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“Curiosity” Lands Safely on MARS!

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“Curiosity” Lands Safely on MARS!

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  1. scribble

    August 6th, 2012

    Now THAT is something that didn’t get their by itself. Congratulations to all at NASA!

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  2. scribble

    August 6th, 2012

    Meanwhile, Iran will send up a monkey in a rocket.

    HA!HA!HA!HA!

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  3. jwm

    August 6th, 2012

    Where’s the kaboom?

    JWM

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  4. scr_north

    August 6th, 2012

    Just watched the landing and it was great. I remember watching one of the rovers land years ago and I think the same guy that did the play-by-play for that landing also did todays. Congratulations to NASA and all their people for an exceptional job well done.

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  5. Troy

    August 6th, 2012

    “You didn’t land that”…

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  6. Dr.John

    August 6th, 2012

    Curiosity lands successfully, in spite of Obama!

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  7. iamthegps

    August 6th, 2012

    Awesome! Watched it live and just about cheered right along with the NASA guys… Five bucks says everyone at the JPL is gonna be kneewalking drunk by morning. ;) Huge step forward for our space program.

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  8. Mary Jane Anklestraps

    August 6th, 2012

    It’d be better if 0bama and moo were in it
    >:-|

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  9. iamthegps

    August 6th, 2012

    Forgot to add, huge congratulations to the guys and ladies at NASA. Watching the news briefing now.

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  10. Diogenes

    August 6th, 2012

    NYT’s Monday Morning Headline:
    Obama Landings Rover on Mars

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  11. scribble

    August 6th, 2012

    “there” – yikes!

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  12. scribble

    August 6th, 2012

    I’m sure obama will attribute this success to NASA’s new moooslim outreach.

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  13. A Martian Cat

    August 6th, 2012

    Fuck me!

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  14. Stranded in Sonoma

    August 6th, 2012

    Why send another rover to Mars? Is NASA expecting to find muzloids there to outreach to?

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  15. Jerry Manderin

    August 6th, 2012

    “President Barack Obama tweeted his appreciation: “I congratulate and thank all the men and women of NASA who made this remarkable accomplishment a reality.”

    Tweets?

    What a dick.

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  16. Boobie the Rocket Dog

    August 6th, 2012

    Ex-president Obama and former senator Bill Nelson, Fake astronaut, will be boarding the next Soyuz space flight from Planet Hollywood to Uranus.

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  17. Boobie the Rocket Dog

    August 6th, 2012

    Seriously, thanks to the engineers at NASA for giving America back some pride.

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  18. Barack Obama

    August 6th, 2012

    I will admit to being skeptical about the system and likelyhood of success. Glad I was wrong. Congrats Nasa. You slide rule guys rock.

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  19. Joe

    August 6th, 2012

    Two thumbs up, NASA. We respect the engineering and planning that went into this journey. Next time, take Obama with you. It’s the only way we’re gonna get rid of him. Some of my friends don’t think he’ll leave even when voted out of office.

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  20. StumpMan

    August 6th, 2012

    Millions of Martian cats are fleeing in terror.

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  21. Boobie the Rocket Dog

    August 6th, 2012

    I understand both WalMart and Chick-Fil-A want to open outlets there.

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  22. Necrophidius

    August 6th, 2012

    And bi-curious lands in Harry Reids backyard. That’s what I hear anyway.

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  23. norman einstein

    August 6th, 2012

    Great News!
    How soon will it be habitable?

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  24. nick s

    August 6th, 2012

    weheell.. looks like they got over that whole pesky metric-to-english-to-muslim conversion problem opportunity that cost several hundred million dollars

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  25. Chieftain

    August 6th, 2012

    I think it is important to point out that the control room consoles for EDL were manned last night by students from Cal Tech who are studying different aspects of Engineering and Aerospace technology as part of their curriculum.

    NASA sponsors the Jet Propulsion Laboratory but it is run by the California Institute of Technology. Imagine being one of those young people in that room last night, and having this successful landing on your transcripts and in your resume. This was as big of a technological step, and in some ways bigger, than the first manned landing on the moon.

    Keep an eye open for some incredible pictures soon. The descent camera on the bottom of the rover was supposed to take 5 frames per second for about the last 2 minutes of the descent after the heat shield popped off. Should be an incredible sequence to see….

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