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Alay
United States660 Posts
On August 06 2012 15:43 rezoacken wrote: When I think about it, that Rover is like a facebook girl, first thing she does is taking a picture of herself ! Oh gods... I hope they didn't add a kissy-face instrument and a bathroom mirror for it to use T.T | ||
imallinson
United Kingdom3482 Posts
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brachester
Australia1786 Posts
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rezoacken
Canada2719 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
On August 06 2012 15:46 brachester wrote: is he crying lol? Why wouldn't he; 8 years of a project that faced so many hurdles including cancellation due to budget cuts and belief that it would not work. Yet it did. | ||
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Ventil
Sweden414 Posts
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brachester
Australia1786 Posts
Science fuck yeah!!! :'( | ||
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Nimelrian
Germany142 Posts
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acker
United States2958 Posts
On August 06 2012 15:51 Nimelrian wrote: Still waiting for the guys at the press conference to start chanting "USA USA USA" They need to play the Team America Song. | ||
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Jetaap
France4814 Posts
On August 06 2012 15:47 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Why wouldn't he; 8 years of a project that faced so many hurdles including cancellation due to budget cuts and belief that it would not work. Yet it did. You're not surprised to see a football player cry after winning a superbowl or something like that. Landing a fucking 1-ton rover on mars using a never used before landing technique, the result of a 8 year project, and you're surprised that people can get emotional? | ||
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Sikly
United States413 Posts
On August 06 2012 15:42 rezoacken wrote: Dont forget its also 7$ for the total project which lasted years :O That's really cheap on the taxes per year. NASA gets something along the lines of half a penny per tax dollar total. According to Wikipedia(It's late, don't hate  ) they have received, from 1958 to 2011, 526 billion dollars, or 790 billion when adjusted for inflation. NASA takes every penny amazingly far. I'd love to see how many total hours went into this project, compared to how many were paid out. I bet many people worked for free almost as much as they were paid. | ||
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Ercster
United States603 Posts
On August 05 2012 20:27 Twinkle Toes wrote: Another way to burn our money uselessly. Really what's to be had in all these space missions in this time when the economy is barely floating. You do realize that a lot of the major advancements in medicine and science are because of the things we've put in space? Now, about the landing. I am so fucking excited about what comes out of the information they gather from curiosity. The fact that we have even been able to put something on a place that seems so far away is truly astonishing. | ||
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Medrea
10003 Posts
On August 06 2012 15:47 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Why wouldn't he; 8 years of a project that faced so many hurdles including cancellation due to budget cuts and belief that it would not work. Yet it did. If they were real men they would walk away from the monitor that had the mars pictures in slow motion. Real men dont look. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Big-t
Austria1350 Posts
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Medrea
10003 Posts
On August 06 2012 16:08 Big-t wrote: Oh No. I just woke up. Did I miss the main part? Yeah this is post landing press conference. | ||
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Left4Cookies
Denmark803 Posts
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Bobgrimly
New Zealand250 Posts
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rezoacken
Canada2719 Posts
On August 06 2012 16:15 Bobgrimly wrote: May I ask why this is a big deal? They sent a rover a few years back. So they are sending another.... yay? Like the second one is going to come up with some earth shattering discovery.... no. If I was a geologist I would be slightly more interested. Or if they find large deposits of gold or other rare and valuable minerals and I am one of those new private space venture investors I might be happy. But otherwise why does this matter to anyone? There is no real gain or progress. Until they can maintain a base on the moon and travel to that repeatedly no mission to mars will ever happen. And anyone with half a brain will tell you even going back to the moon isn't likely to be viable. If you're not interested your loss but why should we care ? There are scientific researchs to be made on mars with it, with better tools than the previous rovers. If you are not interested by those new potential discoveries... gtfo ? Afaik I dont go to the Korean music thread to tell them it sucks... jeez -.- | ||
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stratmatt
United States913 Posts
On August 06 2012 16:15 Bobgrimly wrote: May I ask why this is a big deal? They sent a rover a few years back. So they are sending another.... yay? Like the second one is going to come up with some earth shattering discovery.... no. If I was a geologist I would be slightly more interested. Or if they find large deposits of gold or other rare and valuable minerals and I am one of those new private space venture investors I might be happy. But otherwise why does this matter to anyone? There is no real gain or progress. Until they can maintain a base on the moon and travel to that repeatedly no mission to mars will ever happen. And anyone with half a brain will tell you even going back to the moon isn't likely to be viable. troll detected. Anyone with half a brain sees this as a humongous achievement for mankind so what happened to yours? | ||
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