Mars, you guys.

SilverwardSilverward
edited July 18 in For SCIENCE
So, who watched the Mars rover drama unfold last night? I was kept awake by some stuff going down in my apartment, so I caught the news and got to see the images coming in. Pretty cool stuff!

Also, real life: Currently on Mars. New Total Recall: No Mars.

No wonder it got such bad reviews.

Comments

  • TheFlameOfHeartsTheFlameOfHearts
    edited August 2012
    There are no Mars Bars in this Thread, why you no Mars Bars!?

    For realz though. 'Tis indeed cool stuff, I unfortunately didn't get to see it though.
  • X'o'LoreX'o'Lore
    edited August 2012
    I didn't even remember anything about them putting a rover on mars and suddenly it's there and I'm like what? oh! Neat!

    And so the day was suddenly just that much more awesome.
  • hlavcohlavco
    edited August 2012
    Awesome, here's a picture to help us gloat to the Russians.
  • mariomario
    edited August 2012
    I finished watching New Total Recall about sixty seconds before Curiosity landed. We quickly gathered around the nearest iPhone and watched the broadcast from the NASA app right in the movie theater lobby. It really made the movie a lot better.

    WE GOT OUR ASSES TO MARS
  • SerephelSerephel
    edited August 2012
    It was 1:30 in the afternoon, I was just wrapping up my lunch break. Streamed the whole thing, got goosebumps when the rover landed and everyone erupted in cheers.
  • X'o'LoreX'o'Lore
    edited August 2012
    Did we have rovers on Mars before? I thought we did. This is pretty cool, especially since I totally didn't remember there being a mission to mars in progress and suddenly "We landed on MARS!!!!!!" and I'm like" What? really? WHOA!" but I'm still like "But I thought they had already had a rover there?" Was there something more to this one than proving we are awesome enough to do it more than once?
  • mariomario
    edited August 2012
    There have been three other successful Mars rover missions. Sojourner and Spirit are currently offline but Opportunity is still alive and kicking.

    Curiosity is still a big deal though: its nuclear-powered battery has a lifespan of about fourteen years, it's a much larger rover with lots of cool scientific instruments onboard, but most importantly, its main mission is to look for past or current evidence of life.

    Finally, David Bowie will have his answer.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v--IqqusnNQ
  • SilverwardSilverward
    edited August 2012
    Oh man, you guys...I am totally bummed. Listen to this message I just got:

    "Hey... Bunmuffin... It's Deli...lelia. They need me to go back up to Mars to help out that robot that got stuck in the sand. So I won't be able to go to the dance with you."

    Ugh, that little robot got stuck in the sand agaiiin! Looks like I won't have a date for the dance.

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