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  1. #26
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    FKNA, how'd I miss this thread last fall? Excited to see the rover on the surface.
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    That was the most intense NASA video ever.

    I'm excited to see if this will work.

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    pretty goddamn rad...

    I'm envious

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    awesome vid - i'm all pumped to see what happens now

    i'm hoping somebody threw some GSA-grade live-feed gopros on that bad boy

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    Oh man - fingers crossed!

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    this place never ceases to amaze me. cant wait to get some updates.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tuckerman View Post
    How fkna stoked are you 406!
    Actually I'm pretty burnt out at this point, lots more work to do and still have to move up to an apartment in Pasadena. Also I am pretty nervous that it will crash. I'm sure I will be pretty stoked if everything works and I start getting pictures back.

    Quote Originally Posted by uglymoney View Post
    Wow. Is there a betting line on this thing landing?
    I'm guessing Vegas wouldn't take those bets :-)

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    I'm only going to pay attention to this thread if you promise red 7-pixel mspaint hand-marked commentary on many of the rad photos you are going to take.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 406 View Post
    Actually I'm pretty burnt out at this point, lots more work to do and still have to move up to an apartment in Pasadena. Also I am pretty nervous that it will crash. I'm sure I will be pretty stoked if everything works and I start getting pictures back.



    I'm guessing Vegas wouldn't take those bets :-)
    My dad spent 40+ years at Rockwell Collins as a senior test tech and he did the final testing on the ILS (Instrument Landing System) that was in the first space shuttles. He was the last person to test and approve the instrument for sale before it went to NASA and was installed in Space Shuttle Columbia. I still remember that he had zero worry that the Collins ILS was going to fail because they have the testing regiment down to a fine and brutal science over there. His biggest worry was the heat tiles. He thought they should have sent a dummy ship up just to test the system. Luckily Columbia made through re-entry 27 times before my Dad's fears became a reality. The ILS was later updated and my dad had moved on to other defense projects so the unit he worked on wasn't in Columbia when it exploded over Texas on re-entry in 2003.

    I put my money on success. Thirty missions and we might have a failure but NASA makes sure the odds are good.

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    Something about the wrinkle in your forehead tells me there's a fit about to get thrown
    And I never hear a single word you say when you tell me not to have my fun
    It's the same old shit that I ain't gonna take off anyone.
    and I never had a shortage of people tryin' to warn me about the dangers I pose to myself.

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    cool thread

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    Awesome thread!

    Quote Originally Posted by uglymoney View Post
    My dad spent 40+ years at Rockwell Collins as a senior test tech and he did the final testing on the ILS (Instrument Landing System) that was in the first space shuttles. He was the last person to test and approve the instrument for sale before it went to NASA and was installed in Space Shuttle Columbia. I still remember that he had zero worry that the Collins ILS was going to fail because they have the testing regiment down to a fine and brutal science over there. His biggest worry was the heat tiles. He thought they should have sent a dummy ship up just to test the system. Luckily Columbia made through re-entry 27 times before my Dad's fears became a reality. The ILS was later updated and my dad had moved on to other defense projects so the unit he worked on wasn't in Columbia when it exploded over Texas on re-entry in 2003.

    I put my money on success. Thirty missions and we might have a failure but NASA makes sure the odds are good.
    Too bad they forgot to put ILS marker beacons on Mars ...
    Landing on Mars != Space Shuttle ILS landing on Earth.

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    Actually flying an airplane through the atmosphere and landing the brick as a glider was a pretty big deal the first time they did it and way more people were paying attention.

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    'Most important NASA mission of the decade' WashPost
    Something about the wrinkle in your forehead tells me there's a fit about to get thrown
    And I never hear a single word you say when you tell me not to have my fun
    It's the same old shit that I ain't gonna take off anyone.
    and I never had a shortage of people tryin' to warn me about the dangers I pose to myself.

    Patterson Hood of the DBT's

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    This just came across on Earthsky. It shows the location of all of NASA's probes and the target location for Curiosity.


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    Fingers crossed...

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    MSL skycrane inspired by "something sexy"
    http://www.npr.org/2012/08/03/157597...-a-mars-lander
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    Now THAT'S a job with satisfaction.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hohes View Post
    Now THAT'S a job with satisfaction.
    Ironically enough, a few people I know at JPL think he's a douchebag. But douche or not, he got 9 minutes on NPR talking about sex drugs and rock and roll, and is possibly going to get credit (fingers crossed for tonight!) for one of the more awesome technological things done in the last 20 years.
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    Excited for tonight -- planning to catch it on NASA TV. Great piece on Cracked about this: http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reason...ut-mars-today/
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    Quote Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio View Post
    Ironically enough, a few people I know at JPL think he's a douchebag.
    Schralpy - I never thought I'd read you saying a bad word about anyone. He must be evil!
    Life is not lift served.

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    I'll be watching!
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    link to the action?

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    Thankyou for sharing!

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