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Curiosity landed on Mars!

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Keeping my fingers crossed. My dad worked at JPL in the 60's and 70's, so it's like rooting for the old home team for me.

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Where were you in '77?

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watching the live stream. pretty exciting.

should be landing in a few minutes..

edit - landing has begun.

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It's worth having the nasatv feed and the 'Eyes on the Solar System' app going.  The app for me is two minutes behind.  So you get a preview in the nasatv feed then watch it again in the app.  Any other places to check out?  CNN's been covering looks like Fox just joined in.

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JPL shoots! JPL scores! :)

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Where were you in '77?

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That was exciting. I'm glad I get the NASA channel.

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The Youtube video recording for anyone who missed it live(like me).

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So we've sent another robot off onto Mars. That's nice, now the real awesomeness is that it's another step towards sending people over there. Continuous testing like this is what will make it possible for humanity to set foot on Mars. All the work and effort put into making this robot land on Mars is letting people know the data to make a successful human trip. That is what excites me about this event.


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What the hell was your cat doing on Mars?

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CATS ON MARS?!

What has this world become?

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Bingowings said:

It killed my cat!

They broke my watch!

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Heard on the radio today that Curiosity found riverbed gravel.  I thought that was pretty stinking cool--signs of plentiful water in the eons past.

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Davnes007 said:

Tyrphanax said:

CATS ON MARS?!

What has this world become?

What's wrong with Mars having a pussy..........................cat?

Men are from Mars! Women are from Venus!

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Maybe it would balance things out if there was some Venusian cock.

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Bingowings said:

Maybe it would balance things out if there was some Venusian cock.

A Penis from Venus, if you will...

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Oh, my virgin ears eyes.

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Well...this thread has diverged a bit from its subject line, hasn't it? :(

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Would you guys say there's not that much interest in space since... well, the 70's? Nowadays, if something happens in the scientific world regarding some new conquers in the matter of the colonization of outer space, it gains a little attention in the news, say a couple of weeks, people may think "huh, neat" but then it's quickly forgotten in favor of some blonde bimbo who gained her 15 minutes of fame doing something absolutely inane and vulgar on tv.

I mean, let's face it, space, sad as it is, has lost its appeal.

 

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Mars rocks!

 

So awesome to see this kinda stuff. So alike, and yet so far away!

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