NASA/JPL successfully landed Curiosity on Mars. Curiosity is 5 times heavier than Spirit and Opportunity and went through the most complex landing procedure ever attempted. NASA is now 4 for 4 on Martian rovers. Without a doubt one of the greatest feats of human engineering.
Today's the day. After eight long months of travel over 350 million miles, Curiosity is set to attempt its landing tonight. This thread will have all of the links and info needed to prepare for the landing and to discuss the event afterword. I'll bump this throughout the day.
When does the landing take place:
- 10:31 PM PST/ 1:31 AM EST
Where to watch the landing:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/
http://www.ustream.tv/NASAJPL
NASA's JPL Eyes on the Solar System (interactive real time placement of where all JPL probes are in the solar system):
http://eyes.jpl.nasa.gov/
First photos when they are posted (rep jarrydm for the link on page 5):
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/
What's going to happen during the landing:
What's going to happen once Curiosity lands:
Background music to get you in the mood for Martian exploration:
Reference for how large Curiosity is:
Just to put everything in perspective, putting Curiosity on Mars is like landing a nuclear power Mini Cooper on autopilot 350 million miles away from home. Let's hope everything goes off without a hitch, for JPL and NASA have dared mighty things. Boldly they rode and well, into the jaws of death, into the mouth of hell.
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08-05-2012, 12:30 PM #1Registered User
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Official Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Landing Thread
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08-05-2012, 12:44 PM #2Registered User
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Bump for awareness.
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08-05-2012, 12:55 PM #3[300 Spartan Perioeci]
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08-05-2012, 01:06 PM #4former fat kid
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sweet. that will be some awesome sht to watch
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08-05-2012, 01:06 PM #5Emperor
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In on dat rover time. 3,000 years from now future people are going to find this thread and read this post. It's gonna be in a history tablet srs.
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08-05-2012, 01:09 PM #6kalashnikov
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08-05-2012, 01:13 PM #7ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
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So ****ing in. I love anything like this, the technology and the brains to come up with something like this is incredible.
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08-05-2012, 01:14 PM #8versace astronaut
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08-05-2012, 01:29 PM #9Registered User
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T-9 hours and counting.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/20...ts-mars-rover/
The coolest feature of curiosity is the ChemCam which is a high powered laser that will be used to vaporize rocks on the surface and then perform a spectroscopic analysis on the components of the rock. This can be performed up to 25 feet away. So in 9 hours, we will hopefully have a one ton rover armed with a laser beam on the surface of Mars.
Also, here are some recent photos from a Martian orbiter of the Gale Crater landing site:
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08-05-2012, 01:30 PM #10always bulkin
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in and terrified that the rocket landing cable drop technique is going to fail
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Agreed. I really wish I knew the exact mechanism that disconnect the cables once the rover has touched down (I have a terrible image in my mind about a flawless landing followed by one of the cables failing to disconnect and Curiosity being dragged across the Martian surface as the rockets fly away). That said, JPL are the best of the best of the best and literally anything that we can come up with has been discussed for hours on end in Pasadena. I'm still terrified however.Originally Posted by MattySinz
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08-05-2012, 01:51 PM #12
this ish gonna be on TV?
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08-05-2012, 01:52 PM #13Jimmy Rustler
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08-05-2012, 01:54 PM #14Aspiring NPC Bodybuilder
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Will be watching with my fellow scientists in Cornell's astro department. Feelsgoodman
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08-05-2012, 01:54 PM #15Approximately Accurate
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Good luck!
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thanks!Originally Posted by GregariousWolf
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my body is ready.
the precision required is absolutely amazing
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08-05-2012, 02:00 PM #18always bulkin
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does anyone know if the broadcast will have live video or will we just be getting pics at first?
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08-05-2012, 02:01 PM #19Registered User
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not sheriff srs. mars is like 200,000,000km away broOriginally Posted by MattySinz
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08-05-2012, 02:02 PM #20IT WAS YOU!
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In for in the morning.. Mighty intredasting this is
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Can't wait to see if it survives.
Heres an awesome video explaining the landing.
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ive been waiting for this moment for 1.5 years now, the time has come brethen..... when the first new pics arrive i will jizzz in my pants.
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08-05-2012, 02:44 PM #23bad_Liberal_Man
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Good times really, have the Olympics showcasing the peak of humans physical achievements and Curiosity showcasing the peak of human intellectual achievements.
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08-05-2012, 02:52 PM #24Registered User
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Indeed.Originally Posted by Reflexez
T-7:34 until touchdown.
I would highly recommend people check out this mornings mission debriefing for the specifics, but all that will be transported around the landing time is Curiosity's signal that it landed. The Odyssey orbiter will be the primary source to pick up this signal and send it to Earth, but due to a gyroscopic issue last month, there is a chance Odyssey will miss the touchdown in which case, Curiosity will broadcast directly to Earth. Either way, there is a chance that we will not have information for a few hours if Odyssey misses the flyby. As of this morning however, everything was set on course.
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dammit i'll be sleeping
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08-05-2012, 04:24 PM #26Registered User
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Bump for afternoon crew.
T-6 hours until Curiosity sees this:
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innnnnnnnn. Can't wait!
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08-05-2012, 04:34 PM #28Registered User
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this x1000000 right when i heard how its going to work i was like ah fuk whyyOriginally Posted by MattySinz
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ive taken all the general physics, i can only fuking imagine the physics involved here
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