Calling all Geeks - Mars Lander?

[GAC05]

Anyone staying up late tonight to see if it will be a lander or a crater?

Its only 1pm here so I can follow along without looking too geeky.


wayne k
guam usa

 

[Stealth Ryder]

I am gonna watch...

 

[ddarlak]

i want to, but falling asleep, don't think i'll make it

 

[artbot]

what's the best link to follow this. i didn't know this was today. !!!

got it. only works on chrome browser.

 

[SignosaurusRex]

Usually Curiosity kills the cat. In this case, CATastrophe has a 2 in 3 chance of killing Curiosity. I can wait until tomorrow for the results...sleep is a valuable commodity.

 

[briankb]

Here is a link to a 3D computer simulation that is using live telemetry data.

http://eyes.nasa.gov/launch2.html?document=$SERVERURL/content/documents/msl/edl.xml

Nasa TV on cable and Roku are streaming everything live.

Twitter hashtag #Curiosity https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Curiosity?q=%23Curiosity

Here is a live feed link I copied from the twitter feed http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html

 

[slappy]

thanks for the links Brian. Figures TimeWarnerCable wants more $$ to view that channel.
thinks i'm going to definitely call it a night however after touchdown. I'm amazed to the video and appreciate you sharing the links

 

[briankb]

Touchdown! Great Job Nasa!!!

 

[slappy]

 

[Scott Reynolds]

Dont think ive ever seen that many high fives at one time before. It started looking akward.

Good job!

 

[rjssigns]

Here's a geek factoid. They didn't know it was successful until 14 minutes after it had landed. It takes that long for radio waves to travel that vast distance.

 

[GAC05]

Here's a geek factoid. They didn't know it was successful until 14 minutes after it had landed. It takes that long for radio waves to travel that vast distance.

I have that same lag issue talking to my wife.
She'll tell me to do something and 14 minutes later something will hit the back of my head and the message then becomes clear.

wayne k
guam usa

 

[d fleming]

First pics are comin in!

 

[rjssigns]

I have that same lag issue talking to my wife.
She'll tell me to do something and 14 minutes later something will hit the back of my head and the message then becomes clear.

:ROFLMAO: You're not alone.:ROFLMAO:

 

[ddarlak]

2.5 billions dollars is allot of coin, but i'd rather see it go here than killing desert dwellers....

 

[artbot]

new 3d view
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/14/mars-panorama-360-curiosity_n_1776331.html

older
http://www.360cities.net/image/nasa...ded_hotspot&utm_source=embed#179.43,5.73,70.0