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Spirit Rover Lands Successfully
So, as I write this, the latest word is: the Spirit rover has landed and NASA has received a signal indicating it landed right-side up (so it shouldn't have any problems in the unfolding process) and will shortly be retracting the protective airbags which kept it from splattering all over the countryside. Y'all can fill in later news in the comments below. There's a nice site with up-to-the-minute text updates.
Yahoo! We beat the Martian Defense Grid. Up yours Mars!
I have been waiting all week to say that!
"It is not how things are in the world that is mystical, but that it exists." -Ludwig Wittgenstein
When will the ESA officially ask us to go find their rover?
Windows has detected a new device, "Planet Mars". Please insert the disk marked "Windows CD-ROM" and press OK to continue.
All employees must wash hands before seeking equitable relief.
Shhh... you're going to make the Martians hate us too.
We have succesfully completed the most complex engineering sequence ever created by man.
:)
And I always thought that was the Win98 Install CD...
Congratulations to the Nasa Engineers!
Now it would be really cool if it could find Beagle 2.
:-(
Even if it only finds an impact crater
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The Martian Information Minister reports that there was no successful landing and that Martian air defenses have engaged and shot down their second UFO in just 10 days.
He went on to say that their Defense Minister "Marvin" is working on a uber weapon known as the Illudium Pew-36 Explosive Space Modulator that will vanquish the infadels in a single Earth shattering KABOOM!
-PizaZ
I believe they've actually landed on the Moon! Some would say the Earth is their moon, but that would belittle the name of their moon... which is the moon.
This would've been first post if it wasn't for the eight minute delay between Mars and Earth.
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Love,
Spirit
Maybe we should call beagle in for reinforcements?
"All the Earth infidel's space probes were destroyed! There are no Earth probes on mars! Earth probes will never penetrate our atmosphere! Earth probes should surrender now or face certain failure!" /etc, etc
Lots of countries have been having a field day at us the last few years. Europe is up in arms about our desire to enforce the UN resolutions against Iraq. Asia is going apeshit about North Korea. The Arabs are claming that we're on some kind of holy war to eliminate Islam. And, of course, the recent actions by Heir Bush and Ashcroft's SS organization just provides fodder for the fire of discontent. But, when it's all said and done, when you need to get something done and done right, you're better off relying on the USA to do it. Whether it is freeing Afghanistan from the Taliban, protecting the world from Al Queda, liberating Iraq, or getting a spacecraft to Mars, it's the USA leading the way for the rest of humanity. For all of you anti-American zealouts out there, can we at least get a high-five from you over this? You can go back to bashing us tomorrow but how about one day where we get some recognition for advancing humanity?
Tm
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Check out this news report from SFGate -
Mission officials said that means that if time permitted before the Martian dusk, the rover could start snapping pitchers of Mars late Saturday night.
I hope them pitchers look perty!
It means about .02 horspower of data.
Besides, Windows has yet to cause my computer to rocket into the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds, resulting in it landing on the ground and bouncing for a few kilometers before resting in the middle of an old lake bed.
You're obviously not overclocking your machine enough then.
WWJD.... for a Klondike bar?
This will not help dispel the "Macs are more expensive" myth...
Thanks. I have always been a staunch defender of the existence of Mars.
I all seriousness, me too! Im convinced it was the surface roaming martian overlords who are to blame. I for one, welcome them.
Thanks. I have always been a staunch defender of the existence of Mars.
:)
I'm not supposed to tell you this, but it's a government conspiracy!
Actually I woke up at 3:00 AM PST so... you get the idea
'NASA calling the ESA' "Hello, we have a collect call from 'Beagle 2', will you accept the charges?" -stolen from irc
Few more rovers up there and we can start having some fights.
Make it like the X-Prize. Teams need to launch their bot, land it, and attack the competition.
The RIAA would have considered it a performace broadcast and NASA hadn't paid the appropriate ASCAP fees.
the good ground has been paved over by suicidal maniacs
that song it uses as a beacon composed by the British band Blur
Maybe they didn't pick up Beagle's signal because it was indistinguishable from background noise?
We are talking about the same journalists, aren't we? Short, weasely little things? Live in caves, spend a lot of time worrying about Marylin Manson and which common household items are made of deadly poison? Hang around the White House filling their humps with doughnuts and coffee for the summer migration to Florida and waiting for the press secratary to finish writing their articles for them?
The running joke inside of l-mart is:
l-mart; 1 step above k-mart.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
Those are just the shots in the air, check out what's happening on the ground.
I put my name and those of my family on a DVD which was attached to....one side of the lander module.
That was brilliant. Now you will get spam from Martians, such as: "Increase all of your penises by 300%! And make them greener too!"
Table-ized A.I.
As immortal as a DVD in a martian sand storm?
I'm happy to report thatThe Floating Head of Ayn Rand made it too. Congratulations to everyone at NASA and A=A!
Carousel is a lie!