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I know that those NASA guys are real smart and I really do hope this works....But this landing system has 'fail' written all over it.




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I know that those NASA guys are real smart and I really do hope this works....But this landing system has 'fail' written all over it.


It's all automated and done with their eyes closed.

A 1000 mph parachute attached to a 1600 degree incoming vehicle.

That's pretty amazing.

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It's all automated and done with their eyes closed.


Yeah, written with about 500k lines of code

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A 1000 mph parachute attached to a 1600 degree incoming vehicle.


With a probe that will be lowered on cables until it skirts the groud, then the cables are released and the entry craft flys away a safe distance and crashes.

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That's pretty amazing.


I'll be amazed if it even comes close to working. Guess we'll find out tomarrow






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I'll be amazed if it even comes close to working. Guess we'll find out tomarrow


Be amazed dude, it worked.............
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Mars Rover Landing: Curiosity Lands Early Monday Morning (RECAP)
Posted: 08/06/2012 12:26 am Updated: 08/06/2012 4:24 am

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has touched down on the surface of the Red Planet, completing a 154-million-mile journey, and marking the beginning of a new era in planetary exploration.....................>>>>..............>>>>.............http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/06/mars-rover-curiosity-landing-live-updates_n_1742499.html
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The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral
philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

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Be amazed dude, it worked.............


I truly am amazed and a spectacular work of engineering.





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COOOOOOOOOLLLLLL


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Rube Goldberg for the win.


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