[NapoleonDynamite]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19078494

Just saw this on the news. Wow.

[Dmon1Unlimited]

http://m.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3...08vIXceYVg&s=1

Sorry if the link doesn't work. Not on my laptop right now. Guy posted this vid about it on facebook

[NapoleonDynamite]

(Original post by Dmon1Unlimited)
http://m.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3...08vIXceYVg&s=1

Sorry if the link doesn't work. Not on my laptop right now. Guy posted this vid about it on facebook

What time is the landing? I'm getting mixed info

[Dmon1Unlimited]

(Original post by NapoleonDynamite)
What time is the landing? I'm getting mixed info

I was going by the time stated in the video description

[NapoleonDynamite]

(Original post by Dmon1Unlimited)
I was going by the time stated in the video description

According to the BBC it's 05:24 GMT

[Dmon1Unlimited]

(Original post by NapoleonDynamite)
According to the BBC it's 05:24 GMT

To be fair, descent and landing can mean two different things...

Id just pick the earliest of the times...

[NapoleonDynamite]

(Original post by Dmon1Unlimited)
To be fair, descent and landing can mean two different things...

Id just pick the earliest of the times...

Lol yeh that's why I was getting confused with the times. The descent is apparently half 5-ish but it's 06:30 for landing according to this

http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fi...05T2230&p1=137

[Dmon1Unlimited]

(Original post by NapoleonDynamite)
Lol yeh that's why I was getting confused with the times. The descent is apparently half 5-ish but it's 06:30 for landing according to this

http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fi...05T2230&p1=137

I'm no expert but a 1 hour ish length between starting decent and actually landing doesn't sound too off to me... Start descent as in start lowering altitude ...and landing as in touch the ground

[vedderfan94]

Wow, sounds really exciting. I never knew just how difficult it is to engineer a landing on Mars.

[Id and Ego seek]

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl

[NapoleonDynamite]

(Original post by Id and Ego seek)
http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl

I'm on the NASA website atm. 89 thousand watching atm ^^ would expect more.

[Id and Ego seek]

(Original post by NapoleonDynamite)
I'm on the NASA website atm. 89 thousand watching atm ^^ would expect more.

Me too. Just hit 80k on here. I was saddened when I realised I have no one to send this to who I know - not because it's too late, but because none of them would find this remotely interesting
Oh well.

[NapoleonDynamite]

(Original post by Id and Ego seek)
Me too. Just hit 80k on here. I was saddened when I realised I have no one to send this to who I know - not because it's too late, but because none of them would find this remotely interesting
Oh well.

Hehe, I was up late anyway and then discovered this and it's given me an excuse not to go to bed. Damn tired though

[NapoleonDynamite]

It's landed !

[themancunian]

(Original post by NapoleonDynamite)
It's landed !

It's amazing!

[Id and Ego seek]

I thought they would never stop hugging and shaking hands.

Really incredible accomplishment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19144464

[MangoFreak]

****ing awesome

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw

[MangoFreak]

Of course this won't even be considered major news

[Id and Ego seek]

I'm glad somebody got a picture of this guy

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/7761/murica.gif

[themancunian]

(Original post by MangoFreak)
Of course this won't even be considered major news

It will to us! But that's not much really; I don't think the layman understands how important this is in finding if there was life previously on Mars.