NASA's Curiosity rover has touched down on the surface of Mars

[Fredulus]

I don't think they get signal on mars 

of course they do wtf
you think they just shoot a rover at mars and then never hear from it again?

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[Grodus]

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inb4aliencontactonlivestream

Doubt it, Mars has a rather sparse atmosphere and little liquid water iirc.
There may be some primordial ooze, but I doubt you're going to have multicellular organisms.

[Extrude]

of course they do wtf
you think they just shoot a rover at mars and then never hear from it again?

Most likely. Sounds reasonable.

[steve5451]

Bacteria!

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Most likely. Sounds reasonable.

I heard they load these things with wads of $100 bills right before each launch too.

[TheArmyGuy]

Question, does it land when that countdown ends or do we get the video feed and report of the landing when it ends?

[Pixel]

http://eyes.nasa.gov/index.html

Question, does it land when that countdown ends or do we get the video feed and report of the landing when it ends?

Coverage starts at 11:30EST I think so the countdown should be around when it lands.

[TheArmyGuy]

Signal delay time is like an hour or so right? Because I can't pull an all-nighter today due to events tomorrow but I really don't want to miss this.

EDIT: Wait forget no it's only 13 minutes why did I even think it was 1 hour

[Planr]

Are we really going to see this live from the cameras on the ship?!

No. the time it takes for light to reach earth from mars is either 45 seconds or 45 minutes. i am not sure which.

[Oasis]

forget school starting tomorrow.

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No. the time it takes for light to reach earth from mars is either 45 seconds or 45 minutes. i am not sure which.

It takes 8 minutes for light from the sun to reach Earth.

[e-maxx]

Doubt it, Mars has a rather sparse atmosphere and little liquid water iirc.
There may be some primordial ooze, but I doubt you're going to have multicellular organisms.

y u so serious bro?

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[steve5451]

No. the time it takes for light to reach earth from mars is either 45 seconds or 45 minutes. i am not sure which.

According to the livestream I've been listening to all day, it takes roughly 45 seconds.