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Post by 406 Silverado on Aug 6, 2012 8:27:02 GMT -5
I watched curiosity land on Mars last night 1:30am and got to see the first two dusty images it sent back before Odyssey went over the horizon. You can check out the NASA site , where I watched it live from JPL here at the link. www.nasa.gov/Or the Curiosity twitter page. Images are here as well. twitter.com/MarsCuriosity |
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Post by TRM on Aug 6, 2012 9:22:30 GMT -5
Very cool stuff there Rob!!! LOL...was just telling you the other night I would take the trip there!!! A bit of trouble finding the LHS though!!  |
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Post by 406 Silverado on Aug 6, 2012 9:36:03 GMT -5
They may need someone to wipe the dust of the front and rear cameras
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Post by deafpanzer on Aug 6, 2012 9:45:13 GMT -5
Stayed up late to watch the special moment too. Staying awake at work would be fun today...
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Post by spud on Aug 6, 2012 9:57:37 GMT -5
lol im sure they taught of that rob  . ill be glued to NASA TV on the ipad from now on |
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Post by 406 Silverado on Aug 6, 2012 10:04:28 GMT -5
Brought back memories of when the first Space Shuttle was launched 30+ years ago. Watched that live as well, during the day of course.
We should be getting images from Curiosity today with the dust settled and Odyssey gets in range to transmit images and data back to Earth.
Hoping for clear skies this week as Mars will be visible dusk and dawn.....as will Saturn and Jupiter
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Post by spud on Aug 6, 2012 10:34:55 GMT -5
oh ya new telescope should be here this week, Lucky Sod  |
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Post by 406 Silverado on Aug 6, 2012 10:55:55 GMT -5
LOL thanks Spud. yeah hoping for clear skies the rest of the week to break the scope in. Have a couple of Galaxies and Clusters I want to see. Will try to spot some planets on the 12th around 3am if possible from where I am.
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Post by spud on Aug 6, 2012 11:45:36 GMT -5
Wish I had a few hundred €€€ to spare |
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Post by 406 Silverado on Aug 6, 2012 18:28:11 GMT -5
LOL yeah me too Spud, a bigger scope would be great.
New images posted on the NASA website.
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Post by robbo on Aug 7, 2012 6:35:16 GMT -5
It's facinating |
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Post by 406 Silverado on Aug 7, 2012 9:05:35 GMT -5
Yep very cool. Wait until the release some of the HD images from the camera on top. They may also have images of when it landed, slung from the sky-crane. That baby has 17 cameras on it for various tasks....and is Nuke powered. |
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Post by robbo on Aug 7, 2012 9:19:19 GMT -5
Is it staying on mars or have they got a way of retreiving it  |
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Post by 406 Silverado on Aug 7, 2012 9:22:58 GMT -5
Like all the others it's stuck there. We don't have the tech yet to return anything we land on other planets. Which is odd because we landed men on the moon in the 60's and 70's. But then it would have to go into a capsule to fly back.
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Post by robbo on Aug 7, 2012 9:26:18 GMT -5
How long can it stay active |
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Post by 406 Silverado on Aug 7, 2012 9:46:03 GMT -5
A decade she is scheduled to perform tasks Ian. The opportunity was only suppose to run 3 months...it's been over eight years and she's still working. I think Curiosity will be kicking for 20.
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Post by deafpanzer on Aug 7, 2012 9:48:36 GMT -5
OMG! OMG! OMG! Just saw the breaking news... a life has been finally sighted on Mars!!!  This is so exciting! |
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Post by robbo on Aug 7, 2012 10:02:22 GMT -5
lol
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Post by 406 Silverado on Aug 7, 2012 11:03:12 GMT -5
LOL Andy
If you go to nasa.org they have released a two minute video of the entry to Mars and also a color image. The entry vid is also color.
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Post by spud on Aug 7, 2012 12:30:49 GMT -5
downloaded an app today for the ipad and man i never knew there was so many landings there or even satellites there, Really cool
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Post by spud on Aug 8, 2012 19:48:50 GMT -5
Some new high rez images now up on NASA site, |
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Post by spud on Aug 8, 2012 21:48:10 GMT -5
Could be the other way around too chris  |
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Post by 406 Silverado on Aug 9, 2012 9:11:09 GMT -5
LOL
Haven't checked the site in the last day or two. Got my new scope yesterday and of course it was cloudy so the only thing I caught was one or two very bright stars. Will try again this weekend and also will check out the Perseides meteor shower...with out scope
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Post by deafpanzer on Aug 9, 2012 9:40:27 GMT -5
Cool!!! Will you be able to take pictures with your new scope?
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Post by 406 Silverado on Aug 9, 2012 10:20:39 GMT -5
Andy not with the 6" Dob. For imaging I need a different scope and equipment....way too expensive for me.
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Post by spud on Aug 9, 2012 14:30:58 GMT -5
taking pics of planets would require a scope with the tracking so the scope can stay locked on target, it is something i may do sometime,
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Post by 406 Silverado on Aug 10, 2012 7:36:31 GMT -5
LOL.....First thought it was Spud....you know, shopping for more,new model stuff and kits.
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Post by spud on Aug 10, 2012 7:50:27 GMT -5
LOL i wouldn't to them extremes Rob |
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Post by 406 Silverado on Aug 10, 2012 8:17:30 GMT -5
LOL
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Post by deafpanzer on Aug 10, 2012 10:30:42 GMT -5
**** BREAKING NEWS ****
More martians were sighted today!
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