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NASA Releases HiRISE Images of Curiosity's Descent

Posted by Unknown on from the in-space-everything-is-awesome dept.

gcnaddict writes "NASA released content from the MRO HiRISE imager taken during the descent of the Curiosity Rover. Among the most notable artifacts are the images themselves as well as a diagram showing the exact location of the rover relative to NASA's target." Update: 08/07 00:15 GMT by U L : And now for a picture from the rover itself.

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  1. Fantastic! by PPH · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nice shot. And kudos to the folks who painted the white square on the surface of Mars. If only the people who striped our freeways could have done such a good job.

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  2. Re:Freaking incredible. by MachDelta · · Score: 5, Funny

    It turns out that space is in metric. Who knew?

  3. Re:Too cool by GNUALMAFUERTE · · Score: 3, Funny

    A drill to Europa? You are just gonna find a lot of dead people and France's perfume deposit.

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  4. Re:Freaking incredible. by GNUALMAFUERTE · · Score: 5, Funny

    All of space, including most of planet earth. Well, except for some very uneducated areas ;)

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  5. Space metric? No way! by neoshroom · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, space is all in the English system. By a strange coincidence most of the aliens have 12 fingers, 3 toes and 1760 of an appendage we have no name for, so it makes the math easier and is more logical.

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