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JimH

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Pretty Good Engineering -- Mars Rover Landing Coming August 5
« on: July 11, 2012, 04:57:24 pm »
Nice description of the details...

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Re: Pretty Good Engineering -- Mars Rover Landing Coming August 5
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2012, 02:09:05 am »
I'll be amazed if that works!! Way too much margin for error... If there's an atmosphere, isn't there a weather system too? Be something else if they pull it off though... wonder what we'll see...
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Re: Pretty Good Engineering -- Mars Rover Landing Coming August 5
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2012, 06:35:12 pm »
Interesting.

A bit more complex than my Blue Yugo
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Re: Pretty Good Engineering -- Mars Rover Landing Coming August 5
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2012, 11:18:56 pm »
Amazing. Sure hope they remembered to turn off Windows auto-update.
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Re: Pretty Good Engineering -- Mars Rover Landing Coming August 5
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2012, 08:32:55 pm »
Quote from: rjm on July 14, 2012, 11:18:56 pm
Amazing. Sure hope they remembered to turn off Windows auto-update.

LOL ROF LMAO

Thats a good one...

I can see now the Windows BSOD flash on NASA Screens.
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Re: Pretty Good Engineering -- Mars Rover Landing Coming August 5
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2012, 08:53:02 am »
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Re: Pretty Good Engineering -- Mars Rover Landing Coming August 5
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2012, 10:04:06 am »
Mars in 360 degrees, from 360cities.net via engadget.



Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2 in New Mexico
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