Tonight, NASA's Curiosity rover touches down on Mars - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Kendra;37100747]Hope![/QUOTE] The Facepunch Mars Rover

[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;37100760]nobody has said the rest of mankind shouldn't feel proud literally all that was said was that it was a huge day for the USA, which is absolutely 100% true[/QUOTE] I agree, don't say what the butthurt is about

[QUOTE=Frisk;37100680]They were pulling ~233k right before they announced the landing being successful.[/QUOTE] there were some peeps re-streaming it on twitch_tv as well. right after landing a search for "nasa" gave me at least 3 streams for curiosity probe

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Why is its camera so bad? Or is this not the main camera or something? I'm sure having a tiny HD camera couldn't have been too difficult a feat to put in it right?

So many awkward hugs and handshakes.

[QUOTE=Mr. Agree;37100729]I understand that, but this should be progress for the whole of humanity and not just the country of USA.[/QUOTE] I don't recall contributing anything to this leave me alone :v:

goddamn threw a mars party tonight fuck yeah we're on mars. fucking rovers man.. FUCK YHEAH! SCIENCE!.

I think they've all done a marvellous job, just incredible. I just hate patriotism pushed in my face - funded by them or not. Hope to see some incredible images anyway.

oh shit, problems

Call it "TITS"

[QUOTE=Lord of Ears;37100757]sure are a lot of jealous europeans in this thread[/QUOTE] Nothing to do with jealousy, I just think it's stupid to claim that since your country (which, once again, is just a man made concept of territorial boundaries and culture.) was able to do this because of your economical capabilities and foundations, that "This is a great day for the American people." - No, you're wrong, this is a great day for humanity.

way to turn an amazing accomplishment into a country war i swear to god fp

[QUOTE=Kidd;37100766]My Canadian friend doesn't like space I guess. [/QUOTE] A lot of people don't care about or understand the implications of exploring space, especially when it comes to finding potential habitable planets. What a lot of people just don't get is this: The second we successfully establish a colony on a planet other than Earth, we have effectively guaranteed our survival as a species for...well, as long as we can push it.

if you noticed, one of the other scientists was just interviewed and said it was a huge success for mankind and for nasa, so there you go, everyone gets credit now

[QUOTE=Lilyo;37100778]Why is its camera so bad? Or is this not the main camera or something? I'm sure having a tiny HD camera couldn't have been too difficult a feat to put in it right?[/QUOTE] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Free_Spirit.jpg/1280px-Free_Spirit.jpg[/img] What are you talking about? Oh wait, they did this in 2003.

Euros be ~~~jelly~~~ But really guys, let us yanks gloat for a bit then you guys can shoot some shit into space!

Jesus christ, that peanut canister! It's huge!

I like how most sites I go to are Europeans trying their damndest to make Americans feel bad. Holy shit what a terrible place to be right now.

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;37100761]Oh come on let us gloat and shout and cheer for a minute. Damn. There will be plenty of time to gloat as a species.[/QUOTE] give it time. the progress will trickle down to the rest of humanity... it is just a matter of time

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[QUOTE=Lilyo;37100778]Why is its camera so bad? Or is this not the main camera or something? I'm sure having a tiny HD camera couldn't have been too difficult a feat to put in it right?[/QUOTE] Dust cover + low power

[QUOTE=Kidd;37100766]My Canadian friend doesn't like space I guess. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/cu49l.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] tell your pink friend that this was done with half a penny on a tax dollar [QUOTE=Lilyo;37100778]Why is its camera so bad? Or is this not the main camera or something? I'm sure having a tiny HD camera couldn't have been too difficult a feat to put in it right?[/QUOTE] hazard avoidance camera james cameron helped with the real camera package iirc

[QUOTE=Lilyo;37100778]Why is its camera so bad? Or is this not the main camera or something? I'm sure having a tiny HD camera couldn't have been too difficult a feat to put in it right?[/QUOTE] They have a dust cover on right now and all cameras are still in a stored position

How do they expect me to sleep now?

[QUOTE=hl2poo;37100811]How do they expect me to sleep now?[/QUOTE] Damn, I know right? It should've crashed so that I could've cried myself to sleep...

[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;37100795]if you noticed, one of the other scientists was just interviewed and said it was a huge success for mankind and for nasa, so there you go, everyone gets credit now[/QUOTE] I like him.

[QUOTE=Mr. Agree;37100729]I understand that, but this should be progress for the whole of humanity and not just the country of USA.[/QUOTE] but we weren't talking about them, we were talking about how the US,NASA, and JPL did all the work and its their achievement

[QUOTE=hl2poo;37100811]How do they expect me to sleep now?[/QUOTE] I had no plans to sleep to begin with.

[QUOTE=Lilyo;37100778]Why is its camera so bad? Or is this not the main camera or something? I'm sure having a tiny HD camera couldn't have been too difficult a feat to put in it right?[/QUOTE] It is not possible to send such a large image in the small window after landing where there will be one of 2 satellites overhead to transmit them. That is why the images are small at first to ensure at least one makes it through. After Curiosity landed it had about 5 minutes to send a few photos. In the coming days we will have much better images.