Mars rover's "6 minutes of hell" 'R over

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by Dubslow

Yes, but

So the nucleus of one atom becomes 2 nuclei. They may not be close to the same size, but it still happens.
It is just a specially named type of fission (a splitting of something into two parts.)

[only_human]

Mars rover Curiosity delivering treasure trove of photos

In interviews with The Times, engineers said initial reviews of Curiosity's final minutes in flight revealed a startling fact: The landing ran into fewer problems than any of the hundreds of simulations they had run over the last two years.

"It was cleaner than any of our tests," said Al Chen, a JPL engineer and member of the mission's landing team, shaking his head with amazement. "It was a blast."

[Dubslow]

Originally Posted by only_human

Mars rover Curiosity delivering treasure trove of photos

We have color photos from another freaking planet. Science!

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by Dubslow

We have color photos from another freaking planet. Science!

In 1976: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Viking2lander1.jpg

[Dubslow]

Originally Posted by Dubslow

We have color photos from another freaking planet. Science!

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

In 1976: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Viking2lander1.jpg

Ah... youth! Guilty as charged

Edit: Soon we'll have high-res color video of another planet? Science!?

[Dubslow]

Originally Posted by Dubslow

We have color photos from another freaking planet. Science!

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

In 1976: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Viking2lander1.jpg

Originally Posted by Dubslow

Ah... youth! Guilty as charged

Edit: Soon we'll have high-res color video of another planet? Science!?

Dork Tower strikes again!

[chalsall]

Is it just me, or are others really exasperated that the "Mohawk Guy" (a JPL flight director who got an unusual hair cut for the landing) is getting almost as much, if not more, media coverage as the lander itself???

I swear we've entered a new Dark Ages....

[Dubslow]

Originally Posted by chalsall

Is it just me, or are others really exasperated that the "Mohawk Guy" (a JPL flight director who got an unusual hair cut for the landing) is getting almost as much, if not more, media coverage as the lander itself???

I swear we've entered a new Dark Ages....

It's just you, I've never heard of the guy.

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by Dubslow

It's just you, I've never heard of the guy.

Search on Google News for "mars curiosity". Second item.

[xilman]

Originally Posted by Dubslow

We have color photos from another freaking planet. Science!

Not sure how to interpret this one.

So far, we have color (sic) photos from Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. That exhausts the planets in our solar system.

I'm not aware of (note, not from) any full-colour images of any exo-planets but would not be surprised if such exist.


Paul

[Dubslow]

Originally Posted by xilman

Not sure how to interpret this one.

So far, we have color (sic) photos from Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. That exhausts the planets in our solar system.

I'm not aware of (note, not from) any full-colour images of any exo-planets but would not be surprised if such exist.


Paul

Surely you mean we have color photos of the other solar planets, but not from them? AFAIK, no recent probe has landed on one with a good enough camera.

Photos of exo-planets would be awesome, but that seems a bit far-fetched to me (where far is of course many light years ).