Countdown: Curiousity Mars landing
 

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Science_Laboratory

5 days, 3 hours to go!

Go science! :D

Good luck to them :salute:

I hope they have a safe landing!:up:

http://iphone22.arc.nasa.gov/public/....php?id=429329

Only a few hours to go!

But to be honest, IMO, there's a strong chance if a crash landing. Like 20% IMO. Such a complicated system, untested too.

Well, they're careful in trying to adjust their expectations and saying that even if it's a failure, it will be something that will produce useful data to learn from for the future. If nothing else, it is certainly a very calculated risk and something that, in theory, a computer-controlled system can do perfectly well. In practice, well, we'll see. I'm really looking forward to the news tonight either way!

Apparently it made it!

Great news! :yeah:

Can't wait to see what data comes out in the next few days. Hopefully this is going to be as exciting scientifically as Spirit and Opportunity had been.

Some cool images from the lander already starting to come through... http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ma...ity_news3.html

There's no way the mission can be as successful longevity wise. 90 day warranty and they last how many years now?

At that rate, people will be disappointed if it doesn't last 30 years.

Would be cool to see them meet up in 75 years though. :D

Hoax, it's all a hoax!!! All photoshop and theatre! :O:

Oh man, not another one.:hmmm:

Mars orbiter sees Curiosity's parachute deployed from above


http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...54971091_n.jpg

It was all filmed on a soundstage on the Moon!

Will we see an another race in space, like the one between USA and USSR?

I think so, only this time it will be between USA and China- I think that after China have put a man on the Moon(if not the alien prevent them to do so :haha:) -they will go further and go for Mars

For America it will be a real blow if China is the first country to put a man on Mars and not them.

Markus

It will be a long time before China can send a man to Mars.

For some of us here, we will be dead by the time the US sends men to Mars.