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Re: Mars Rover on its way
« Reply #20 on: August 06, 2012, 12:45:47 AM »
Well, kudos to NASA...I wasn't sure that they could pull off such a ridiculously complicated and totally automated maneuver but they did. I guess this deserves some kind of celebratory thingy...

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Re: Mars Rover on its way
« Reply #21 on: August 06, 2012, 12:53:00 AM »
Lots of Mac laptops on display at mission control. Who knew?
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Re: Mars Rover on its way
« Reply #22 on: August 06, 2012, 06:45:37 AM »
Love the commentary Trap.

I too wonder where the dudes sporting buzz cuts and black frame glasses went.  Oh, and they all chain-smoked back then too, in the office.   ;D

PS-Nothin' against long haired pony-tail sportin' dude Pan, so smooth that fur down.   :D

About the most annoying thing about this operation is the name of the robot..."curiosity"!   ::) 
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Re: Mars Rover on its way
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Re: Mars Rover on its way
« Reply #24 on: August 07, 2012, 06:06:36 PM »
Didn't we already do the unmanned remote control Mars-Cart like a decade or two ago?

I'm for space exploration. And I'm sure this rover is better than the old rover. But why another rover?
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Re: Mars Rover on its way
« Reply #25 on: August 07, 2012, 08:31:14 PM »
Quote from: IronDioPriest on August 07, 2012, 06:06:36 PM
Didn't we already do the unmanned remote control Mars-Cart like a decade or two ago?

I'm for space exploration. And I'm sure this rover is better than the old rover. But why another rover?

How do you know it's a new one? maybe they just gave the old beast an Earl Scheib $99 special  ;D
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Re: Mars Rover on its way
« Reply #26 on: August 07, 2012, 08:43:39 PM »

Just so they don't run it through an automatic car wash.
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Re: Mars Rover on its way
« Reply #27 on: August 08, 2012, 06:45:17 AM »
They find Barry's document vault yet?
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Re: Mars Rover on its way
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Re: Mars Rover on its way
« Reply #29 on: December 04, 2012, 11:56:39 AM »
Still no mention of the vault?

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/what-did-curiosity-find-in-its-first-sniff-of-martian-soil/

Really, what are we paying these people for?

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Oh, right, Muslim outreach n' stuff...

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Re: Mars Rover on its way
« Reply #30 on: December 04, 2012, 10:43:10 PM »

Yeah, initial announcement was exciting then later heard that ice at the poles was verified, we knew that. 
Was it nothing or did they shut it up because the Dauphin doesn't want to divert any funds from his outreach?
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Re: Mars Rover on its way
« Reply #31 on: December 04, 2012, 11:22:04 PM »
"The Dauphin".  I like that, Charles.
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