Laboratory sent by humans a year ago to land on another planet tonight

[Cire]

USA USA USA

[j-von]

We've landed on the moon!!

[j-von]

The nerds missing the high five was classic.

[EMAWmeister]

WE'VE GOT THUMBNAILS YOU GUYS

[EMAWesome]

Apparently the Martians have thumbnails!!!!!!!!!! 

[EMAWmeister]

IT'S THE WHEEL

 

[8manpick]

So much awkward nerd celebration!  <--- USA

[DQ12]

IN YOUR FACE, JUPITER, YOU FATASS.

[EMAWmeister]

IN YOUR FACE, JUPITER, YOU FATASS.

Hey man, he's just big boned.  He doesn't weigh that much.

[EMAWesome]

Did they launch this rough rider in the 50s? Before color cameras????

[Cire]

so how much money did these black and white pictures of red dirt cost the tax payers?

[DQ12]

so how much money did these black and white pictures of red dirt cost the tax payers?

like, practically nothing, bad person.

Also, this is a good thing!  They sent it and it worked!  Be happy!

 

[8manpick]

so how much money did these black and white pictures of red dirt cost the tax payers?

Get the eff out.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Did they launch this rough rider in the 50s? Before color cameras????

There was probably some bad person congressmen who made them switch to black and white to cut costs by a couple hundred dollars.

[Belvis Noland]

And true to the linked article, there's been very little new coverage of this event. 

[8manpick]

And true to the linked article, there's been very little new coverage of this event.

Yeah, but there were 180,000 people watching it on ustream at 12:30 AM.  That's pretty cool.

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

IN YOUR FACE, JUPITER, YOU FATASS.

Hey man, he's just big boned.  He doesn't weigh that much.

Jupiter is like, super bloated.

[bringonthecats]

And true to the linked article, there's been very little new coverage of this event.

Yeah, but there were 180,000 people watching it on ustream at 12:30 AM.  That's pretty cool.

if i remember correctly, at one point it was around 230,000! but then i wondered why only 230,000 people in the world were interested in watching us land a space laboratory on another planet. humans, man. can't live with them, can't live without them.

[reidrolled]

Why is this so impressive? is it because of the size of the rover?

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[EllToPay]

Why is this so impressive? is it because of the size of the rover?

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[reidrolled]

Why is this so impressive? is it because of the size of the rover?

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I mean, I understand that it's crazy to send something millions of miles away and still be in contact with it, and that the whole thing is crazy..... But is there not another rover on mars already? why is this one so special?

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[DQ12]

Why is this so impressive? is it because of the size of the rover?

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Pretty much.  This is a much more complicated, much more advanced object than anything we've sent to Mars.

It weighs about 1 ton and is roughly the size of an SUV. 

[EllToPay]

Why is this so impressive? is it because of the size of the rover?

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I mean, I understand that it's crazy to send something millions of miles away and still be in contact with it, and that the whole thing is crazy..... But is there not another rover on mars already? why is this one so special?

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not just the size, but more the way it landed. 2.5 billion dollars went from 13,000 mph to 0 in 7 minutes, and there was a rough ridin' rover that just dropped it off on the face of the martian surface and flew safely away.

[O-town Kat]

If you want to see the Cigars thread get to 80 gabillion pages, this landing is a pretty big deal.

[3maw]

usa wins gold in space exploration event, london 2012.

but really. launched last november, been a WIP for the last decade.