Mark NOV 25th space/science lovers.

[Locut0s]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/03/us-space-mars-idUSTRE7A26VA20111103

Official launch date for the next Mars rover "Curiosity".

 

[zinfamous]

 

[Locut0s]

Holly fuck I remember that program! Corny and cheap and boy did he overdo his "passion" for getting out sky watching new to you. But you know what it worked!

 

[Locut0s]

Holly fuck I remember that program! Corny and cheap and boy did he overdo his "passion" for getting out sky watching new to you. But you know what it worked!

Oh right. And he always said "Mark <insert date> on your calendars" didn't he? Almost like it was a slogan of his.

 

[zinfamous]

Jack Horkheimer is/(was?) a god amongst dweebs.


EDIT: holy shit, I weant back and actually took more than 2 seconds to look at the web page from where I lifted that photo.
Article title:

"Jack Horkheimer, Dead at Age 72."




http://www.blippitt.com/jack-horkheimer-popular-star-gazer-dead-at-72/

 

[zinfamous]

Oh right. And he always said "Mark <insert date> on your calendars" didn't he? Almost like it was a slogan of his.

yeah, I forgot about that. lol. It is ingrained in your subconscious.


I was trying to find a photo of him sliding down a comet, or zinging around Saturn's rings (those are available), but I figured the salute was more appropriate for the thread title.

 

[Locut0s]

Jack Horkheimer is/(was?) a god amongst dweebs.

He will be forever linked with this I think:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igHOaMOzzUo

 

[Locut0s]

I see he died Aug 20th 2010 from complications stemming from a life long battle he had with a congenital degenerative lung disease

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Horkheimer

RIP

 

[zinfamous]

He will be forever linked with this I think:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igHOaMOzzUo

lol

 

[Jeff7]

MSL image gallery

That's a darn big rover there. Hopefully this Skycrane landing system works as expected.

 

[Locut0s]

MSL image gallery

That's a darn big rover there. Hopefully this Skycrane landing system works as expected.

Thanks for the links! Yeah the sky crane system has me worried. Especially considering the success they now have had with the airbag systems. But they design these things so far in advance that there was no way to change any of this by the time of Sojourner, Odyssey, and Spirits successes.

 

[Jeff7]

Thanks for the links! Yeah the sky crane system has me worried. Especially considering the success they now have had with the airbag systems. But they design these things so far in advance that there was no way to change any of this by the time of Sojourner, Odyssey, and Spirits successes.

The issue with MSL is that it's just too damn big for the airbag landing system. The airbags for Soujouner and the MERs were made of Vectran, which is some kind of ridiculously strong fabric material, and even that did have some known vulnerabilities - hitting a properly-shaped rock at just the right location on the airbags would have potentially ruptured them, so they tried to select landing sites that looked relatively free of large pieces. And of course, the MERs couldn't easily traverse extremely rugged terrain. But they were about at the limit of what could be safely landed using airbags.


I wonder if Opportunity will still be alive and kicking once MSL lands?