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

[Fredulus]

i dont get it, haven't they already sent like a whole bunch of other robots there anyways? whats the point of sending more? what more is there too see?

hurrdurrhuuuuurrrrr

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[bejacks]

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[Acid]

Curiosity's transmitter is off-line now and she's flying on her own for the final descent and landing. Curiosity just passed by Diemos one of Mars' moons.

i dont get it, haven't they already sent like a whole bunch of other robots there anyways? whats the point of sending more? what more is there too see?

It's a mobile lab not a camera

[Nightmare-Duckie]

I like how last night YouTube had live footage of bands, but tonight it doesn't seem like they're going to stream any Curiosity footage.
Really shows where the media stands.

[steve5451]

It doesn't stream the landing.

[RedGajin]

I like how last night YouTube had live footage of bands, but tonight it doesn't seem like they're going to stream any Curiosity footage.
Really shows where the media stands.

i would honestly rather watch snoop dogg bust some rhymes then watch some hunk of metal go around a red desert and pick up rocks.

pretty sure lots of other people would too, media seems in the right.

[Nightmare-Duckie]

You make me sad.

[steve5451]

Well space is my serious interest so I could watch a little hunk of metal slowly drive around at 4 fps all day.

[Man 2]

Oh jesus they stole a wheel from Curiosity

[Ben Grapevine]

2 years and they only want to go 20 kilometers?

[Acid]

i would honestly rather watch snoop dogg bust some rhymes then watch some hunk of metal go around a red desert and pick up rocks.

pretty sure lots of other people would too, media seems in the right.

You obviously don't understand the significance of this event in any way. That 'red desert' is a foreign planet where no man has walked, hundreds of millions of miles away from us and we are sending the first mobile, remotely-operated laboratory to it using an extremely delicate procedure that could go wrong in so many ways.

[dkamm65]

2 years and they only want to go 20 kilometers?

It's not designed to, nor is it intended to go fast. It's going to move around slowly, studying the terrain the entire time.

[RedGajin]

You obviously don't understand the significance of this event in any way. That 'red desert' is a foreign planet where no man has walked hundred of millions of miles away from us and we are sending the first mobile, remotely-operated laboratory to it using an extremely delicate procedure that could go wrong in so many ways.

oh no, i understand the significance, i just don't exactly find it interesting. i mean sure it would be cool to watch it land or something, but i wouldn't be very interested in watching it drive around at like .1 inches per hour for a whole day.

everyone has their different interests, and a small majority of the worlds population is actually interested in stuff like this.

[Nightmare-Duckie]

2 years and they only want to go 20 kilometers?

They always keep the rovers going longer than they say they would.
Spirit's mission was scheduled to only be active for 92 days but was active for 2,695 days.
Opportunity's mission was also supposed to be 92 days long but if I'm correct I think it's still active.
Curiosity will most likely go much farther.

[steve5451]

I was thinking about that.