FARK.com: (7251581) NASA Cam for Curiosity's landing. Coverage of the event is scheduled to begin at 11:30 p.m. Sunday night (ET) and go until 4 a.m. Monday morning. The landing itself is scheduled for 1:31 a.m. Monday

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		NASA Cam for Curiosity's landing. Coverage of the event is scheduled to begin at 11:30 p.m. Sunday night (ET) and go until 4 a.m. Monday morning. The landing itself is scheduled for 1:31 a.m. Monday (ustream.tv)		1632
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Polish Hussar		2012-08-06 02:27:56 AM

Degenz: [upload.wikimedia.org image 250x285]
/oblig

and this, too

Look upward and share the wonders I've seen

jdbob		2012-08-06 02:28:02 AM

The news conference sure has turned into a nationalistic suck-fest.

tsakali		2012-08-06 02:28:51 AM

camera 1 CHECK, camera 2 CHECK, camera 3 ....holy fark!?$@#%@ p.twimg.com

jack21221		2012-08-06 02:29:34 AM

jdbob: The news conference sure has turned into a nationalistic suck-fest.

Should improve now that it's being taken over by the technical team.

Thrakkorzog		2012-08-06 02:30:00 AM

cptjeff: Thrakkorzog: miss diminutive: Max Awesome: So this new giant rover is going to pick up and rescue the cute little rovers, right?

...guys?

[i1-news.softpedia-static.com image 792x400]

I think it would only have enough room to carry one of them.....which could lead to some tough decisions. Who gets rescued, Spirit or Opportunity?

Why not try and repair them? Bring the broken one home.

Even better, just leave 'em up there and make the the centerpiece of the museum we build on Mars once we start exploring the galaxy for real.

Sounds good.

IronTom		2012-08-06 02:30:12 AM

Who is watching the rover if all the scientists are in this room getting on TV?

OnlyM3		2012-08-06 02:30:14 AM

miss diminutive [TotalFark]
2012-08-06 02:21:29 AM

VRaptor117: So, I hate to be "that guy" but anyone want to speculate on how Fox News is going to spin this into a negative? Maybe something about "Mars is red like communism and Obumbo just sent the communists our most advanced rover technology."

I think they'd just consider this to be a gigantic waste of money....and I couldn't disagree more.

Slow learner, aren't you.

Who's More Pro-Science, Republicans or Democrats? - Neil deGrasse Tyson

But you won't take his word because he's so far right wing he supported obama's election..and is black.

Ranger677		2012-08-06 02:30:47 AM

melopene: [sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net image 480x351]

I just checked his twitter feed. He has almost 9000 followers. I wonder how many he had before tonight?

Max Awesome		2012-08-06 02:31:00 AM

Lotsa nerd-germs being passed around that conference room right now.

Will-Mun		2012-08-06 02:31:04 AM

jdbob: The news conference sure has turned into a nationalistic suck-fest.

I noticed that, but he's probably trying to make for a good budget next year.... But the head honchos are gone, check out those Nerd Rockstars there.

clear_prop		2012-08-06 02:31:23 AM

IronTom: Who is watching the rover if all the scientists are in this room getting on TV?

The B-Team.

Ranger677		2012-08-06 02:32:21 AM

IronTom: Who is watching the rover if all the scientists are in this room getting on TV?

These are the guys that handled the landing. Their job is done now.

rwfan		2012-08-06 02:32:24 AM

anyone else watching the news conferencenews conference?

mr lawson		2012-08-06 02:32:26 AM

IronTom: Who is watching the rover if all the scientists are in this room getting on TV?

It just traveled 350 million miles and landed on its own, I'm sure it will be fine by itself for a few min's. ;-)

melopene		2012-08-06 02:33:09 AM

Ranger677: melopene: [sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net image 480x351]

I just checked his twitter feed. He has almost 9000 followers. I wonder how many he had before tonight?

I dunno, but half the women in America are currently wondering if he's single.

Mad_Radhu		2012-08-06 02:33:37 AM

"This is heavy-duty, Doc. This is great. Uh, does it run, like, on regular unleaded gasoline?"

"Unfortunately, no. It requires something with a little more kick. Plutonium."

SpikeStrip		2012-08-06 02:35:18 AM

Ricardo Klement: SpikeStrip: let's send a rover to venus!

#crushed #burnt

Melted. Crushed isn't nearly the problem the temperature is.

/Galileo survived 100miles down on Jupiter, a probe could survive 100 miles down on Venus.

well, that was sorta what the #burnt was for.

miss diminutive		2012-08-06 02:35:19 AM

eraser8: This thread deserves its own badge.

Couldn't agree more.

Langdon_777		2012-08-06 02:35:22 AM

Gosling: Budget of Curiosity: $2.5 billion.

Budget of London Olympics: $14.47 billion.

And I know which broadcast I enjoyed more.

Yes I had to go to the net for the better one, but surely the Olympics should have been broadcast on free-to-air better than the hodgepodge reception we have received - I suspect this is the year the Olympics dies as a community/collective type event, corporate manipulation has eaten it out from the inside...

Polish Hussar		2012-08-06 02:35:29 AM

rwfan: anyone else watching the news conferencenews conference?

I am, but I'm going to bed in a couple minutes

mr lawson		2012-08-06 02:35:43 AM

man...dude is a control freak!

tweek46420		2012-08-06 02:35:50 AM

dude needs to chill

Max Awesome		2012-08-06 02:35:56 AM

rwfan: anyone else watching the news conferencenews conference?

I am. I'm so happy for them right now.

Between this and the Olympics it's been an awesome week for witnessing the joy of human achievement. I've loved watching talented people celebrating their astounding achievements.

If only television was always this uplifting.

ElLoco		2012-08-06 02:35:57 AM

mr lawson: IronTom: Who is watching the rover if all the scientists are in this room getting on TV?

It just traveled 350 million miles and landed on its own, I'm sure it will be fine by itself for a few min's. ;-)

Plus, Earth has set by now.

mr lawson		2012-08-06 02:37:42 AM

tweek46420: dude needs to chill

I take that back...he is an attention whore. He loves to hear his own voice.

Degenz		2012-08-06 02:37:53 AM

Polish Hussar: Degenz: [upload.wikimedia.org image 250x285]
/oblig

and this, too

Look upward and share the wonders I've seen

Meh, just another of the dozens of sci fi shows. The same old crap gets tiresome after a while.

Will-Mun		2012-08-06 02:37:55 AM

Dude, I'd pay more than 7. Happily.

IronTom		2012-08-06 02:38:34 AM

"Mars is hard"

bob_ross		2012-08-06 02:38:59 AM

Will-Mun: Dude, I'd pay more than 7. Happily.

I would give $100

rwfan		2012-08-06 02:39:05 AM

Hell of a ride for $7 per person, not a bad deal. More to come....

IronTom		2012-08-06 02:39:27 AM

ElLoco: mr lawson: IronTom: Who is watching the rover if all the scientists are in this room getting on TV?

It just traveled 350 million miles and landed on its own, I'm sure it will be fine by itself for a few min's. ;-)

Plus, Earth has set by now.

We're down, dude.

Max Awesome		2012-08-06 02:40:31 AM

All those dudes and gals in the the ugly blue golf shirts deserve bjs tonight.

Will-Mun		2012-08-06 02:41:18 AM

Seriously guys, this is an achievement for all humanity... I know you're trying to pump up the national pride for a well deserved padded budget next year, but really... tone it down.

intelligent comment below		2012-08-06 02:44:38 AM

OnlyM3: Slow learner, aren't you.

Who's More Pro-Science, Republicans or Democrats? - Neil deGrasse Tyson

But you won't take his word because he's so far right wing he supported obama's election..and is black.

pro science means more government funding of science by Republican administrations over Democrats?

hartman5000		2012-08-06 02:45:19 AM

Oh my it's still dusty in here. Way to go guys.

IronTom		2012-08-06 02:46:10 AM

Dr. Elvis looks like he would like to pilot that Mars skycrane himself.

vegaswench		2012-08-06 02:46:16 AM

What a night. Way to be, science!

Will-Mun		2012-08-06 02:47:34 AM

IronTom: Dr. Elvis.

THANK YOU!

SpikeStrip		2012-08-06 02:48:19 AM

IronTom: Dr. Elvis looks like he would like to pilot that Mars skycrane himself.

that's michael madsen's brother.

Langdon_777		2012-08-06 02:48:40 AM

TheManofPA: cretinbob: Grand_Moff_Joseph: Gosling: Budget of Curiosity: $2.5 billion.

Budget of London Olympics: $14.47 billion.

Cost of war in Afghanistan: $500B and counting :(

Cost of war in Iraq $805 billion and counting

I just wish we had all that money still to finish the space station and head towards maned missions to Mars. No way that money would have gone there, but it would be awesome to have an extra trillion (feel free to post her pictures).

Beyond the usual anger associated with the act, it does make me mad how just a few terrorists may have cost everyone in this thread the chance to see people touchdown on Mars in their lifetime.

:( our desire for instant gratification...

Will-Mun		2012-08-06 02:49:36 AM

Do you think mohawk guy knows he's an internet celebrity yet?

Mad_Radhu		2012-08-06 02:50:05 AM

Will-Mun: Seriously guys, this is an achievement for all humanity... I know you're trying to pump up the national pride for a well deserved padded budget next year, but really... tone it down.

So exactly how much money did the Russians and Chinese provide for this mission?

Larva Lump		2012-08-06 02:50:12 AM

Pity the skycrane couldn't have touched down intact. It would've made a nice fixed data station, if it had been equipped as such.

Yeah, yeah. Budget. Weight. All that stuff. I wonder if Curiosity will go and see how big a divot it made.

tacos813		2012-08-06 02:52:07 AM

Awesome

miss diminutive		2012-08-06 02:52:21 AM

Will-Mun: Do you think mohawk guy knows he's an internet celebrity yet?

Landing a rover on Mars and becoming an internet celebrity overnight? That's going to be hard to beat.

Nekozuki85		2012-08-06 02:53:01 AM

Video created by /m/: Six Rover Combination Godmars - King of Space

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rwfan		2012-08-06 02:54:46 AM

Mad_Radhu: Will-Mun: Seriously guys, this is an achievement for all humanity... I know you're trying to pump up the national pride for a well deserved padded budget next year, but really... tone it down.

So exactly how much money did the Russians and Chinese provide for this mission?

China? Aren't they still getting aid from the UN or Japan?

SJKebab		2012-08-06 02:55:39 AM

miss diminutive: Will-Mun: Do you think mohawk guy knows he's an internet celebrity yet?

Landing a rover on Mars and becoming an internet celebrity overnight? That's going to be hard to beat.

I didn't get to watch it all unfold, so what did he do? Was it just the mohawk or is there something more to it?

Redwing		2012-08-06 02:55:44 AM

IronTom: Who is watching the rover if all the scientists are in this room getting on TV?

Nobody. The Rover is in LOS so there's nothing anyone can do for now until contact is re-established.