probably because now we can receive actual pics and video.
That, or I'm not properly informed
Because Curiosity weighs a metric tonne and is a pioneer in transporting large equipment to another planet's surface.
We've gotten plenty of Mars footage from previous rovers too - here's some from Spirit and Opportunity
[url]http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit.html[/url]
[url]http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/video/spirit01.html[/url]
[url]http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/opportunity.html[/url]
[url]http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/video/opportunity01.html[/url]
[QUOTE=DesolateGrun;37123514]if by successful you mean it stopped working after 20 seconds[/QUOTE]
A successful landing has nothing to do with what happens afterwards.
Also irrelevant because there are multiple functioning rovers currently on mars. The main point is a lot of people are taking this as some big milestone, and while it is important, the ignorance annoys me.
FOOLISH AMERICANS THINK THEY HAVE WON MOON!? KEEP MOON! SERBIA RULES THE WORLD!
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SERBIA RULES WORLD! KEBAB THOUGHT THEY WON BALKANS! BUT THEY WERE WRONG! JUGOSLAVIA STRONG! CROAT FASCISTS THOUGHT THEY WON JUGOSLAVIA! THEY WERE WRONG! SERBIA STRONG!
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[QUOTE=Bradyns;37120638]This:
[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity_rover#Rover_instruments[/URL]
Also, it will tell us if habitation has been or ever will be viable. (wink)
Not to mention the testing of the new EDL sequence that allows for the most precise non-terrestrial landings in history.[/QUOTE]
So basically it's here to pave the way for colonization by testing Mars' biosphere, and other words that I don't really know what they mean?
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[QUOTE=Broguts;37132679]FOOLISH AMERICANS THINK THEY HAVE WON MOON!? KEEP MOON! SERBIA RULES THE WORLD!
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SERBIA RULES WORLD! KEBAB THOUGHT THEY WON BALKANS! BUT THEY WERE WRONG! JUGOSLAVIA STRONG! CROAT FASCISTS THOUGHT THEY WON JUGOSLAVIA! THEY WERE WRONG! SERBIA STRONG!
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Shut up, you started WWI. You, and the Austrians.
Fuck Austrians. Murricah, Fuck yeah!
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Best part is that the jet isn't even American
[QUOTE=BananaFoam;37132861]So basically it's here to pave the way for colonization by testing Mars' biosphere, and other words that I don't really know what they mean?
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Shut up, you started WWI. You, and the Austrians.[/QUOTE]
serbia farted in a room full of farts, except it did it audibly
and then everyone started sniffing it
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Shut up, you started WWI. You, and the Austrians.[/QUOTE]
I'm not even Serbian.
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SUCK IT SOVIETS
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