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Updates Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity)
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Mattyv
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Curiosity's Descent - YouTube
Sweet! NASA is really outdoing themselves this time.
Sweet! NASA is really outdoing themselves this time.
Andy44
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Wow, that was kind of cool, even if the last few seconds were hard to decipher. The heat shield sure dropped away real fast!
Thunder Chicken
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Are you kidding me?
This is just too awesome.They have updated the HiRISE image page - apparently they also captured the detached heatshield in free-fall.
Unstung
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Here's another angle with the heat shield:
Source: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/08/06/curiosity-update-heat-shield-spotted
Source: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/08/06/curiosity-update-heat-shield-spotted
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How loud would the skycrane be from about 10-15 feet away?
Eli13
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Depends. On Earth or on Mars?
(I can't answer your question, but that *does* make a difference.
)Louder than RCS, quieter than OMS. Depending on where you are and how far away you are.
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Are they gonna shoot the Skycrane's Hydrazine tanks with the laser? Are they? Are they?
(imagine antsy pesky little boy jumping up and down)
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Are they gonna shoot the Skycrane's Hydrazine tanks with the laser? Are they? Are they?
(imagine antsy pesky little boy jumping up and down)
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This guy looks like this guy...
Also this.
Aannd now presenting: Condescending Voyager!
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Best recap of the landing I've seen
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The dust cover is still on.And the first color image from Mars (well, from MSL on Mars) :
Weather seems to be a bit dusty today in Hale Crater.
Where Curiosity landed:
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I wonder how dusty the top of MSL are after all that dust been kicking up.
Is there a camera that can take a image of the top of MSL?
Is there a camera that can take a image of the top of MSL?
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During the live NASA feed I could not help smiling at Adam Steltzner, despite all that tension.
He paraded up and down the aisle like a father waiting for his first born child.
He paraded up and down the aisle like a father waiting for his first born child.
During the live NASA feed I could not help smiling at Adam Steltzner, despite all that tension.
It indirectly put back me in memory, a group that I listened in the years 1980: the Stray Cats. If nevertheless, me that does not there know big thing, I find him more resemblance with Johnny Cash.
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Cost of the Curiosity program and of different American spatial programs, European and Russians ( million Euros / years of exploitation ) Source: Le Monde NASA / ESA.
http://s2.lemde.fr/image/2012/08/07...ation-de_4dcf5c3d45a4271b7183e438da9fbda7.png
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