• NASA to launch Curiosity rover 10:02 a.m. EST Saturday. - Watch live.
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[QUOTE=Pelf;33439888]It does [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser-induced_breakdown_spectroscopy]Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy.[/url][/QUOTE] I was so fucking ecstatic when I heard about that. I was like, "holy shit, it can VAPORIZE rock samples from several metres away?! AWESOME!" Science FTW. [editline]26th November 2011[/editline] The Mars Science Laboratory doesn't have wheels... [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Mars_Science_Laboratory_drawing.jpg[/img] ... it has mobility systems! Science - too awesome for your stupid wheels.
[QUOTE=meppers;33440137]this is where the aliens think its a gun and kill us all for shooting at a 15,000 year old burial ground for their gods the rocks are tombstones oh god[/QUOTE] The red sand is the ashes of a lost civilization~
Somebody record this :buddy:
[QUOTE=OvB;33440891]All were saying is that there are a lot of things that can go wrong with hovering like that. Even variables we have no control over like a freak storm or some other atmospheric event.(Mars weather is very violent) I'm sure they've calculated that, but we won't know how the lander deals with it until it's on the ground. And it's going to be a suspenseful landing. NASA has had catastrophic failures in the past because of some overlooked simple thing. Like a 7 meter crack in a rocket booster, or the "metric mixup" of the Mars Climate Orbiter that crashed because people on the ground were entering flight data in imperial measurements into a computer that calculated in metric measurements.[/QUOTE] Agreed. No matter how clever the guys are that designed it, they can still make mistakes! It just seems that simple is better. The guy in charge of the failed UK Mars mission is worried about it too. [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15899198[/url] The thing I hate about these missions is the suspense at lift-off - whether than giant fuel bomb firework rocket is going to blow up before it leaves Earth and whether the thing lands on Mars, or smashes into Mars. Only then can this awesome rover actually start working.
About 2 hours left till lift off.
so what if it flips over
Can we get a countdown for this for those who does not live in the states?
[QUOTE=Kung Fu Jew;33445356]so what if it flips over[/QUOTE] [img]http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/9899/26706789.png[/img] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhrbK254yRE[/media]
ah crap
i liked how they said "the robotic arm [...] that allows us to do science on mars rocks" on the live stream
2 hours :p [editline]26th November 2011[/editline] Fuck I meant 1 hour 40 minutes
[QUOTE=Cuel;33445442]i liked how they said "the robotic arm [...] that allows us to do science on mars rocks" on the live stream[/QUOTE] That made me lol quite hard when I heard it. What's even funnier is that I had just made a facebook post about the launching of the MSL, why it's so important, and mentioned how it was packing a 'science laser to do science on rocks and dirt' - RIGHT before he said that 'doing science on Mars rocks' line.
Would somebody be so kind as to dump some screenies of the launch for perusing tomorrow? (Have to go back into the wilderness for tonight)
[QUOTE=Tolyzor;33445282]Agreed. No matter how clever the guys are that designed it, they can still make mistakes! It just seems that simple is better. The guy in charge of the failed UK Mars mission is worried about it too. [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15899198[/url][/QUOTE] I doubt NASA would have gone for this design if they knew of a safer way.
[QUOTE=TheHypnotoad;33445494]Would somebody be so kind as to dump some screenies of the launch for perusing tomorrow? (Have to go back into the wilderness for tonight)[/QUOTE] This will probably be on youtube like every single other NASA launch.
Even my sister who I showed the landing animation to said "holy shit couldn't they complicate it a bit more" I trust the engineers though
I'm assuming live footage will be on Youtube?
[QUOTE=Boaraes;33445784]I'm assuming live footage will be on Youtube?[/QUOTE] Youtube isnt live, correct me if I'm wrong.
[QUOTE=doonbugie2;33445849]Youtube isnt live, correct me if I'm wrong.[/QUOTE] Some channels are able to broadcast live. Or perhaps it's just certain events.
It can be watched live here: [url]http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html[/url] And it will most likely be uploaded to Youtube once it's launched.
it's completely changed color. It's all frozen from the hydrogen fuel. SCIENCE! [editline]26th November 2011[/editline] also: T- 48:30
If only the landing could be filmed. 46 minutes to go, woopdedoo!
[QUOTE=OvB;33445890]also: T- 48:30[/QUOTE] The T - clock will hold for ten minutes at T-4 minutes.
[QUOTE=Rapist;33445904]If only the landing could be filmed. 46 minutes to go, woopdedoo![/QUOTE] It has a camera on it, we'll probably see a bit of it when it's coming in on it's last run. Due to the delay though by the time we see it it'll already be down.
[QUOTE=Rapist;33445904]If only the landing could be filmed. 46 minutes to go, woopdedoo![/QUOTE] It will it has a underside camera it can use to record the landing correct me if I'm wrong. [editline]26th November 2011[/editline] Fucking ninja
I have no idea what they're saying to each other on stream, but it sounds important
I am back from work! no way I'll miss it now :D
Is it me or is the HD stream at a slightly lower FPS?
T-30.
Watching this fullscreen on my second monitor, fuck yeah.
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