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Mars
Was wondering if I was the only one who watched the NASA channel last night while we landed, completely on auto pilot, on Mars again.
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 1:41 pm
TehDanMan
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Nope, I am half asleep today because of this. XKCD said it right. _________________ Blargle Flarg Bergah Merg
Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:35 pm
Brules
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$500 million dollar shitty picture.....is that really the best we can do? _________________ K-SWISS Power cologne. Who knew you could bottle the scent of boner?
Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:15 pm
Sevnn
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I had it streaming on my iPad, XOOM, iPhone, and was on the NASA channel. If you guys haven't watched the 7 minutes of terror video, you really should:
They took 817 images, taken over 6 months, and combined them into 1 pic. Looks incredible on my 3 monitor setup at the office.
Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:45 pm
Brules
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Pretty cool! _________________ K-SWISS Power cologne. Who knew you could bottle the scent of boner?
Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:07 pm
TehDanMan
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The coolest thing in the solar system. Was the pictures taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter of Curiosity as it descended onto the martian surface. _________________ Blargle Flarg Bergah Merg
Its an interplanetary spacecraft orbiting another planet, taking pictures of another interplanetary spacecraft descending to the surface of that same planet. _________________ Blargle Flarg Bergah Merg
Tue Aug 07, 2012 6:36 pm
Sevnn
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Oh, gotcha, and I agree completely. I didn't know until they were modeling the descent and showed both orbiters paths that they'd be crossing the area. Talk about incredible calculations to get them all 3 into the same spot at the same time.
Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:38 pm
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watched it live with my wife! Cant wait for more from it. _________________ For with what measure you measure it will be measured to you.
Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:28 pm
Brules
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You would think for $500million they could send a DSLR camera with it so the pics look a bit better...... _________________ K-SWISS Power cologne. Who knew you could bottle the scent of boner?
Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:35 am
TehDanMan
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Actually, the limitation is the 280 foot dish antenna they use to send and receive data on earth. The picures you see are the resolution they are because nasa hasn't commanded curiosity to take those bagillion megapixel images yet. It takes so much time out of more important projects that they need the bandwidth for.
$500 million also buys you a half day of war in afganistan. _________________ Blargle Flarg Bergah Merg
Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:14 am
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Thanks Lain, NGT is my hero, right up there with Sagan. I share with you one of my favorite Sagan quotes, "We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces." _________________ Blargle Flarg Bergah Merg
Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:01 am
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A fellow Sagan fan? Did you hear about the remake of "Cosmos" hosted by NGT? Can't wait for that. _________________ CPU : Core i5 3570K
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Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:53 am
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Yes I did, I'm so excited. _________________ Blargle Flarg Bergah Merg
Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:03 pm
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Brules wrote: $500 million dollar shitty picture.....is that really the best we can do?
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