Curiosity - Mars Science Laboratory

[captainslater]

Set phasers to fire!
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20120819b.html

 

[Jake Bunce]

Set phasers to fire!
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20120819b.html

The rover has a laser. Phasers won't be invented until the 23rd century according to Star Trek lore.

 

[captainslater]

The rover has a laser. Phasers won't be invented until the 23rd century according to Star Trek lore.

I should have included a "" hm?

 

[captainslater]

Wheels are ok but one of the environmental sensors providing no data.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20120821b.html

 

[Shelley]

First drive completed by the Mars Science laboratory.

 

[Pereira]

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[ArnyVee]

That's awesome!

 

[Adam Howard]

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I actually won a long time bet because of the video (photo slides) such as this.

I told a friend once that mars wasn't bright red and that the photos had been "colored". He thought I was crazy and now guess who's crazy?!

 

[captainslater]

Some new images:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?s=1

 

[Shelley]

Thought it was worth reviving this since it was a great achievement.

News Briefing shortly: http://www.ustream.tv/NASAJPL

 

[Shelley]

For those who missed the live stream

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[captainslater]

Cool news. I can see Arnie on the surface with his exploding face right now

 

[Shelley]

Cool news. I can see Arnie on the surface with his exploding face right now

Hollywood and their science.

I only managed to watch 15mins last night or so of this before I fell asleep so i'll watch this later this afternoon.

 

[Shelley]

Upcoming news conference for those interested will follow shortly from the Mars Science Laboratory Rover http://www.ustream.tv/NASAJPL

UPCOMING EVENT
NASA Mars Rover News: Radiation Findings
11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT) Thursday, May 30

NASA will host a media teleconference to present new findings from the Mars Science Laboratory Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) aboard the rover Curiosity.

The briefing participants are:
-- Donald M. Hassler, RAD principal investigator and program director, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio
-- Cary Zeitlin, principal scientist, Southwest Research Institute
-- Eddie Semones, spaceflight radiation health officer, NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston
-- Chris Moore, deputy director of advanced exploration systems, NASA Headquarters, Washington