Updates Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity)

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Florida Today: Stars come en masse for Curiosity landing

SPACE.com:

• How the Curiosity Rover Will Make a 'Stealthy' Search for Mars Life
  
  
• Mars Rover Landing: What 1st Photos May Show

The Final Curiosity Rover Pre-Landing Briefing and Weather Forecast:

 

[N_Molson]

40,000 miles to go. Mars is now big enough to see some features.

 

[Keatah]

What's a usanian bolt?

 

[mojoey]

What's a usanian bolt?

Faster than a Neutrino.

 

[Keatah]

http://www.spaceflight101.com/msl-edl-timeline.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfOvPgeLDew&feature=youtu.be

What time are you going to open up your peanuts? And are the extra-spicy nuts acceptable?

 

[Pipcard]

As of this moment, Curiosity is flying at 355 times the speed of Usain Bolt....

Nice way to connect this with another major current event.

 

[Codz]

NASA TV is showing live(I presume) video from the JPL support center.

 

[Blacklight]

My name is on that thing (along with a few thousand others)!

It will be amazing if they pull off this landing. That's one crazy landing mechanism that Curiosity has.

I'm also wondering when this this thing is going to be an Orbiter addon!

 

[Keatah]

Got my mars control room all set-up. JIT!

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No more transmissions from earth to the rover..

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...on her own

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1 hour to go!

 

[N_Molson]

Inside Deimos orbit...

 

[Keatah]

9,000 miles out..

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7500 miles out

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cruise stage sep in 42 min

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Mars is presenting quite the view. Reminiscent of the early Apollo photos of earth.. in terms of size and framing.

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The size of mars is visibly getting larger every few seconds.

 

[Ripley]

Godspeed Curiosity!

 

[Andy44]

They're putting on quite a show. This contraption better work...

 

[Keatah]

45 minutes to entry

 

[Turbo]

This is exciting! I really hope it works.

 

[Axertan]

Good luck Curiosity, I have my fingers crossed, and may the be with you!

 

[Keatah]

5 mins after entry, the descent stage will swing around the dark side of mars and all telemetry direct from the rover will be lost. We'll be relying on MRO and ODY to pick up the slack.

The rover just received its last transmission from earth - till it comes to rest on the surface.

 

[Andy44]

Are you guys watching this on ustream? They're showing a corny drasmatization with dramatic music.

 

[Keatah]

http://www.Eyes.nasa.gov
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv

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cruise sep in 28 min

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Are you guys watching this on ustream? They're showing a corny drasmatization with dramatic music.

It's a nice visualization.

 

[Blacklight]

All I'm saying is, the way they're hyping it, that crazy landing contraption had better work. Hehe.