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slobarnuts		2004-01-04 12:28:34 AM

wowsers, broke in previous thread.

Ariontk421		2004-01-04 12:29:11 AM

Holy Batshiat, Batman. I can't believe it wasn't lost.

MrPilot		2004-01-04 12:29:14 AM

w00t! Take that Europe!!

Mister9000		2004-01-04 12:29:40 AM

Aww heck yeah. Finally back on Mars! Can't wait for the first photos to come in.

Where's the signup sheet for people who want to go? I want to be first. Screw this planet, I'm done with it :)

BCooool		2004-01-04 12:29:48 AM

NASA did something right.

Go them.

neofonz		2004-01-04 12:29:48 AM

European Space Agency surrenders

Hamsa9		2004-01-04 12:29:48 AM

Would everyone please direct all comments and wuestions to the precious lander thread.

At least check it before posting questions, they've probbably come up there

Thanks

Ariontk421		2004-01-04 12:29:49 AM

Holy Batshiat, Batman. I can't believe it wasn't lost.

meth		2004-01-04 12:29:53 AM

Eat that Europe!
/sorry, couldn't resist...

FarkinCyclop		2004-01-04 12:30:08 AM

This one musta been a tough sonabiatch...it broke through the defense perimeter!

jawaking		2004-01-04 12:30:31 AM

Next time, can we send France to Mars?

grant-o		2004-01-04 12:30:31 AM

So it broke the curse, cool

Ariontk421		2004-01-04 12:30:34 AM

Holy Batshiat, Batman. I can't believe it wasn't lost.

Drew		2004-01-04 12:30:43 AM

I was out drinking, just got back

Thebestporter		2004-01-04 12:30:52 AM

Hey, it didn't blow up!

*rejoices*

The Fox Enigma		2004-01-04 12:31:14 AM

We get signal. SOMEBODY SET UP US THE BOMB!

ShadowDemon		2004-01-04 12:31:19 AM

take that you stupid brit's. The US actually can make something that can phone home

m-16sux0rz		2004-01-04 12:31:28 AM

Hit that f5 button again!

slobarnuts		2004-01-04 12:32:01 AM

and it was made in America.

LordKaT		2004-01-04 12:32:04 AM

Welcome back, Drew. Try not to puke on the new carpet.

Thebestporter		2004-01-04 12:32:26 AM

Hey, it didn't blow up!

*rejoices*

MediaPirate		2004-01-04 12:32:28 AM

It's first job is to put up "missing beagle: Big reward" flyers up.

Non-affiliated Lamp		2004-01-04 12:32:39 AM

I for one welcome our new probe-landing overlords

IAtedThePurplebarries		2004-01-04 12:32:45 AM

Earth Attacks!

gilmoure		2004-01-04 12:33:17 AM

USA...USA...USA!

Woot!

Golfer		2004-01-04 12:33:26 AM

I still wonder when the Martians are gonna start shootin this stuff back at us.

comslave		2004-01-04 12:33:54 AM

Outsourcing american jobs to mars begins in 5...4...3...

aXvXiA		2004-01-04 12:34:20 AM

And Richard C. Hoagland waits with baited breath...

Warchild		2004-01-04 12:34:53 AM

Good job NASA. Well done.

HowlingFrog		2004-01-04 12:35:29 AM

Gotta love it.

Now Chevy needs to bring back the Camaro.

optikeye		2004-01-04 12:35:46 AM

If there was a pedophile, a Liberal, or celebrity murderer onboard Fox News might have reported this NEWS story. At least CNN carried this news live.

underdog		2004-01-04 12:36:04 AM

Anyone know when we can expect some photos?

Hytes Xian		2004-01-04 12:36:26 AM

Scary ride, but I'm smiling now.

etymxris		2004-01-04 12:36:39 AM

Congratulations. It's easy to forget the difficulties facing such missions when they succeed many times in a row. Recent failures have given us a new perspective on what an accomplishment something like this is. Hopefully we won't forget again.

IAtedThePurplebarries		2004-01-04 12:37:02 AM

We can put a robot on mars, but i cant get my girlfriend off....

Quidnunc		2004-01-04 12:37:29 AM

They should put rectal probes on these rovers - just in case.

DrToast		2004-01-04 12:37:30 AM

I don't know which Fox News you're watching, but they're covering it.

MMSenior		2004-01-04 12:37:49 AM

Cool, man!

LordKaT		2004-01-04 12:38:15 AM

Underdog - the really optimists say we may get photos as soon as sunday night, although everyone else is still waiting for the rover to sucessfully deploy. It should take about 9 days for it to go into full active mode. The signal NASA received was only a "hey! I didn't burn up in the atmosphere!" signal.

Still, it is a HUGE success.

Tyrnagog		2004-01-04 12:38:22 AM

Yay NASA, and Yay Spirit!

The Fox Enigma		2004-01-04 12:39:11 AM

optikeye. Fox news is actually covering o'keefes statement right now...in your face

Quidnunc		2004-01-04 12:40:03 AM

etymxris

What failures? Dude, we landed!

Ms Information		2004-01-04 12:40:19 AM

"Look at them celebrating. Bwahahahah!
Little do they know that this is the one
that we'll crush when their confidence is
at it's highest. Nothing like a good old psych."

lonecrow		2004-01-04 12:40:57 AM

wtf .. pathfinder gave us photos within an hour.. I remember watching the website get smashed to death that night..

obladi6703		2004-01-04 12:41:27 AM

OH NO!!! This just in. The Spirit is stuck on a rock.

HowlingFrog		2004-01-04 12:41:47 AM

*throws Rover an extra bone*

USA! USA!

Sidi		2004-01-04 12:41:48 AM

Actually, NASA does some amazing things. The Viking and Magellan missions worked amazingly well. Anytime you're strapping the equivalent of a large warhead to your ass and launching yourself out of Earth's gravity well there's going to be a risk.