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 photomstr
Male, 50-59, Canada
 767 Posts
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Monday, June 25, 2012 5:08:08 AM
I didn't think the air bags would work but they did . . . twice. I hope they pull this off it is pretty cool! |
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 robosnitz
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
2752 Posts
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Saturday, June 23, 2012 10:21:03 PM
Do the Martians know about this? |
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 maddux32
Male, 30-39, Western US
840 Posts
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Saturday, June 23, 2012 9:09:52 PM
@MacGuffin
Yeah, but not so much where it presented a danger to the instruments. On a side note, the girl in this video was gorgeous. |
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 Draculya
Male, 30-39, Asia
6328 Posts
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Saturday, June 23, 2012 9:06:40 PM
No doubt someone was using Imperial Units again.
They are so screwed. |
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 SilverThread
Male, 30-39, Western US
3360 Posts
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Saturday, June 23, 2012 5:09:07 PM
7 Minutes of Terror, Directed by Ridley Scott and starring WALL-E. |
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STWP
Male, 50-59, Western US
10 Posts
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Saturday, June 23, 2012 4:16:02 PM
Doesn't sound crazy, just overly complicated, but I guess they have their reasons. Maybe it's the payload size. Or maybe Viking 1 and other landers didn't have enough drama for today's audiences. |
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 Ajikan
Male, 18-29, Europe
1538 Posts
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Saturday, June 23, 2012 2:15:14 PM
Doesn't sound crazy at all. |
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 MacGuffin
Female, 30-39, Europe
2597 Posts
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Saturday, June 23, 2012 2:09:36 PM
Cool link. The final bit, where they use a "Sky Crane" manoeuvre to lower the Lander itself onto the surface from a hovering platform, the 20 metre height they're intending to lower from doesn't seem high enough for the intended purpose of avoiding kicking up an instrument-damaging dust cloud. If you've ever stood beneath a helicopter at that distance, you'll know how much downdraft there is to keep a heavy object airborne. Even with Mars' lower gravity (and therefore downward pull) and using on-board compressed gas rather than atmospheric lift from Mars' thin atmosphere, there'll still be a fair amount of dust from 20m. |
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 Squrlz4Sale
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
3325 Posts
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Saturday, June 23, 2012 12:29:16 PM
Wow. Great video. Thanks, Piperfawn! |
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 piperfawn
Male, 30-39, Europe
3163 Posts
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Saturday, June 23, 2012 6:02:00 AM
Link: 7 Minutes Of Terror [Rate Link] - Curiosity Rover's Risky Mars Landing |
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