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| Topic Started: Aug 6 2012, 04:03 AM (338 Views) | |
| ngc1514 | Aug 6 2012, 04:03 AM Post #1 |
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"In a show of technological wizardry, the robotic explorer Curiosity blazed through the pink skies of Mars, steering itself to a gentle landing inside a giant crater for the most ambitious dig yet into the red planet's past." Yahoo news. |
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| Peter1469 | Aug 6 2012, 04:26 AM Post #2 |
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This is likely the most important thing that NASA has done since Neil and Buzz landed on the Moon. Not only have they validated a method of landing men on Mars, this rover is nuke powered and has sensors aplenty. For one, it can sniff for methane and figure out whether it is organic or inorganic in origin. Plus a lot more. |
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| spearchucker | Aug 6 2012, 04:48 AM Post #3 |
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According to CNN, obama said this was an un precedented event. I wonder if his memory was short? Viking 1 -- 1976 Viking 2 -- 1976 Pathfinder/Sojourner -- 1997 Spirit -- 2004 Opportunity -- 2004 Phoenix -- 2008 obama is the only person who can increase Joe Bidens IQ, by just standing next to him. |
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| spearchucker | Aug 6 2012, 04:48 AM Post #4 |
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According to CNN, obama said this was an un precedented event. I wonder if his memory was short? Viking 1 -- 1976 Viking 2 -- 1976 Pathfinder/Sojourner -- 1997 Spirit -- 2004 Opportunity -- 2004 Phoenix -- 2008 obama certainly makes biden look smart. Edited by spearchucker, Aug 6 2012, 05:04 AM.
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"If you force me to do violence, I shall be so savage and so cruel, and hurt you so badly that the thought of revenge shall never cross your mind" --Machiavelli | |
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| telcoman | Aug 6 2012, 05:22 AM Post #5 |
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Nice going. Turn it into something political. I could have said something crass like way to go Obama. Actually it is an unprecedented feat due to the tricky nature of landing it. |
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| avtech2 | Aug 6 2012, 05:56 AM Post #6 |
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Exactly. It is one thing to drop a hundred pounds onto the surface in a soft shell (balloons), let it bounce to a stop before deployment of the package. It is totally another thing to arguably SET one metric ton on the surface intact without damage to hundreds of critical systems used in mobility, communications, and research. |
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| telcoman | Aug 6 2012, 05:59 AM Post #7 |
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and do it with a 7 minute delay |
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| ngc1514 | Aug 6 2012, 08:33 AM Post #8 |
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The landing was a technological tour de force arguably more complex than landing men on the moon. |
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| sushidog | Aug 6 2012, 08:51 AM Post #9 |
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Absolutely a milestone. Now we can start selecting a site for landing equipment necessary for establishing a Martian base. We'll need a few more unmanned missions first, to land a nuclear powered fuel/oxygen factory, habitat/supply pods, tools and equipment, etc. to prepare for our first manned Mars mission. Chip |
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"Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery." - Calvin Coolidge "Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J. O'Rourke "There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him." – Robert Heinlein “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” — C.S. Lewis "To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race." - Calvin Coolidge | |
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| tinkerbell | Aug 6 2012, 09:06 AM Post #10 |
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If bama has his way there will be no NASA!! |
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| Tim from AL | Aug 6 2012, 09:07 AM Post #11 |
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THIS JUST IN...FIRST PICTURE OF THE SURFACE OF MARS FROM THE ROVER, CURIOSITY
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| Hank | Aug 6 2012, 09:16 AM Post #12 |
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Where did he say that? Link please. |
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| sushidog | Aug 6 2012, 09:27 AM Post #13 |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/science/02nasa.html?_r=1 http://www.rightsidenews.com/2011072214112/editorial/us-opinion-and-editorial/obama-end-of-nasa-space-shuttle-program-and-his-muslim-agenda.html http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/27/obama-budget-drop-nasa-constellation-program/ http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2010/02/nasa-focus-muslim-outreach/ Need any more proof that Obama is destroying/has destroyed the bulk of our space program? We can't even put a man in orbit without Russian help! Chip Edited by sushidog, Aug 6 2012, 09:27 AM.
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"Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery." - Calvin Coolidge "Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J. O'Rourke "There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him." – Robert Heinlein “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” — C.S. Lewis "To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race." - Calvin Coolidge | |
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| sushidog | Aug 6 2012, 09:31 AM Post #14 |
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Cute! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUpm1mWe39I Chip |
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"Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery." - Calvin Coolidge "Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J. O'Rourke "There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him." – Robert Heinlein “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” — C.S. Lewis "To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race." - Calvin Coolidge | |
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| AZFlyfisher | Aug 6 2012, 09:39 AM Post #15 |
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I wonder if you have a brain hiding in there somewhere. Read a little about the mission and the differences before commenting. Edited by AZFlyfisher, Aug 6 2012, 09:40 AM.
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 "Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics. You are all stardust. You couldn't be here if stars hadn't exploded. Because the elements, the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution weren't created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars. And the only way they could get into your body is if the stars were kind enough to explode. So forget Jesus. The stars died so you could be here today." Lawrence M. Krauss | |
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| Hank | Aug 6 2012, 09:41 AM Post #16 |
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" NASA's budget, just over $18.7 billion this year, is still expected to rise again in 2011, reports Space.com, though by much less than the $1 billion increase NASA and its contractors have been privately anticipating since mid-December. A White House-appointed panel, led by former Lockheed Martin chief Norm Augustine, urged these changes on the administration in December." You are a strange lot! Constantly b****ing about Obama overspending, now complaining because he is increasing NASA funding by slightly less than a billion dollars. What does it take to satisfy you? |
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| AZFlyfisher | Aug 6 2012, 09:45 AM Post #17 |
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"Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics. You are all stardust. You couldn't be here if stars hadn't exploded. Because the elements, the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution weren't created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars. And the only way they could get into your body is if the stars were kind enough to explode. So forget Jesus. The stars died so you could be here today." Lawrence M. Krauss | |
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| ngc1514 | Aug 6 2012, 09:46 AM Post #18 |
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There hasn't been a serious manned space program since Nixon gutted NASA 30 years ago. The Space Shuttle was a tow truck looking for a job. |
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| sushidog | Aug 6 2012, 10:19 AM Post #19 |
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Yeah but without even a space garbage truck anymore, let alone a 35 yr. old tow truck, what will all that money be used on? I'll tell you. Muslim outreach and attempting to lend credibility to the anthropogenic global warming lie. Let's see, NASA says so (or Obama will cut their funding), so global warming (excuse me, I mean a much easier to prove climate change) must be true. I don't have to see the scientific data when the political ramifications make climate change a foregone conclusion. Why not put the money where it's really needed. 1. Earth colliding asteroid/comet detection and intervention. 2. Manned space mission to mars. 3. Permanent Lunar and Martian colonies (seed stock in case the asteroid intervention mission fails.) 4. Feasibility studies for Venusian terraforming, SETI, earth 2 planetary system detection (space telescope arrays, interstellar probes, etc.), and development of possible interstellar drive/colony ship projects. Chip |
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"Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery." - Calvin Coolidge "Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J. O'Rourke "There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him." – Robert Heinlein “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” — C.S. Lewis "To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race." - Calvin Coolidge | |
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| Peter1469 | Aug 6 2012, 10:38 AM Post #20 |
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The space shuttle was the result of good old fashion compromise and ended up with an overly complex machine to do too many different sorts of missions- barely. |
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| spearchucker | Aug 6 2012, 03:42 PM Post #21 |
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I did. Did you read where obama said why this was un precedented? Try harder, flytrapper. |
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| The Kid Rosennoir | Aug 6 2012, 04:14 PM Post #22 |
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I wonder if we will be able to find a crater or shaft that goes into the interior of the planet and see if any bacteria or bacteria byproducts and gases come up from it. If we find anything like that, does anyone know if the rover has any deployable mini-rovers that can go into those shafts? |
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| Peter1469 | Aug 6 2012, 04:36 PM Post #23 |
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Apparently the Curiosity landing in a crater, hopefully it can get out of it. |
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| dragon | Aug 6 2012, 04:36 PM Post #24 |
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i think the only real chance of us sending maned missions to mars is to make it pay e.g find something mine able that is worth the effort or something else like sell of the land. |
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| Peter1469 | Aug 6 2012, 04:44 PM Post #25 |
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That is the basis of human exploration. |
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