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Is Mars called the red planet because it's a Communist planet?
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Jeez, they have been talking about this for years on Big Bang Theory and we just now do it IRL?? LOL!!
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Indeed ,this was a Rube Goldberg device, but sometimes that's the only thing
that has a chance of working.
The chances are good that some form of life still resides within some warm and dank
caverns below the Martian surface.
Many volanoes have waxed and waned on the Martian landscape and I'll bet some
of those lavatubes are habitable .
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I enjoyed watching the landing myself. A proud day for NASA/JPL and America as well. Bravo!
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I'm relieved and overjoyed that Curiosity made it safely to Mars. Given the failure rate of Mars missions and the almost comic Rube Goldberg complexity of this one, I wasn't optimistic. I know NASA's had a stellar record with Mars in the last decade or so, but I kinda felt they were pushing their luck with this one -- as if their recent successes made them irrationally bold, especially since the Europeans (and the Chinese) still haven't been able to crack that nut.
I guess I should stop being so pessimistic. It looks like NASA's finally grokked it.
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I LOVED IT!
GOD, So amazing!
To save the typing again, as I have posted it on my FB, and another forum I am on:
I LOVED the real time landing of the Curiosity rove on Mars. Just amazing. Imagine what we(humans) could accomplish if we all worked together, instead of redefining our differences.
And this sin't a small craft that has been out there in space, that we launched from Earth, and flew to another planet. This isn't a sputnik sized orb, it's like sending a Prius from here to Mars, and landing it at warp speed!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._1215_D521.jpg
Sorry, I am just a HUGE dork for this stuff, and Space fascinates me in general. I LOVE IT!
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Curiosity landing on Mars
Curiosity landing attempt has America staying up late tonight
People will be stay up late in Huntsville and across America tonight to see if NASA can drop a robot rover the size of an Austin Mini Cooper safely on the surface of Mars. If Curiosity survives a descent its own designers say sounds "crazy," it could answer key questions about the origins of the solar system and the chances of life on Mars.
Challenges of Getting to Mars: Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror (Video)
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