Mars Curiosity

[AmdEmAll]

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/

Anyone else really excited to see this go on? It seems like a crazy way to land with so many things to go wrong but im hopeful that it will work.

I know i'll be around the tv sunday night with beer in hand

 

[Merad]

I plan to stay up for it.

 

[flyboy84]

Check this shit out:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=146903741

 

[purbeast0]

thanks for reminding me, i may stay up to see it east coast, or may just catch it the next day.

 

[ichy]

I really hope it works. NASA's planetary program has been gutted, this is going to be the last big mission they get in a while. Curiosity looks like an amazing machine but NASA has really put all their eggs in one two-billion dollar basket.

 

[AmdEmAll]

I wish they made a backup one just in case but with such a small budget.. not possible I assume.

 

[ichy]

Curiosity's budget was not small. The rover is very expensive, and they used a big launcher (Atlas V 541) that cost a substantial amount as well.

 

[BoomerD]

Yeah...it seems extremely complicated. I HOPE they manage to pull it off.

Anyone else planning to watch the Science Channel's show?

http://science.discovery.com/videos/mars-landing-2012-sneak-peek.html

 

[Sentrosi2121]

I know I'm going to be up and I'll probably DVR it for the kids to watch the next day.

 

[Arcadio]

I've been waiting for this moment since the moment it launched.