coolness! new Mars rover

[Skyway6]

find this facinating. a new lander is about to land on Mars. good luck and happy landing Curiosity (rover)

"Arriving at Mars at 10:31 p.m. PDT on Aug. 5, 2012 (1:31 a.m. EDT on Aug. 6, 2012), Mars Science Laboratory will serve as an entrée to the next decade of Mars exploration. It represents a huge step in Mars surface science and exploration capability...."

very interesting steps for the landing. nothing like the last 2 rovers ... short vid here
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120731.html

and here is main site. can watch it live on Nasa TV (from the link)
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/

 

[RockerGuy]

Wow, I'm actually dying in anticipation

 

[psycho44]

awesome it will land just 10 minutes after I get home from work. Can't wait to watch it live.

 

[sircastic]

That is really cool. Given how much can go wrong and that it's all automated it'll be a tremendous feat to pull it off. I'm going to watch too.

 

[WoBblyCaT]

Haha! It looks like a teddy bear!

 

[RetroGrouch]

Related to WALL-E?

 

[rmemedic]

Whose watching this tonight? I've been looking forward to it.

 

[Paulhv1]

Whose watching this tonight? I've been looking forward to it.

What time and channel?

 

[rmemedic]

What time and channel?

Look at the second link on the original post. On the left hand side of that page will be the link to watch it.

 

[kanabis]

T minus 2 hrs

 

[psycho44]

nooooooo 5 minutes to landing and the link is not working for me

 

[psycho44]

k, found a link

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...anding-rover-curiosity-science-how-watch-see/

 

[f1mauro]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/gallery/gallery-index.html

Awesome pics of how they put it all together for the launch.

 

[RockerGuy]

I was listening to BBC radio and they said that thing is powered by a nuclear battery that is abled to power it for 10yrs. :shock:
Come to think about it, James Cameron on T2 is not far fetched