Rover's Risky Landing, 10:31 PDT 5 August 2012

[Space Racer]

NASA TV coverage will begin at 11:30 PM EDT.

[Space Racer]

New MSL website:

http://getcurious.com/

[Space Racer]

Captain Kirk on Mars

Skip the Wheaton version.

http://news.discovery.com/space/mars...nt-120731.html


Mission Status

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/msl/status.html

[rscamaro]

I work for Lockheed in the facility that made a whole bunch of the parts for MSL. I assure you, I am not autistic or exhibit those characteristics!

Do you just work for Lockheed or are you one of the braintrusts that imagine all of the incredible stuff that they come up with?

Either way, thanks for keeping us out in the forefront of technology.

...Ron

[Space Racer]

NASA TV Live Events Schedule:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasat..._Breaking.html

[Space Racer]

JPL News Briefings (Pacific Time):

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/wh...ws&NewsID=1273


Gale Crater:

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/explore/galecrater/

[Space Racer]

Mars Science Laboratory Entry, Descent, and Landing Simulator

This is a downloadable simulator from NASA. It presents a view of the MSL as though you were in a spacecraft nearby. You can see the MSL, the solar system, Mars, and Mars Odyssey, the satellite orbiting Mars, from different angles. You can watch it in Preview Mode or LIVE Mode.

http://eyes.nasa.gov/

This video shows you what it looks like.
Go to 28:45.

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl

[Space Racer]

A few interesting facts about Curiosity's mission to Mars:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...X_gallery.html


NASA MSL Image Gallery:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ms...dexEvents.html

[Six]

I work for Lockheed in the facility that made a whole bunch of the parts for MSL. I assure you, I am not autistic or exhibit those characteristics!

I don't recall stating that EVERYONE who worked there was "autistic".

People with High Functioning forms of autism like aspergers syndrome DO however migrate to that type of vocation.

Tell me do you know anyone who fits the characteristics of someone who is high functioning ?

[Space Racer]

Mars Science Laboratory Entry, Descent, and Landing Simulator

This is a downloadable simulator from NASA. It presents a view of the MSL as though you were in a spacecraft nearby. You can see the MSL, the solar system, Mars, and Mars Odyssey, the satellite orbiting Mars, from different angles. You can watch it in Preview Mode or LIVE Mode.

http://eyes.nasa.gov/

This video shows you what it looks like.
Go to 28:45.

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl

This is an intro to Eyes on the Solar System, where the EDL Simulator resides:

[Space Racer]

Raw Images:

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/

[danielthechskid]

I watched it land live via both the Nasa direct feed from nasa.gov and via the TWiT network at live.twit.tv

[Space Racer]

I watched it land live via both the Nasa direct feed from nasa.gov and via the TWiT network at live.twit.tv

Excellent. Check this one out too.

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ma...ity_news3.html