Mars: One Way - Page 5

classicman · 08-06-2012, 12:58 AM

Watch the live coverage ...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57...rover-landing/

or here ... http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ma...ity_news3.html
FF to the 120 range and watch for a few minutes.

ZenGum · 08-06-2012, 02:31 AM

: high-fives NASA :

Awesome! See what you can do when everyone uses the metric system?

Lamplighter · 08-06-2012, 01:44 PM

... and they even did it in day light

glatt · 08-06-2012, 01:52 PM

show offs

xoxoxoBruce · 08-07-2012, 01:38 AM

It was cool to watch the stream from JPL. Little groups of 2 or 3 people would high five as various points in the approach and landing would be achieved. I assume it would be when what they were responsible for passed. Then of course when they were sure it was down and the first picture came through, the crowd went crazy because it meant they not only done good, but they'll have jobs for awhile. There was about 27,000 watching the stream.

Spexxvet · 08-07-2012, 08:49 AM

First image is in

Lamplighter · 08-07-2012, 01:16 PM

A short video of the descent...

Lamplighter · 08-07-2012, 01:18 PM

A TV talking head today said that NASA is downloading the data
and image data at the overwhelming rate of 32K baud !

Can that be true ???

glatt · 08-07-2012, 01:52 PM

wiki:

Quote:

Curiosity can communicate with Earth directly in speeds up to 32kbps, but the bulk of the data transfer should be relayed through the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Odyssey orbiter, which are much more powerful and have better antennas, thus being able to communicate faster with Earth. Data transfer speeds between Curiosity and each orbiter may reach 2Mbps and 256kbps, respectively, but each orbiter is only able to communicate with Curiosity for about 8 minutes per day

Lamplighter · 08-07-2012, 02:00 PM

Thank you, Glatt.

That seems more reasonable, even if it is only 16+/- minutes each day.

Lamplighter · 08-07-2012, 08:08 PM

It had to happen...

Griff · 08-07-2012, 08:46 PM

That is awesome! Thanks for the big laugh.

ZenGum · 08-07-2012, 09:15 PM

It would be pretty darn funny if they discovered life on Mars by running over it.

Pete Zicato · 08-08-2012, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

First image is in

Big smile.

Lamplighter · 08-27-2012, 08:35 PM

This photo from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows the layered
geologic history of the base of Mount Sharp, the 3-mile-high mountain
rising from the center of Gale Crater. Image taken on Aug. 23, 2012.

08-06-2012, 12:58 AM	#61
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Watch the live coverage ... http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57...rover-landing/ or here ... http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ma...ity_news3.html FF to the 120 range and watch for a few minutes. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-06-2012, 02:31 AM	#62
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	: high-fives NASA : Awesome! See what you can do when everyone uses the metric system? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-06-2012, 01:44 PM	#63
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	... and they even did it in day light Attached Images

08-07-2012, 01:38 AM	#65
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It was cool to watch the stream from JPL. Little groups of 2 or 3 people would high five as various points in the approach and landing would be achieved. I assume it would be when what they were responsible for passed. Then of course when they were sure it was down and the first picture came through, the crowd went crazy because it meant they not only done good, but they'll have jobs for awhile. There was about 27,000 watching the stream. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-07-2012, 08:49 AM	#66
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	First image is in Attached Images __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

08-06-2012, 01:52 PM	#64
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	show offs

08-07-2012, 01:16 PM	#67
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	A short video of the descent...

08-07-2012, 01:18 PM	#68
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	A TV talking head today said that NASA is downloading the data and image data at the overwhelming rate of 32K baud ! Can that be true ???

08-07-2012, 02:00 PM	#70
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Thank you, Glatt. That seems more reasonable, even if it is only 16+/- minutes each day.

08-07-2012, 08:08 PM	#71
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	It had to happen... Attached Images

08-07-2012, 08:46 PM	#72
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That is awesome! Thanks for the big laugh. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-07-2012, 09:15 PM	#73
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	It would be pretty darn funny if they discovered life on Mars by running over it. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-27-2012, 08:35 PM	#75
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	This photo from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows the layered geologic history of the base of Mount Sharp, the 3-mile-high mountain rising from the center of Gale Crater. Image taken on Aug. 23, 2012. Attached Images

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