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Made in us
Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot





In Revelation Space

Okay, here it is 11:24 PM, and the Curiosity rover is landing on Mars in about an hour. I'm watching the proceeds on NASA TV. Holy crap, I can't wait

Anyone else watching this?


After Curiosity has landed safely (I hope ), this thread is for general discussion of the mission.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Science_Laboratory

I can't imagine the stress the mission scientists are under right now



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I dont get Nasa TV...

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In Revelation Space

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/mars/curiosity_news3.html

CLick that link then! lol Only like 30 mins left....



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Nice!

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Gathering the Informations.

I wonder how long it will take them to edit out the aliens destroying the rover...
   
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In Revelation Space

Only around 20 minutes now.... Holy crap lol


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It's seperated from the spacecraft now and is about to descend into the atmosphere....

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Witch Hunter in the Shadows





Earth

Do you think all of those people are really necessary? I wonder what they are all contributing...

   
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In Revelation Space

A lot of them probably are essential for when the rover touches down and begins the mission, and are simply present for the entry.

Holy crap watching this is a bit stressful


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90 secs til entry


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PARACHUTE DEPLOYED! WOOOT

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Earth

Pretty sweet what we can do these days.

   
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In Revelation Space

TOUCHDOWN CONFIRMED YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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The wind swept peaks

Touchdown!

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In Revelation Space

Seeing a pic of the wheel right now!



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Earth

I wonder when the adeptus mechanicus will reveal themselves.

   
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Better pic of the wheel.

   
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In Revelation Space

Wow that is freaking beautiful in the most awesome way.



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Damn, I'm feeling wicked chocked up here.
   
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The wind swept peaks

That's so cool. I can't wait for the dust to settle and new images to come through in the next few days.

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Peanuts for everyone!
   
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In Revelation Space

I can't wait until tomorrow now...


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Hopefully this thread is long lived lol

That was the coolest thing I've seen all summer.

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Gathering the Informations.

The most amusing thing, in my opinion, was seeing my entire Xbox Live friends list in "Live Event Player".


Hooray for science!
   
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In Revelation Space

Hooray for science indeed

I wonder what awesome images will await us tomorrow?


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But the most amusing thing for me was seeing it landing on mars and broadcasting pictures. lol

I know what you mean though.

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This is going to be an interesting next while coming up with all the things to be seen and learned.
   
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Gathering the Informations.

Clearly, tomorrow we will find a shattered husk of a Reaper atop the Prothean Archives.

Or so my Twitter feed is telling me.
   
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In Revelation Space

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/

Some pics if the server isn't down yet from millions of people looking for the images.


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I hear the images are back on NASA.gov now too.

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Gathering the Informations.

Of course they're back, now that NASA has airbrushed out the evidence of extraterrestrial life!
   
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Kanluwen wrote:Of course they're back, now that NASA has airbrushed out the evidence of extraterrestrial life!


Bah, they had to make it look realistic, can't have people doubting this like they did the fake moon landing.

/Tinfoil hat

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Buzzard's Knob

Coast to Coast AM is doing a full show about the landing, complete with running commentary from science advisor Richard C. Hoagland. There are many radio stations around the country that play it, or you can sign up on their website and listen without hearing any commercials. I personally believe that this will be a big step closer to eventual disclosure, and revelation of the real Human space program. (Sorry NASA...)

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! 
   
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Gathering the Informations.

...

I was totally joking.
   
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Buzzard's Knob

Kanluwen wrote:Of course they're back, now that NASA has airbrushed out the evidence of extraterrestrial life!


Kanluwen wrote:...

I was totally joking.


Laugh it up while you can, the days of enforced ignorance are growing short.

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In Revelation Space

warpcrafter wrote:Coast to Coast AM is doing a full show about the landing, complete with running commentary from science advisor Richard C. Hoagland. There are many radio stations around the country that play it, or you can sign up on their website and listen without hearing any commercials. I personally believe that this will be a big step closer to eventual disclosure, and revelation of the real Human space program. (Sorry NASA...)

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/


Uhh, What? "Real Human Space Program?"

SLS?



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