Martian Defense Grid Fails!

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-01-04 12:45am

The American probe landed on Mars succsesfully, before the green men could sabotage it like they have 2/3 other mars missions

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-01-04 12:53am

You forgot the link

Hmm it was a half an hour plus ten minutes ago too.

Will we find a budweiser cap?

~Jason

lukexcom · Post by **lukexcom** » 2004-01-04 12:55am

Live minute by minute updates

They've got a strong, clear signal. Looking forward to the first few images in a few hours.

Burak Gazan · Post by **Burak Gazan** » 2004-01-04 12:55am

Watched the coverage on NASA tv live -- hard not be excited watching such a dedicated and enthusiastic bunch of men and women

Telemetry indicates rover has landed base petal down, so now have to wait for airbags to deflate and the petals to unfold, deploy camera mast, solar array, etc etc

So far, great job JPL!

lukexcom · Post by **lukexcom** » 2004-01-04 01:07am

Yeah, I tuned to Nasa TV some 2 minutes before they exploded in cheers. What a sight. Congratulations JPL, job well done! Now to unravel the little flower.

News conference in 5 minutes on Nasa TV.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-01-04 01:40am

Whoops, looks like the Great Martian Ghost failed.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2004-01-04 01:43am

Now NASA just has to send the signal so the rover can release that secret vial containing the common cold, and we're one step closer to interplanetary domination.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-01-04 01:44am

Gil Hamilton wrote:Whoops, looks like the Great Martian Ghost failed.

Shh! Don't jinx it! *touches wood, yelps as he gets a splinter*

Burak Gazan · Post by **Burak Gazan** » 2004-01-04 02:53am

Mars Odyssey flyby relaying UHF telemetry! May have some pics soon, but to this point everything that could go right, has

NASA tv live coverage at the moment

Burak Gazan · Post by **Burak Gazan** » 2004-01-04 03:22am

Images coming in at a pretty good clip, they look spectacular even in B+W thumbnails on NASA tv

All vehicle telemetry is in the green!

lukexcom · Post by **lukexcom** » 2004-01-04 03:23am

My god, there they are....beautiful...

Live on NASA TV, streaming in very fast, lots of images, 180 panoramas, close angle, wide angle, even an image while Spirit was still in re-entry!

I am at a loss of words. I have never seen such crystal-clear images. My god...

I ... speechless...

lukexcom · Post by **lukexcom** » 2004-01-04 03:36am

First images here

Stay tuned here for minute-by-minute updates

There's so much chatter in the control room now, lots of images, a polar mosaic, a 360 degree mosaic, many more. This is cool.

Burak Gazan · Post by **Burak Gazan** » 2004-01-04 03:50am

And these are just the initial thumbnails....

One engineer just joked that our rover is a rock magnet......some interesting rocks pretty close by

Project manager just chased people, time to get back to serious work

but still spectatular success, and this is just Day 1

(or Sol 1 for any martians

)

lukexcom · Post by **lukexcom** » 2004-01-04 04:11am

Well, a Martian day is 24 hours and 37 minutes, so saying "day" is close enough.

(When you read Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy so many times, you tend to memorize some useless facts like this)

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2004-01-04 05:46am

However, when they're sending probes to Pluto I'm sure all of them will be sabotaged by the Mi-Go.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2004-01-04 03:31pm

Fuck rovers, let's get "Mars Direct" underway!

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-01-04 04:53pm

We should build a rope ladder between mars and earth so we can go to mars in space suits.

The Aliens · Post by **The Aliens** » 2004-01-04 06:44pm

Well, there are plans to go back to the moon to establish a permanent base, aren't there? The States are trying to pre-empt China making it there, so if they do that it would be another step closer to Mars, paving the way for regular missions.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-01-04 08:49pm

Very good news. I only hope Beagle II is able to be found if it's still alive this week too and also hope the NASA probes will find more evidence of life to annoy Creationists with.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2004-01-04 08:51pm

The Aliens wrote:Well, there are plans to go back to the moon to establish a permanent base, aren't there? The States are trying to pre-empt China making it there, so if they do that it would be another step closer to Mars, paving the way for regular missions.

That is, if we can get any sort of materials processing going there, especially if that latest news about water ice not existing turns out to be false. If there still is water ice, then we can finally start producing rocket fuel on the Moon where we won't have to waste so much of it.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2004-01-05 02:00am

Straha wrote:The American probe landed on Mars succsesfully, before the green men could sabotage it like they have 2/3 other mars missions

With only 2/3s efficiency I am starting to doubt whether or not it's worth the strain on the budget. I'm willing to bet there's going to be a total recall of some higher up politians.

[yes I am a bastard]

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-01-05 10:56pm

Will our next step be to send inspectors on Mars to search for Martian WMDs? You never know how many little green men could be up there ready to mutilate our cows and anal probe our drunk rednecks by the thousands.

Worlds Spanner · Post by **Worlds Spanner** » 2004-01-05 11:31pm

Lonestar wrote:Fuck rovers, let's get "Mars Direct" underway!

HELLS YES!!!

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-01-06 02:12am

Is there any way to claim Mars in the name of the United States and then charge other countries to land their stuff there?

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-01-06 06:49pm

SyntaxVorlon wrote:
Straha wrote:The American probe landed on Mars succsesfully, before the green men could sabotage it like they have 2/3 other mars missions
With only 2/3s efficiency I am starting to doubt whether or not it's worth the strain on the budget. I'm willing to bet there's going to be a total recall of some higher up politians. [yes I am a bastard]

No, the green men have sabotaged 2 out of three mars craft, or, bluntly, NASA is so screwed up only 1/3 probes makes it alive.

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