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

[QUOTE=ZeDoctor;37102050]Breaking news: Rover Curiosity finds water on Mars. [IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_zrL-8XmCCQ/TZV_OHdjt_I/AAAAAAAABuc/22i345Z549g/s1600/WaterOnMars2_gcc_big.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] i remember seeing this joke in like 2006

[IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/kb9k4f.jpg[/IMG]

What makes the sky out there so bright?

[QUOTE=helpiminabox;37102180]What makes the sky out there so bright?[/QUOTE] the sun

[QUOTE=helpiminabox;37102180]What makes the sky out there so bright?[/QUOTE] Sun messing with the optics. Tomorrow at sunset go take a picture of the sun and see how it comes out.

[QUOTE=Mon;37102187]the sun[/QUOTE] I should have seen that one coming.

That hill looks more like the result of a fisheye lense than an actual hill.

[QUOTE=V12US;37102248]That hill looks more like the result of a fisheye lense than an actual hill.[/QUOTE] Yes it is an Image from the HazCam, it has a wide field of view since it's job is detecting things the rover might get stuck on or bump in to.

Can't believe all that shit worked

Oh man I could hardly sleep tonight, glad to know everything went fine.

[QUOTE=Kendra;37100628]It's a huge day for the American people? Fuck you; this is a feat of humanity.[/QUOTE] Come on Europe got the Higgs boson America can have the mars rover and the moon landing.

[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;37102647]Come on Europe got the Higgs boson America can have the mars rover and the moon landing.[/QUOTE] Don't forget Asia and the fireworks! [editline]6th August 2012[/editline] No, but seriously, someone explain whats going on. I assume the landing went fine and all.

[QUOTE=Inufin;37102701]Don't forget Asia and the fireworks! [editline]6th August 2012[/editline] No, but seriously, someone explain whats going on. I assume the landing went fine and all.[/QUOTE] Yeah, landing went well, everyone cheered, this thread had like over 300 viewers which was pretty fucking insane, the stream had over 200 000, NASA was having a party for 5 minutes then went back to serious work.

Without dustcover: [img]http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/full/631726913.jpg?key=946710&Expires=1344251297&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIYVGSUJFNRFZBBTA&Signature=ydg-1fHXcByGpQObfQ2rsARCzRbeLS2WV14be2Bct1wtlNH-1Td1V4w73wAkr9AMUy0DJhSVciY~UFhciiBMhTwDFV91VwOvpiC7rUrtVzkrH91D9xRhov5vd6-1tqEwgV-FRiegdmY-SrX7UHAmuYCtZ619kBgBZq3uBr6jFX0_[/img]

couldn't watch anything live due to crap internet here, stunned to see everything went as planned

[QUOTE='[Green];37102731']Yeah, landing went well, everyone cheered, this thread had like over 300 viewers which was pretty fucking insane, the stream had over 200 000, NASA was having a party for 5 minutes then went back to serious work.[/QUOTE] 300 is nothing, iirc the Bin Laden assassination thread had well over 2k

Couldn't watch it because of timezones, is there a video of the touchdown or anything?

[QUOTE=latin_geek;37103378]Couldn't watch it because of timezones, is there a video of the touchdown or anything?[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;763cuUnlbEI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=763cuUnlbEI[/video]

I also didn't have the energy to stay up to watch this, I'm pumped to learn it landed though!

Now it's on to find water.

I was not informed about it even lauching.

[QUOTE=SilverDragon619;37103684]I was not informed about it even lauching.[/QUOTE] The launch was beautiful: [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Atlas_V_541_into_the_flight.png/668px-Atlas_V_541_into_the_flight.png[/img]

NASA Houston control always has the best freakouts.

[QUOTE=Suitcase;37103809]NASA Houston control always has the best freakouts.[/QUOTE] Understandable though.

[QUOTE=ZeDoctor;37102050]Breaking news: Rover Curiosity finds water on Mars. [IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_zrL-8XmCCQ/TZV_OHdjt_I/AAAAAAAABuc/22i345Z549g/s1600/WaterOnMars2_gcc_big.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Holy fuck. I have the exact same glass in that pic.

[QUOTE=Pelf;37103404][video=youtube;763cuUnlbEI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=763cuUnlbEI[/video][/QUOTE] A beautiful sight. Watched it with needlessly overdramatic music playing in the background myself. Feelsgoodman.

[video=youtube;3GwjfUFyY6M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M[/video]

Watched it live at about 1 AM, congrats to NASA.

Aw shit, I thought it was going to land tonight. Oh well, youtube, away!

I think what's sad is that, on the websites I'm looking at (abc, nbc, comcast, etc), this story is relegated to the internet equivalent of "Page 3" rather than being the headline of the day. :(