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Title: Pretty Good Engineering -- Mars Rover Landing Coming August 5
Post by: JimH on July 11, 2012, 04:57:24 pm

Nice description of the details...

Title: Re: Pretty Good Engineering -- Mars Rover Landing Coming August 5
Post by: marko 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...

Title: Re: Pretty Good Engineering -- Mars Rover Landing Coming August 5
Post by: KingSparta on July 14, 2012, 06:35:12 pm

Interesting.

A bit more complex than my Blue Yugo

Title: Re: Pretty Good Engineering -- Mars Rover Landing Coming August 5
Post by: rjm on July 14, 2012, 11:18:56 pm

Amazing. Sure hope they remembered to turn off Windows auto-update.

Title: Re: Pretty Good Engineering -- Mars Rover Landing Coming August 5
Post by: KingSparta 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.

Title: Re: Pretty Good Engineering -- Mars Rover Landing Coming August 5
Post by: rjm on August 06, 2012, 08:53:02 am

Amazing. It worked.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20120805c.html (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20120805c.html)

Title: Re: Pretty Good Engineering -- Mars Rover Landing Coming August 5
Post by: JimH on August 14, 2012, 10:04:06 am

Mars in 360 degrees, from 360cities.net (http://www.360cities.net/image/curiosity-rover-martian-solar-day-2) via engadget.



Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2 in New Mexico