Mars Rover Curiosity Landing, Next 24 Hours

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You can look at the process and updates here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/building_curiosity.html
Curiosity is equipped with a video camera. This is the first time that an unmanned probe to Mars is providing a video feed of its landing.


The Mars rover Curiosity's landing is critical to a successful follow-up mission to Mars, that is, if the ESA doesn't go first.

Should happen in the next 24 hours or so.
 
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By then it will have successfully conducted all manner of illegal teleportation experiments and summoned forth the demon horde to greet us.
 
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I really hope that complicated landing will go well. Though to be honest, I wouldn't be very surprised if the entire thing crash-lands.

Sure, the sheer size and mass of Curiosity requires a different approach, but was the entire system ever tested as a whole before? I mean, send a prototype into earth orbit and have it do the entire procedure on reentry.

BTW: Touchdown is supposed to be about 14 hours from now, but nobody will know how it went until about 14 minutes later, due to the distance.
 
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Wormbo said:
I really hope that complicated landing will go well. Though to be honest, I wouldn't be very surprised if the entire thing crash-lands.

Sure, the sheer size and mass of Curiosity requires a different approach, but was the entire system ever tested as a whole before? I mean, send a prototype into earth orbit and have it do the entire procedure on reentry.

BTW: Touchdown is supposed to be about 14 hours from now, but nobody will know how it went until about 14 minutes later, due to the distance.
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I am pretty sure they tested the components. But do you have any idea how expensive it would be to send a prototype into earth orbit? It would probably double the cost for the mission, and with all the budget cuts NASA has to deal with that's just not going to happen. There's always a high risk involved with such missions but years and years of testing goes into it aswell.
 
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I'm really hoping this goes well for the whole team.
It would be a huge PR boost for NASA and future missions.
A lot riding on this for sure.
 
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I've been following this on twitter (SMS texting). Most of the other stuff I can't see while I'm at work and I work weekends.

http//twitter.com/NASA
http//twitter.com/MarsCuriosity
http//twitter.com/MSL_101
http//twitter.com/AstroTux
http//twitter.com/MartianSoil
http//twitter.com/NASAJPL

There's a few others.
 
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This is obviously a Zionist African plot to gain public favor for gay marriage. If you read the bible you would know Mars isn't real.
 
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Alright. Landing confirmed. Mission successful. Images are being intercepted right now.

FOR SCIENCE!
 
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Jacks:SmirkingRevenge said:
it just touched down safely.
waiting first images...

also, USA! USA! USA!
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