Anyone else excited by this? Human beings can do such astonishing things! I believe we will be able to watch it live (mission control that is I assume) on Monday when it lands. I really hope it does and will follow the mission closely when it does. If it goes tits up, which given the complexity seems at least a possibility, that will be interesting too. Here's a link. Post comments here as the mission progresses!
http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/
The Mars Curiosity thread
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If our moon tastes like Wensleydale, it will be interesting to see what Mars tastes like. Is this on the agenda? I hope they didn't forget the crackers 
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Perhaps this will be there waiting for them..tattuchu wrote:If our moon tastes like Wensleydale, it will be interesting to see what Mars tastes like. Is this on the agenda? I hope they didn't forget the crackers
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Just read the mission statement from NASA's website:
With its rover named Curiosity, Mars Science Laboratory mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet. Curiosity was designed to assess whether Mars ever had an environment able to support small cheese-producing life forms called microbes. In other words, its mission is to determine the planet's cheese "habitability."
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With its rover named Curiosity, Mars Science Laboratory mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet. Curiosity was designed to assess whether Mars ever had an environment able to support small cheese-producing life forms called microbes. In other words, its mission is to determine the planet's cheese "habitability."
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Science in cheese action!tattuchu wrote:Just read the mission statement from NASA's website:
With its rover named Curiosity, Mars Science Laboratory mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet. Curiosity was designed to assess whether Mars ever had an environment able to support small cheese-producing life forms called microbes. In other words, its mission is to determine the planet's cheese "habitability."
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Thanks for the link, Rum! 
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I will be watching with bated breath! Thanks for posting Rum.
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Landing coverage STARTS at 10 PM EDT. 
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It'll get shot down like most of them. 
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I think it's going to be in the afternoon here. But I'll be in class. And finals are this week. 
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Noon in S.K., FBM.
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That would be slightly better, but I'm calculating 2:30 p.m.-ish. 37 hours from now, more or less. What am I missing, number-wise? It's 1:15 a.m. here now.Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Noon in S.K., FBM.
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The coverage starts at 10 PM EDT in the US, YMMV.FBM wrote:That would be slightly better, but I'm calculating 2:30 p.m.-ish. 37 hours from now, more or less. What am I missing, number-wise? It's 1:15 a.m. here now.Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Noon in S.K., FBM.
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I take it on faith that this information is useful to somebody, somewhere...however...Gawdzilla Sama wrote:The coverage starts at 10 PM EDT in the US, YMMV.FBM wrote:That would be slightly better, but I'm calculating 2:30 p.m.-ish. 37 hours from now, more or less. What am I missing, number-wise? It's 1:15 a.m. here now.Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Noon in S.K., FBM.
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Middle of the night here :@(
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