Cool I'll check it out.
My bachelor's thesis is on spectroscopy of exoplanets, specifically looking for organics, sulfurs, and ozone.
This is relevant to my interests.
That thing has a minigun on it, just incase, right?
'fraid I'll be seeing this a lot:
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BUuuuuuuunjeeeeeeeeeeee
And Curiosity has landed! Yay!
I'm watching through here.
Very cool! :)
Mars, for one, welcomes its new Rover Overlord.
the first time TV? He would have been enthralled even if it were teletubbies, a wrestling show, or an Uwe Boll movie XD
... or an Uwe Boll movie XDThe child has got to have some sort of taste.
I just say its FLASHING LIGHTS! and talking! and other sounds!
anyway, congrats for landing there safely, but sorry to have the opinion that I hope the people poking Mars with a flag first won't be from the US again, I would rather see the United Nations flag on it, the EU flag, or even the peace sign
The moon landing was due to cold war important for US and the world to have a flag of their own there, in our modern era the most diplomatic and humanity unifying effect would probably be gained through the UN flag, otherwise it could cause some heavy diplomatic turmoils that could end badly, I actually cheer greatly for the EU to get there first and place an UN flag, would be a bit helpful to promote friendship peace and unity this way. May be even a better idea to land with an international team to begin with.
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In April 2004, NASA solicited proposals for specific instruments and investigations to be carried by Mars Science Laboratory. The agency selected eight of the proposals later that year and also reached agreements with Russia and Spain for carrying instruments those nations will provide.
Spain’s Ministry of Education and Science is providing the Rover Environmental Monitoring Station to measure atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, winds, plus ultraviolet radiation levels. The principal investigator is Javier Gómez-Elvira of the Center for Astrobiology, Madrid, an international partner of the NASA Astrobiology Institute.
Russia’s Federal Space Agency is providing the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons instrument to measure subsurface hydrogen up to one meter (three feet) below the surface. Detections of hydrogen may indicate the presence of water in the form of ice or bound in minerals. Igor Mitrofanov of the Space Research Institute, Moscow, is the principal investigator.
Spain’s Ministry of Education and Science is providing the Rover Environmental Monitoring Station to measure atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, winds, plus ultraviolet radiation levels. The principal investigator is Javier Gómez-Elvira of the Center for Astrobiology, Madrid, an international partner of the NASA Astrobiology Institute.
Russia’s Federal Space Agency is providing the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons instrument to measure subsurface hydrogen up to one meter (three feet) below the surface. Detections of hydrogen may indicate the presence of water in the form of ice or bound in minerals. Igor Mitrofanov of the Space Research Institute, Moscow, is the principal investigator.
true, but that doesn't answer the question what flag will make a hole in the martian ground first :)
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Mounted on the arm, the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer for Mars Science Laboratory will determine the relative abundances of different elements in rocks and soils. Dr. Ralf Gellert of the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, is principal investigator for this instrument, which will be provided by the Canadian Space Agency.
Mounted on the arm, the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer for Mars Science Laboratory will determine the relative abundances of different elements in rocks and soils. Dr. Ralf Gellert of the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, is principal investigator for this instrument, which will be provided by the Canadian Space Agency.
That will be helpful to find the proper soil for sticking a flag in it, let's send Doctor Rodney McKay to do the act (heck seriously, send Hewlett up there for this!)
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True. Also, I don't care what human nation is landing a several thousand-pound robot on mars with parachutes, rockets and sky cranes, I'm going to watch it and root for humanity, and hold my infant son up to the screen so he can get all excited about something that's greater than any one nation—WE HAVE A ROBOT ON ANOTHER PLANET TODAY!!
That is a cool shot.
I still like the second shot it sent after it landed, the one where the camera was pointing behind the rover, and you could see the rover's shadow on the ground.