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

jasong · 2012-08-05, 22:54

The Mars Rover will attempt to land on the Red Planet in about 6hrs30min.

Anybody else tracking this news story?

only_human · 2012-08-05, 23:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by jasong

The Mars Rover will attempt to land on the Red Planet in about 6hrs30min.

Anybody else tracking this news story?

I'm sure many of us are interested in this.

Mods Science or Lounge for this thread?

science_man_88 · 2012-08-05, 23:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by jasong

The Mars Rover will attempt to land on the Red Planet in about 6hrs30min.

Anybody else tracking this news story?

to stop in the 7 minutes yahoo has it at it would need at least 4 g_e of deceleration for the full 7 min to delete the speed it is supposedly coming in with, before acceleration due to the gravity of mars.

Dubslow · 2012-08-05, 23:24

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reason...ut-mars-today/

Quote:

We are slowly exploring and discovering more about the universe, our galaxy, our solar system, ourselves and our place within it all. There is wonder in the universe that we keep experiencing and discovering, but I'm amazed that there isn't more interest in it, or more money in it. As astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson once pointed out, the money required to send a satellite to Saturn is less than what Americans spend on lip balm in a year. And most lip balms are actually pretty useless. Are we not amazed, or curious enough, to spend lip balm money to continue our discovery? The Curiosity rover's actual name is the Mars Science Laboratory, and I'm going to say that in a different way that will hopefully have more impact: We have a laboratory on Mars. A science laboratory. On the planet Mars.

Uncwilly · 2012-08-06, 03:40

I will watch this.

only_human · 2012-08-06, 05:00

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/

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Live NASA TV show begins
Aug. 5, 2012, 8:30 p.m. PDT
(11:30 p.m. EDT):
NASA TV on Mars Live

Follow Your Curiosity:
Participate

Launch:
7:02 a.m. PST, Nov. 26, 2011
(10:02 a.m. EST)

Landing:
10:31 p.m. PDT, Aug. 5, 2012
(1:31 a.m. EDT, Aug. 6, 2012)

Dubslow · 2012-08-06, 06:02

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...60985850_n.jpg

firejuggler · 2012-08-06, 07:30

So it landed. long live science!

firejuggler · 2012-08-06, 11:14

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Originally Posted by Dubslow

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...60985850_n.jpg

interesting picture, to know the scale of the rovers. Curiosity is of the size of a car.

Batalov · 2012-08-06, 16:53

...oooh, you should see the rest of the hangar.
From where the upcoming transmissions will be filmed!

(this is an excellent photo for the lovers of conspiracy theories. They'll look at it and exclaim - "I knew it!!")

xilman · 2012-08-06, 16:59

Here's another nice photo http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19150849

2012-08-05, 22:54	#1
jasong "Jason Goatcher" Mar 2005 3·7·167 Posts	Mars rover's "6 minutes of hell" 'R over The Mars Rover will attempt to land on the Red Planet in about 6hrs30min. Anybody else tracking this news story?

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