Robin M Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 (edited) The mars curiosity rover is 16,000 miles away from mars and traveling at 8,900 miles per hours. Supposed to reach mars around 10:30 p.m. Watching Nasa channel and set to record. Will be a miracle if this thing goes through perfectly. Here's the link: http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/mars/curiosity_news3.html Edited August 6, 2012 by Mytwoblessings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I'm excited, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Balaban Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I just started watching. About an hour away! How cool!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Couple of those guys look pretty anxious. If you watch, check out the guy, right side of the screen...third row up from the back, move three to the left. He's hysterical, he's about ready to jump out of his skin. PS, do you LoVe the guy in the mohawk or what? <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnsinkableKristen Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Love the mohawk!! I am so sleepy, but I'm trying to stay up :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 watching right now! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 (edited) I don't get the peanuts thing, but it's probably a really terrific reference...anyone know what that is? ud: Per the flight director's checklist, about an hour before the scheduled landing (based on the time that the signal from the rover will reach Earth, about 14 minutes delayed), the mission manager will begin one of the few, but important actions, he and his team can take as Curiosity faces its "seven minutes of terror" from entry to touchdown. [Mars Rover's Nail-Biting Landing in Pictures] He will pop open and start passing around the peanuts. "The tradition of the peanuts at JPL goes way back to the 1960s and goes all the way back to the very first missions we sent to the moon," MSL flight director David Oh told collectSPACE.com from his mission control room console on Saturday. "We had seven [robotic] attempts to go the moon before we succeeded, and on that seventh one they had passed out peanuts in the control room." Ranger 7, which in July 1964 became the first U.S. space probe to successfully transmit close images of the moon's surface back to Earth, made the peanuts into a tradition. "So ever since then, it has been a long standing tradition to hand out peanuts whenever we launch, whenever we do anything important like land on Mars," Oh said. "We can use all the luck we can get." "We have plenty of peanuts. The mission manager usually assures that we don't run out," said Arthur Amador, MSL's mission manager. Edited August 6, 2012 by one*mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 They are lucky peanuts! hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Balaban Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 PS, do you LoVe the guy in the mohawk or what? <3 :iagree::iagree::iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Just because I'm superstitious like that, now I know about the peanuts, I'm going to go eat a few for luck too. Join me? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Only 5pm here. Kids are watching in the other room. Ruth in NZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Just because I'm superstitious like that, now I know about the peanuts, I'm going to go eat a few for luck too. Join me? :lol: I just ate some peanut butter crackers does that count? :D hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 (edited) Yes. Peanut Butter Counts. The mission will succeed now. Whew! ps: Just makes you feel one with the landing huh? :lol: Edited August 6, 2012 by one*mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Yes. Peanut Butter Counts. The mission will succeed now. Whew! ps: Just makes you feel one with the landing huh? :lol: LOL I'm eating more out of nerves than anything. hehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Balaban Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Eating peanuts! :) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I can't breathe....what if they get it landed and dig in the dirt and find... SPIDERS! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 5.5 kilometers PER SECOND!!! :eek: 5 minutes to entry! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Balaban Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 (edited) GAH. Spiders? :ack2: :leaving: Is something wrong with 2.62 meters? Or was it 2.32? Hm. Guy looked disappointed. Crowd looked worried. ETA: Oh, it was landing position. 262 meters. Did you see Mohawk man has stars on one side of his head? Edited August 6, 2012 by A.Balaban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 ps: that was a side joke about David Bowie up there..you know...spiders from Mars.. Whew...2 minutes this is like waiting for a baby PUSH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Oh, hey, I just clicked on this for the first time. Good timing, huh? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Balaban Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 ps: that was a side joke about David Bowie up there..you know...spiders from Mars.. Whew...2 minutes this is like waiting for a baby PUSH! Oh der. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Geek Party! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besroma Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I *love* seeing their reactions! Talk about intense. It is like they delivered a baby! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnsinkableKristen Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 That was COOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Yep. We waited up for it. I SWEAR I was cool in high school . . . no, I REALLY was. Two pictures? That's all I get? I'm totally gonna friend them on FB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 The only reason this happened the way it did is because of Ibby you know. NASA should send her flowers or something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 "Now we'll see where our Curiosity will take us." Awesome quote! Yay NASA!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 The only reason this happened the way it did is because of Ibby you know. NASA should send her flowers or something... ROFL you're so crazy! :lol:hehehehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Thanks for posting, that was really cool to watch with my kids. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Balaban Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 MARS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Did anyone else see the name tag tangle up? Now that was classic..a room full of space specialists who can't untangle name tags..lol- classic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 MARS! Awesome screen shot! :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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besroma Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Yes, thanks for posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 :lol::lol::lol: Naw, that's Ziggy! :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Did anyone else see the name tag tangle up? Now that was classic..a room full of space specialists who can't untangle name tags..lol- classic! I once had to show my uncles how to work a dishwasher. Two of them are engineers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Two of the guys there went to give each other a hug and got all name tag tangled up... They couldn't separate themselves for about 40 seconds or so..lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I once had to show my uncles how to work a dishwasher. Two of them are engineers!! :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I once had to show my uncles how to work a dishwasher. Two of them are engineers!! I once waited an hour for a tableful of mathematicians to divide the bill and figure the tip. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 How many betting pools are being decided as the read off these stats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 How many betting pools are being decided as the read off these stats? :lol::lol::lol: I know right! hehehehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 George Takei already has a Facebook meme about the guys in the mohawk row. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 East Coast Peeps get extra credit for staying up! Haha! They can go to Mars, but they can't keep up with their website traffic. I love it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Heidi, is that Lazio? His seat mate has had a really, really difficult night.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 George Takei already has a Facebook meme about the guys in the mohawk row. :lol: :lol: Love it! :) East Coast Peeps get extra credit for staying up! Haha! They can go to Mars, but they can't keep up with their website traffic. I love it :) Yeah, she just said NASA's websites are all down crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Here's the Takei Meme: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiopianFood Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 So I'm really dumb because I'm bummed the pictures aren't in color, aren't I? :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Rae Anne! They are in 3D, didn't you get the special glasses in the mail??? Everyone else did. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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