Hobble Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Bio-engineering! Build us some Mars compatible bodies Hobble! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks since 77 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 You can turn me be into a bug eyed tentacled monstrosity and send me to mars as long as there is a female B.E.T.M to go with me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 You can read a live chat with three scientists/experts in Curiosity’s mission, astrobiology, and the engineering required for landing. Curiosity science team member Jim Bell of Arizona State University has spent decades imaging planetary bodies of every sort. Most recently, he led the panoramic camera team of Curiosity’s immediate predecessors on the martian surface, Spirit and the still-operating Opportunity. Andy Steele of the Carnegie Institution of Washington’s Geophysical Laboratory and the Curiosity science team trained in microbiology and draws on a range of techniques to search for traces of past life and distinguish them from non-life chemistry. Devin Kipp is an engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he has spent the past 7 years working on the design and testing of the system to slow Curiosity from 20,000 kilometers per hour and place it gently on a relatively small target area on Mars. Read the full chat here: http://news.sciencem...ver-arrive.html Some interesting questions + answers from the chat: Q: What are curiositys main goal A: Jim Bell: Curiosity's official main science goal is "to explore and quantitatively assess a local region on Mars's surface as a potential habitat for life, past or present." Pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
key2thecup Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 CNET is saying this is tonight? The space agency will begin its live coverage Sunday evening at 8:30 p.m. PT / 10:30 p.m. ET on the NASA TV site and will also show the coverage via UStream: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armada Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Title correction.. Don't you mean Monday, August 6th or Sunday, August 5th ? Too bad we won't be around for when they Terraform Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VICanucksfan5551 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Title correction.. Don't you mean Monday, August 6th or Sunday, August 5th ? Too bad we won't be around for when they Terraform Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyville88 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Wish Canada was a more active participant in Space exploration. I don't even think the CSA is recruiting right now. But this is very cool. Till we get a man on Mars this is the next best thing to exploring it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaytanic Wehrmacht Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Title correction.. Don't you mean Monday, August 6th or Sunday, August 5th ? Too bad we won't be around for when they Terraform Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 This thing crashes because of the martian spies in Nasa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 Title correction.. Don't you mean Monday, August 6th or Sunday, August 5th ? Too bad we won't be around for when they Terraform Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 For those looking to watch the landing online. We can have our own CDC viewing party here tonight for those wanting to 'get together' to share their thoughts. On Sunday night, watch 'The Landing' here: Live Stream of Landing (commentary and interviews.): http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl Live Stream of Landing (uninterrupted footage with mission audio): http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobble Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 So would it be 12:30am in Winnipeg?!? (central time zone) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 So would it be 12:30am in Winnipeg?!? (central time zone) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 Updated Landing Time: 10:31pm PST. Make sure you start watching before 10:30pm otherwise you'll miss it. A good time to start watching would be around 10pm PST or earlier. NASA Television will be broadcasting live coverage of Curiosity's landing on Aug. 5 beginning at 8 p.m. EDT (11 p.m. EDT; 0300 GMT Aug. 6). You can watch NASA's live webcast here: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 Final News Conference before landing takes place in a few hours. Watch here: http://www.ustream.tv/NASAJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vancity_Nucks Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Ill be watching for sure. this is a major step for mankind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 Ill be watching for sure. this is a major step for mankind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:D Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I've seen movies about this kind of thing and it never goes well. I'll be watching but just for the inevitable discovery of robot alien dropsite or sandking infestation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Surely not a small step, and potentially perhaps even a giant leap for mankind, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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