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Rover "Curiosity" lands on Mars tonight!
The 567 million kilometer, 36-week journey comes to an end tonight!
Update: We landed on Mars! Want to know more? Follow the mission at http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/ 
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08-06-2012, 12:07 AM
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Watching the sim and live feed. This is killer.
For those that don't know, view this. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4boyXQuUIw"]Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover Animation - YouTube[/ame] |
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08-06-2012, 12:20 AM
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Amazing!
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Update: One hour to entry.
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To give some perspective to those people seeing it for the first time. The rover specs are as follows:
Rover name: Curiosity Length: 9 feet, 10 inches (3.0 meters) Wheel diameter: 20 inches (0.5 meter) Weight: 1,982-pound (899-kilogram) Power: Multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator and lithium-ion batteries |
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I can't wait for this to land. It better land correctly, I'm so obsessed with everything Mars, it's even more amazing that opportunity is still alive on the surface.
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08-06-2012, 01:03 AM
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anything space related is always interesting
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4 minutes to entry. Mars gravity is now pulling the vehicle in. It's traveling ~12,400mph. Wow.
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Okay I'm leaving the computer. Talk to you in the morning!
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