August 6, 201213 yr The next trick is to bring one of these things back. I want to buy some Mars rocks.
August 6, 201213 yr QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Aug 3, 2012 -> 11:50 AM) A gigantic nuclear powered space laser. Is there any chance we blow up Mars? Actually, I wonder how far off weapons testing on the surface of the moon or another planet is. Space fascinates me. Be it through books, internet, even the fairly generic stuff on the Discovery channel- nothing comes close to the level of fascination I have with space.
August 6, 201213 yr QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 6, 2012 -> 08:00 AM) BREAKING: HIGH-RES PHOTO FROM CURIOSITY RELEASED pic.twitter.com/8JEopXY9
August 6, 201213 yr Author QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 6, 2012 -> 01:07 PM) Have they posted a video of the landing yet? No, and it will be some time before the more hi-def stuff from this starts coming back, but the cameras on this are incredible.
August 6, 201213 yr How long before NASA fires up the space laser? I can't wait to see some of the hi-def photos.
August 6, 201213 yr Author QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Aug 6, 2012 -> 03:59 PM) How long before NASA fires up the space laser? I can't wait to see some of the hi-def photos. It'll take at least a week of Mars-days, maybe more, for them to lift up the mast, move out the arm, and decide where they're heading off to. Lots of "how is everything doing" checks and warmups. And frankly, we all know that the engineers will want to find the skycrane wreckage and take a photo of that.
August 7, 201213 yr Author Descent video and next batch of Hazcam images are out, including crater rim and Mount sharp. Link
August 7, 201213 yr Author (If you have a good eye, there are also at least 3 distinct geologic units in the area).
August 7, 201213 yr Author QUOTE (danman31 @ Aug 7, 2012 -> 02:52 PM) How far apart are those things from each other? Damn you LPL for not including a scalebar and forcing me to do math. That image covers about a kilometer in width, if I've read LPL's scale bar correctly. So everything's a few hundred meters apart.
August 7, 201213 yr QUOTE (danman31 @ Aug 7, 2012 -> 01:52 PM) How far apart are those things from each other? Looks like just a few inches.
August 7, 201213 yr QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 7, 2012 -> 02:11 PM) Twss. I don't know what that means. :/
August 7, 201213 yr Author QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 7, 2012 -> 03:29 PM) I don't know what that means. :/ Just google it.
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