David K
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Mars Landing Live Today
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RFClark
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Yes! God’s speed, I hope they make it! Mars is a lot like Baja! Epic off-roading!
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David K
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Entering atmosphere of mars now.
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David K
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Touchdown!
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John Harper
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They made it!
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pacificobob
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this is a huge deal with many firsts. the video link below is worth the time if you are the slightest bit interested in technology.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqqaW8DCc-I
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pacificobob
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bump! i am so stoked about probe and..a bit surprised that there isn't more attention on this. i suppose kim and kanye have stolen the spotlight.
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David K
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Seriously, nothing on the evening news, either. Maybe if Ted Cruz went to Mars instead of Cancun, they would say more??? LOL
Bob, if you find links of photos from the surface taken by it, please add!
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Here you go
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/nasa-reveals-new-images-from-m...
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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Meanwhile millions of people here on planet earth are starving. What a complete disconnect from reality. Really a sad moment in history, but at least
Ted Cruz has a suntan! Total disconnect from reality but at least the constitution held up for another year, barely.
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Someone posted a picture, I think on facebook, that showed it landed next to a Walmart. Captioned read looking for life on Mars. I thought it was
funny. Walmart will probably be the first store on Mars if not Amazon.
[Edited on 2-20-2021 by TMW]
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AKgringo
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It would be more likely to land right between two Oxxo stores, there is rarely just one!
Kidding aside, I am looking forward to seeing footage from the drone they sent with the rover this time.
[Edited on 2-20-2021 by AKgringo]
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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I led my Zoom lecture to my students with the live landing, I want to thank NASA for their adjusting the schedule to fit into my prefered time slot!
Students were into it!
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Quote: Originally posted by caj13  | I led my Zoom lecture to my students with the live landing, I want to thank NASA for their adjusting the schedule to fit into my prefered time slot!
Students were into it! |
Have your students sign-up so their name will go on a microchip that will go on the next Mars flight.
https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/future
Our names are on Mars...along with 11 million other Earthlings. The hubby laughed at me when I signed us up for the flight a few years ago, now he
enjoys looking at the Red Planet while telling people our names are up there.
I also signed us up for the Parker Solar Probe that is now circling Venus then it will head toward the sun. Sure hope they packed us some sun
screen!!!
[Edited on 2-20-2021 by karenintx]
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Pretty exciting.
My daughter is studying Aerospace Engineering close to NASA in Florida.
[Edited on 2-21-2021 by JZ]
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okiebaja
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Cool Stuff
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David K
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Are you Kevin? Formerly Kevin in Ok,then BajaOkie?
[Edited on 2-22-2021 by David K]
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Skipjack Joe
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Whew! For a minute I thought you were going to post a set of maps for Mars as well.
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RFClark
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Mars maps
No map yet, but give David a few days the rover just got there! It looks like Baja!
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