles to overcome is getting people there with water. You can't carry enough water for the trip to and from. So, we were working on a system that could recycle water. So many things to consider because conventional water treatment processes here on Earth don't exaclty work in anti-gravity. It was really interesting! |
| 2012-08-06 10:24 AM in reply to: #4348600 |
Pro 4313 McKinney, TX | Subject: RE: The Curiosity has landed Did the robot really land on Mars or is this another staged mission like the moon landing? |
| 2012-08-06 10:26 AM in reply to: #4348600 |
Pro 4189 Pittsburgh, my heart is in Glasgow | Subject: RE: The Curiosity has landed All of this is fascinating to me. The museum community is already talking about the what's and how's of "collecting" this experiment--tres exciting. Further: the video of the control room during the landing is hilarious--lots of people with multiple PhD's jumping and hugging and crying like they've won the super bowl. Cute and touching. |
| 2012-08-06 10:30 AM in reply to: #4348758 |
Master 1584 Fulton, MD | Subject: RE: The Curiosity has landed JoshR - 2012-08-06 10:44 AM I've been wondering, if it only took 8 months to get there, why can't we send a person there? I know it would require a different delivery vehicle that could transport people and a different landing vehicle that could then also get the astronauts back to their shuttle, but 8 months seems relatively short to me. Yeah, I don't think getting to Mars for a manned flight is the problem. It's getting home. I'm no rocket surgeon, just a random nerd, but it's something about the amount of fuel required to get back off of Mars' surface due to gravity, etc. |
| 2012-08-06 1:42 PM in reply to: #4348600 |
Master 2477 Oceanside, California | Subject: RE: The Curiosity has landed Scorecard - NBC Olympic Coverage - Cost $1.2 Billion, less than half of earth's circumference traveled, 8-10 hour tape delay, plenty of spoilers. Curiousity - Cost $2.6 Billion, traveled to Mars (150,000 miles?), 15-17 minute delay, see around same time as JPL and NASA.
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| 2012-08-06 2:37 PM in reply to: #4349394 |
Elite 4564 Boise | Subject: RE: The Curiosity has landed eabeam - 2012-08-06 12:42 PM Scorecard - NBC Olympic Coverage - Cost $1.2 Billion, less than half of earth's circumference traveled, 8-10 hour tape delay, plenty of spoilers. Curiousity - Cost $2.6 Billion, traveled to Mars (150,000 miles?) 350,000,000 miles, 15-17 minute delay, see around same time as JPL and NASA.
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| 2012-08-06 3:27 PM in reply to: #4349598 |
Master 2477 Oceanside, California | Subject: RE: The Curiosity has landed JoshR - 2012-08-06 12:37 PM eabeam - 2012-08-06 12:42 PM Scorecard - NBC Olympic Coverage - Cost $1.2 Billion, less than half of earth's circumference traveled, 8-10 hour tape delay, plenty of spoilers. Curiousity - Cost $2.6 Billion, traveled to Mars (150,000 miles?) 350,000,000 miles, 15-17 minute delay, see around same time as JPL and NASA.
Wait? What?
Everything that I find on the internet is not 100% accurate? Not that it passed the sniff test.
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| 2012-08-06 7:00 PM in reply to: #4348600 |
Pro 9391 Omaha, NE | Subject: RE: The Curiosity has landed Yeah, I was pretty giddy watching the coverage last night. I've always been a space nerd so I'm extremely happy. I was certainly questioning their delivery method on the planet, but it worked out so all is good. Now the fiscal conservative in me says we cannot afford these kinds of things any more than I can afford to go buy a Lamborghini on credit cards but I'd much rather the government "waste money" on programs like this than waste it on more pet projects for political buddies. |
| 2012-08-07 3:13 PM in reply to: #4350107 |
Elite 5145 Cleveland | Subject: RE: The Curiosity has landed |
| 2012-08-07 3:25 PM in reply to: #4351726 |
Pro 9391 Omaha, NE | Subject: RE: The Curiosity has landed cgregg - 2012-08-07 3:13 PM Don't look, Tom!!!  Somebodies been using the "you suck at photoshop" video's. lol |
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