What sets Curiosity apart from other Mars Rovers?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._1215_D521.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1coV7XqE1M
7 Minutes of Terror: Curiosity Rover's Risky Mars Landing
How do you get a 2,000 pound Mini Cooper from 13,000 mph to zero in a thin atmosphere?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2I8AoB1xgU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4boyXQuUIw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity_rover
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What sets Curiosity apart from other Mars Rovers?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1coV7XqE1M
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Is Curiosity the first to land without "airbags" surrounding it ? Sounds like it's going to land much the same way as the Lunar Landers did. Only with no on-board pilot.
Thats a great animation. I like how they jetison the jet propelled lowering platform ater the curiosity hits the ground.
American exceptionalism no doubt.
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Some of those guys are absolutely high functioning autistic or exibit those characteristics.
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I don't have youtube access.
Viking 1 was the first successful Mars lander to send back useful scientific data. It used thrusters to land on Mars on 20 July 1976.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sagan_Viking.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_program
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_landing
Scroll down to see Mars exploration timeline:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_Mars
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I read about this landing. The animation is awesome. I sure hope it works. It looks like alot could go wrong.
Desert testing: Dumont Dunes, Mojave Desert, near Death Valley.
http://news.discovery.com/space/phot...ts-120514.html
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-135
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14DG47uhlJs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn0azajwURk
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Transport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgM_kWJkkQY
Launch, with 4 SRB's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-LudR2pQyU
Journey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r0B-sJuqwA
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv...ce-laboratory/
Landing Site
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTJZUQgcS6U
Commo
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article...._p0-477279.xml
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The picture in my avatar is of the Houston Ship Channel and was taken from my backyard. I like to sit outside and slap mosquitos while watching countless supertankers, barges and cargo ships of every shape and size carry all sorts of deadly toxins to and fro. It's really beautiful at times.....just don't eat the three eyed fish....
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Rover Power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JOPW8aAcgE
Dusty Panels
http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8...8fd26aa970b-pi
Radiation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjdUmXEKLis
Life Signs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1kaQC4NGpE
The Planet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOsGh5XLLwI
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History
http://www.space.com/16566-mars-land...curiosity.html
http://www.space.com/11790-mars-spac...ed-planet.html
http://www.space.com/10930-mars-land...ploration.html
http://www.space.com/16496-mars-land...-timeline.html
----Graphics
http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...fm?id=mars-map
http://www.space.com/12404-mars-expl...vers-1971.html
http://www.space.com/16575-mars-expl...fographic.html
http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...-mars-timeline
----Comprehensive MSL History
http://www.space.com/13677-nasa-mars...-coverage.html
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/timeline/launch/
Mission Updates
http://www.space.com/16385-curiosity...aboratory.html
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/msl_landing.cfm
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimed...iLab&ImageOf=0
https://www.facebook.com/MarsCuriosity
http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl
----JPL
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/
----Possible Live Video Links
http://www.livestream.com/spacefligh...gn=footerlinks
http://www.livestream.com/floridatoday_space
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-mobile
http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2
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NASA TV coverage will begin at 11:30 PM EDT.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y6El...=youtube_gdata
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New MSL website:
http://getcurious.com/
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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
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NASA TV Live Events Schedule:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasat..._Breaking.html
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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/
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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
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