Do you think Curiosity will make it down safely?

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12851

Still crossing my fingers.

Video from : www.youtube.com

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

If the 'murkins eventually come to grips with the metric system this time, it will

ZWard117 · **Joined:** Jan 20, 2012 **Posts:** 583

It better, too much money invested for it not to work.

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12851

Just re-opening this thread; Curiosity's landing late tomorrow evening I believe. Cross your fingers folks and hopefully everyone agreed to use a single standard of measurement this time and since metric is king (though I think in terms of British units; lol), I hope they use the metric metric. lol

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12851

CNN has it live; still crossing my fingers. Less then 30 minutes away now.

ZWard117 · **Joined:** Jan 20, 2012 **Posts:** 583

So did it make it?

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12851

Well, it's actually on the ground now, but, because of the speed of light, we won't know for at least anoher 10 or so minutes at the earliest. Depending on a lot of factors, it may even be an hour before we know if the orbitor satellite misses the window. Yup; still sitting on my hands on the news. lol

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12851

Touchdown comfirmed. Amazing. So many things could have gone wrong but at least they nailed the landing. Now hopefully the unit will work too, but it can take weeks to know the whole story. Signal to Odyssy remains strong and they are now getting data from the ground.

edit:

Getting the first image of Curiosity's foot (wheel) from being on the ground. Man, I'm happy.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

lylejk wrote:

Touchdown comfirmed. Amazing. So many things could have gone wrong but at least they nailed the landing. Now hopefully the unit will work too, but it can take weeks to know the whole story. Signal to Odyssy remains strong and they are now getting data from the ground.

edit:

Getting the first image of Curiosity's foot (wheel) from being on the ground. Man, I'm happy.

So now, if we do something out of curiosity, we will choke due to lack of oxygen on Mars?

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16206

Pretty amazing stuff!

Deblk · **Joined:** Dec 22, 2011 **Posts:** 399

Awesome achievement

GnuTux · **Posted:** Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:32 pm **(#12)**

Congrats to NASA!

Glad to see the rover made it down safely. Can't want to see more hi-res images and to start getting back some results of the scientific experiments they have planned.

paynekj · **Posted:** Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:04 pm **(#13)**

It even got photographed on the way down:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/06 ... e_orbiter/

and had a much better landing than one of the Google Spy-Mobiles:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/06 ... iew_prang/

Kevin

2-ton · **Posted:** Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:22 pm **(#14)**

on tv they were saying that they will be able to take panorama pics from an arm that will raise up...I can hardly wait to see those pictures!!! I love star stuff!

Odinbc · **Posted:** Fri Aug 10, 2012 1:05 am **(#15)**

Amazing photo :cool

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/ ... r-cameras/

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16206

Nicely done NASA!

paynekj · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:45 am **(#17)**

2-ton wrote:

on tv they were saying that they will be able to take panorama pics from an arm that will raise up...I can hardly wait to see those pictures!!! I love star stuff!

Wait no longer: http://www.360pano.eu/show/?id=731

Odinbc · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:38 pm **(#18)**

That is so cool!

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12851

Definitely cool Kevin.

2-ton · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:27 pm **(#20)**

awesome, thanks for the link