[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by the_exile [/i]
[B]That thread about genetic engineering and glow-in-the-dark tobacco from awhile back gives me an idea.... ;) [/B][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Vertigo1 [/i]
[B]Or you could take a radio controller and play with the Mars Rover. :D [/B][/QUOTE]
Yeah, with Sojourner for example.
Well - Tonight is the big night for Spirit! :) And Sunday is the last best hope for Beagle II. Millions/Billions of Dollars on the line here...
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
Yep. About 5 hours till Spirit's landing, if I got my timezone conversion right. :)
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
I got this from the Spirit homepage (although it seems a lot of people have suddenly got it from slashdot :)). You can use it to view the mars rovers, along with maps of where they've been, mission plans, and images from mars.
[url]http://mars.telascience.org/[/url]
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Biggles [/i]
[B]Yep, pictures possibly at 11pm PST. Tune into NASA TV to find out. :) [/B][/QUOTE]
Damn, I should add that channel to my favorites list then..
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
It was quite entertaining during the landing. Every time something good happened, most people would jump up and start cheering, while you could here the rest yelling "Quiet!". :D
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
The first pictures from the surface were great. :) Entire panoramas, you could see the horizen, and there's even a handy boulder nearby for it to investigate. One of the people in mission control commented "Our rover is a rock magnet!" :D
I'm surprised the pictures taken so far have been low resolution black & white images.
I expected them to at least be in color.
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
They didn't have much time to get data through, so they probably wanted to get as much information through as possible. By sending black and white images, they could get more information from less data.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Biggles [/i]
[B]It was quite entertaining during the landing. Every time something good happened, most people would jump up and start cheering, while you could here the rest yelling "Quiet!". :D [/B][/QUOTE]
hahah
I can just imagine what would happen if something went wrong....
*probe enters atmosphere*
*people cheer*
"QUIET!"
*probe lands*
*people cheer*
"QUIET!"
*video comes back showing "Who's Your Little Pak'Ma'Ra" instead of the martian surface*
*everyone rotates their heads 90 degrees*
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Vertigo1 [/i]
[B]hahah
I can just imagine what would happen if something went wrong....
*probe enters atmosphere*
*people cheer*
"QUIET!"
*probe lands*
*people cheer*
"QUIET!"
*video comes back showing "Who's Your Little Pak'Ma'Ra" instead of the martian surface*
*everyone rotates their heads 90 degrees*
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by samuelk [/i]
[B]I'm surprised the pictures taken so far have been low resolution black & white images.
I expected them to at least be in color. [/B][/QUOTE]
The first pictures are from the navigation camera. The good ones will come later. It will take about 9 days before the rover starts, uh, roving.
Keep referring to [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html]NASA's[/url] site for more info.
The rover's powering up for the day and there's a news conference scheduled for 11:00 EST. It may include the first color picture.
Ah hell... Don't you guys know they are reusing the set from Red Planet for this marketting Promotion?
Those people are jumping up and down in that picture, not because of a successful mission, they are screaming "We got more funding... We got more funding!" :D :p
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by JackN [/i]
[B]they are screaming "We got more funding... We got more funding!" :D :p [/B][/QUOTE]
Please, don't get me started. These are the same bunch of people that lost billions in 1999. As you know there have been all kinds of specials on PBS about this launch: after the launch of the first rocket/rover one of the guys actually turns to the camera and goes "Ka-ching" (Like the cash register.) I'd go out of my mind if I had to work with that bunch of dimwit, longhaired, Gen-X fools. Where is the profesionalism? They jumped up and down like they had just won in vegas - you'd think they'd be confident in thier own work.
As far as the rover goes: Let's not count our chickens/billions before they've hatched - the rover still has not gone anywhere or done any tests. :)
I ask you - How is the shuttle? How is the ISS progressing? What is the Mars mission sucess average? When was the last time a human was on the moon? (Sorry - I'm feeling negative)
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[B]That thread about genetic engineering and glow-in-the-dark tobacco from awhile back gives me an idea.... ;) [/B][/QUOTE]
Got an idea for a new contraceptive eh? :p
[B]Atleast I wouldn't get bored. :) And hopefully they wouldn't lose me on mars. :D [/B][/QUOTE]
Or you could take a radio controller and play with the Mars Rover. :D
[B]Or you could take a radio controller and play with the Mars Rover. :D [/B][/QUOTE]
Yeah, with Sojourner for example.
[url]http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/past/pathfinder.html[/url]
[B]Yeah, with Sojourner for example.
[url]http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/past/pathfinder.html[/url] [/B][/QUOTE]
:D
[B]Or you could take a radio controller and play with the Mars Rover. :D [/B][/QUOTE]
That would be fun.
"Look out for that rock!"
18 minutes pass.
"Well shit. Looks like our reactions were too slow."
[url]http://mars.telascience.org/[/url]
Spirit has landed successfully!
[B]WOO!
Spirit has landed successfully! [/B][/QUOTE]
"One down......and one down!" - Yar (Dinosaur)
:D
The rover landed "base petal down", which means that the craft is right-side up. That makes deploying the solar panels much easier.
There's a chance that the rover might be sending back images tonight.
[B]Yep, pictures possibly at 11pm PST. Tune into NASA TV to find out. :) [/B][/QUOTE]
Damn, I should add that channel to my favorites list then..
I expected them to at least be in color.
[B]It was quite entertaining during the landing. Every time something good happened, most people would jump up and start cheering, while you could here the rest yelling "Quiet!". :D [/B][/QUOTE]
hahah
I can just imagine what would happen if something went wrong....
*probe enters atmosphere*
*people cheer*
"QUIET!"
*probe lands*
*people cheer*
"QUIET!"
*video comes back showing "Who's Your Little Pak'Ma'Ra" instead of the martian surface*
*everyone rotates their heads 90 degrees*
:D
[B]hahah
I can just imagine what would happen if something went wrong....
*probe enters atmosphere*
*people cheer*
"QUIET!"
*probe lands*
*people cheer*
"QUIET!"
*video comes back showing "Who's Your Little Pak'Ma'Ra" instead of the martian surface*
*everyone rotates their heads 90 degrees*
:D [/B][/QUOTE]
... :shadow1:
[B]I'm surprised the pictures taken so far have been low resolution black & white images.
I expected them to at least be in color. [/B][/QUOTE]
The first pictures are from the navigation camera. The good ones will come later. It will take about 9 days before the rover starts, uh, roving.
Keep referring to [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html]NASA's[/url] site for more info.
The rover's powering up for the day and there's a news conference scheduled for 11:00 EST. It may include the first color picture.
Those people are jumping up and down in that picture, not because of a successful mission, they are screaming "We got more funding... We got more funding!" :D :p
[B]they are screaming "We got more funding... We got more funding!" :D :p [/B][/QUOTE]
Please, don't get me started. These are the same bunch of people that lost billions in 1999. As you know there have been all kinds of specials on PBS about this launch: after the launch of the first rocket/rover one of the guys actually turns to the camera and goes "Ka-ching" (Like the cash register.) I'd go out of my mind if I had to work with that bunch of dimwit, longhaired, Gen-X fools. Where is the profesionalism? They jumped up and down like they had just won in vegas - you'd think they'd be confident in thier own work.
As far as the rover goes: Let's not count our chickens/billions before they've hatched - the rover still has not gone anywhere or done any tests. :)
I ask you - How is the shuttle? How is the ISS progressing? What is the Mars mission sucess average? When was the last time a human was on the moon? (Sorry - I'm feeling negative)