nasa;mars Curiosity lands on Mars

[COKid]

www.nasa.gov for live coverage.

:D

USA USA USA!!!

Sometimes, even with all our problems, we can still do good for the world.

[Ice_Blue]

Congratulations, NASA!

This is for me the equivalent of the 1969 moon landings.

Congratulations, America!

You have shown the world that you still got game!

[ahhell]

The room going bananas when the landing was confirmed was awesome.

I was actually getting a bit emotional watching that. lol

[Nebula2020]

I watched it live also.

I really didn't think it would make it, such a complicated landing process.

Well done to all.

Mine and my family's name is on the rover.

:)

[DocM]

YEEEE-HAWWWWW!!!!!!! ?ALLRIGHT!!?

NASA-JPL ROCKS!!!!

The imagery is gonna be fantastic, but the lab results are where the really interesting stuff will.come from.?

This is gonna be fun :) (Y)

[ShiZZa]

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

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

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/gallery-indexEvents.html

[Royalty]

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats USA!

[argonite]

I'm imaging the first image will come back upside down.

"... Dammit!"

[Vice]

Amazing! - I really had my doubts that their landing system would work due to it being so complicated but damn did they pull it off!

I can't wait to see the images we get back from this. Congratulations USA!

[Ice_Blue]

www.nasa.gov for live coverage.

:D

USA USA USA!!!

Sometimes, even with all our problems, we can still do good for the world.

As proven tonight.

[Ice_Blue]

I watched it live also.

I really didn't think it would make it, such a complicated landing process.

Well done to all.

Mine and my family's name is on the rover.

:)

Good show, old chap! :)

[DocM]

There is a lot of talk about consolidating NASA centers because, frankly, there are too many of them, but JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and Draper Labs need not only to be left alone but expanded. Those folks know their sh*t and should be the models for any consolidated centers.

[neoadorable]

watched it live and cried most of the time with joy :cry:

congrats to the team and to humanity, this is a huge step towards our next evolution - becoming a true spacefaring civilization. i am beyond moved and hopeful right now. my only disappointment is that there was no video of the landing...i thought Curio was loaded with HD cameras so that this time it could be different, more live, more exciting and more tangible?

[ahhell]

NASA site must be getting hammered. Pics are still down. http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/

[Ice_Blue]

There is a lot of talk about consolidating NASA centers because, frankly, there are too many of them, but JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and Draper Labs need not only to be left alone but expanded. Those folks know their sh*t and should be the models for any consolidated centers.

I believe after this stunning achievement, JPL will be given more funding, i.e. they will be left alone.

Dunno much about Draper, but Funding for NASA itself was increasingly coming under scrutiny.

I guess they just bought themselves a fair amount of time.

[Yogurtmaster]

Awesome for NASA. I watched the graphic animation while I had the video up. I am very proud of NASA and also proud of our country!

[Dot Matrix]

New Windows 8 app idea: NASA MSL updates and links to high res pics! Live tile can display updates, and pics. Anyone?

[DPyro]

watched it live and cried most of the time with joy :cry:

congrats to the team and to humanity, this is a huge step towards our next evolution - becoming a true spacefaring civilization. i am beyond moved and hopeful right now. my only disappointment is that there was no video of the landing...i thought Curio was loaded with HD cameras so that this time it could be different, more live, more exciting and more tangible?

It takes 14 minutes for radio frequencies to reach Mars. No way they'd be able to do anything live. Once they turned off control of the rover it had to do everything else automated.

[Ice_Blue]

watched it live and cried most of the time with joy :cry:

congrats to the team and to humanity, this is a huge step towards our next evolution - becoming a true spacefaring civilization. i am beyond moved and hopeful right now. my only disappointment is that there was no video of the landing...i thought Curio was loaded with HD cameras so that this time it could be different, more live, more exciting and more tangible?

After watching this tonight, I remembered Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot.

We all share this beautiful blue planet, which when seen from space shows no borders.

Our borders are man-made, based on greed.

We should all just get along, but sadly, this is a pipe dream.

[Ryoken]

[Dot Matrix]

It takes 14 minutes for radio frequencies to reach Mars. No way they'd be able to do anything live. Once they turned off control of the rover it had to do everything else automated.

Drop an HD camera before future rovers make entry interface. :p

[Boz]

and it's confirmed.. Curiousity is already transmitting new pieces of information.. it found water on mars

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/WaterOnMars2_gcc_big.jpg

[georgevella]

and it's confirmed.. Curiousity is already transmitting new pieces of information.. it found water on mars

http://apod.nasa.gov...rs2_gcc_big.jpg

:D ... somebody has to post that in a Mars thread.

[DocM]

Unbelievable!!!!

Looks like not only a bulls-eye landing, but the center of the center of the bulls eye. The landing speed was just 3.68 cm (1.44 inches) per second, and it landed less than 1.5 meters (4 feet) from the mission AP (aiming point.) DAMN!!!! They stuck it!!!

Color images from the NavCams could be transmitted early, perhaps later today, and ESA's Mars Express is confirming the RTG (nuclear power cell) is alive and recharging the rovers batteries.

:) (Y) (Y)

[DocM]

More in the Science forum, but they stuck the landing - 1.5 meters off the target.

Average cost per US citizen is $7, which is just a tad more than we spend for a Wendy's Spicy Chicken value meal.

(Y)