Live Link thread for all who want to watch The rover tonight..

Really amazing how they managed to pull this off.
Such accomplishment are the things that help give back faith in humanity again.

Originally posted by buni11687
Definantly an event that I will remember for the rest of my life. Hopefully I'll be able to tell this story to my grandchildren.

Anyone know how long it will take until color pictures start coming in?

could b 2 hours, could be tomorrow, i read two days for sure.

They left a mic on!!! Maybe we'll here some Alien encounters that wont be mentioned to the public!!!!!!!

Awww nvm they cut it off.

Image of wheel on mars





shadow I love the "No photo or it didn't happen"

Looks nice and flat. I was worried it might land somewhere that it couldn't move. yay for flat.

Originally posted by dayve
This isn't as great as they made it out to be...

One day I'll bet you'll be telling your grand kids about how you witnessed this event.

This was a historical moment.

With all the negative crap that gets reported these days, it's nice to see something positive for a change. Also it's been awhile since I've had a reason to be proud to live in the US, it feels good to have that again.

Watching the first pics come across live was absolutely amazing, just thinking of how far away they were being sent from! Makes me feel like a kid again

Hay what happen no sex, drugs and bullets.

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I thought the field of vision would be bigger than that when the cost of these pictures is $ 2.6 billion

Originally posted by hotbread
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I thought the field of vision would be bigger than that when the cost of these pictures is $ 2.6 billion

This is just the landing images...

Originally posted by dainoyfb
Looks nice and flat. I was worried it might land somewhere that it couldn't move. yay for flat.

they learned from spirit and opportunity that the wheels needed to be designed better so they made them better.

curiosity is going to drive up a mountain? we wanted to land on a flat surface but she is made to drive up a 30 degree incline i think.

Originally posted by hotbread
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I thought the field of vision would be bigger than that when the cost of these pictures is $ 2.6 billion

or you could actually just read into this mission and know that you have no clue what you are talking about.

this thing takes better pictures than your phone maybe and it has a video camera on it.

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Hazcam images. They are cameras on the underside of the critter. The purpose is to look for road hazards.
In a couple of days, after systems checks, the mastcams will be deployed and we'll see the good stuff.

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JPL stated that there are transparent covers over the landing cameras, I'm guessing after the dust settles and the next overflight they will remove the covers and get some better pictures.
I really cant wait for the true color images to come out and even images of the descent, should be a few days before they are released.

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Is it just me or did all the MSM quit broadcasting this? Im flipping through FOX and CNN and it's now just reruns of previous shows

www.ustream.tv...

Briefing is live right now!

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LOL I just saw your post after I sent mine.

reply to post by buni11687
The rover didn't suffer a catastrophic crash so the MSM lost interest. If it bleeds, it leads... If it lands, it's bland.

In case anyone closed down the nasa feed, they're doing the post landing press conference now.