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Thread: Curiosity EDL - Seven Minutes of Terror

  1. 2012-Aug-06, 05:36 AM #61
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    Rear hazcam image.
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    YES!!!!
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  3. 2012-Aug-06, 05:37 AM #63
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    Healthy rover, gear deployed, great job.
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    Gotten at least three images down.
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    Looks like they landed in a nice flat place.
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    About to lose Odyssey link, so that's about it for now. But I think we'll all take it.
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    Waiting for images to show up here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ma...ages_mars.html

    Hasn't happened yet.
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  8. 2012-Aug-06, 05:39 AM #68
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    The second image was better.
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    Where's the welcoming committee ??
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    Who's dropping S bombs on live TV?
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    Probably half the team...
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    It's cable, the FCC can't touch them.

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    During EDL I kept thinking, "This was over and done 14 minutes ago", and still it was exciting, and then the first images.... Wow. Great Job.
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    Darn clever those Earth people.
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    Taking longer to get the photos from JPL to the web than it took to get them from Mars.
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    congrats, NASA, contractors, taxpayers (that's us ). The thumbnails are beautiful! Can't wait for the hi-res.
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    Whew. Glad to see it on the ground.
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    Did they build 10 minutes of celebration into the procedures?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ToSeek View Post
    Taking longer to get the photos from JPL to the web than it took to get them from Mars.
    There were almost "instant" weren't they.
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    Did the science advisor guy just say no other nation had put a lander on another planet?
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    Quote Originally Posted by R.A.F. View Post
    There were almost "instant" weren't they.
    Yeah, after all the talk about "We might not know for hours" it was more like seconds.
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    Now the Hunger Games on Mars begin.
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    Time for sleep, but I'll sleep very well.

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    The pics look dusty. Were there no lens caps?
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    Can't wait for the video from the Descent Imager. Huygens teased us with its descent images - I hope Curiosity lets us see the first landing on another planet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ara Pacis View Post
    The pics look dusty. Were there no lens caps?
    My understanding is you're looking through the lens caps. They'll pop them off when they're sure the dust has settled.
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    Images are up.
    http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ma...ages_mars.html

    ETA: Well, such as they are...thumbnails apparently for now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ara Pacis View Post
    The pics look dusty. Were there no lens caps?
    I think I heard them say that there were lens caps, and they're still on, which is why the images aren't very clear.
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