Pretty ****ing cool stuff.

They said on CNN they should get thumbnail pics in the next few minutes.

And we have touchdown!!!

Awesome.

That was kind of awesome to watch.

tk beat me to the punch line.

WOOOOOOT

they're all using PCs, btw.

No macs.

I really want the first picture to be some Martian goatherd peering into the camera lens.

Getting pictures now.

A bunch of guys who never get laid... :)

I'd trade pussy for that is a second.

Amazing.

Lots of MIT grads are gonna get ****ed up tonight.

This is what it felt like to have a 4k modem.. "THUMBNAILS COMPLETE!!! "*applause*

Big nerd win.

I see Mars! I see Mars!

(What is that thing? That doesn't look very interesting.)

Picture of one of the wheels on the surface.

Higher-res shot just came down. Amazing.

It's cool to see this all happening live.

Hi RES shots coming in...

So that could be a photo from several years ago. prolly.

WHy do they keep saying it's all the data for now? I missed something?

Just imagine what we could do with 25% of the defense budget.

We better get our asses together or else the ****ing CCP flag will be flying across the solar system.

Why isn't the champagne flowing @ JPL?

The satilite that is transmitting the data is moving out of range.

It's about to go beyond the horizon, so no radio signals.

720p?

They say its a 13 min delay.

I thought I heard something about the horizon....thanks. Cool cool stuff.

Awesome, glad I stayed up for this. I'm going to bed, good night Curiosity.

Very cool.

I remember the Sojourner mission live in 97. I was glued to the TV.

No, I'm saying they could totally fake that photo.

HEY LOOK I'M ON MARS GUYS

http://www.anyonefortee.com/News/Pix...Mars_Photo.jpg

so very cool!

U S A

"Anyone? Buehler?"

Simply mind boggling to think how far away this thing is and someone is still controlling it from here.

I can't believe Donger isn't here.

They spent 10 yrs of their lives faking a picture?

He's rolling around in his crude oil profits...

Obama does it again dude is ****ing amazing

Do you ever stop trolling?

Geez man, give it rest will ya?

This is a significant moment in human history right now.

Enjoy it.

So, are they going to be broadcasting from Curiosity on the web 24/7?

Hats off to the brilliant minds at NASA that made this thing work. Incredible!!!

It's how he gets his jollies. Ignore him like the rest of us.

Fake.

Did someone just make a math joke? LMAO

NASA lands on Mars. 14 minute delay

NBC broadcast olympics from London. 6 hour delay

Let's go land something on Jupiter.

Is that one guy, that seems to be a superior, the lost Baldwin brother?

America > other countries

They all seem pretty happy at NASA.

You know what I'd do with one of those rovers?

Two chicks at the same time.

Duh

PICS OR IT DIDNT HAPPEN

https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity

https://p.twimg.com/Azl6LRUCMAAU1GK.jpg:large

https://p.twimg.com/Azl7LXOCUAAJT5z.jpg:large

https://p.twimg.com/Azl9hyXCEAE5_Hw.jpg:large

It happened the 1st time 15 yrs ago.

Apparently Mohawk nerd has a band

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So when is the astronaut coming out?

Try three months.

Dunno what's the big deal about the NASA landing. Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids. In fact, it's cold as hell. And there's no one there to raise them, if you did.

Blame Hollywood.

Ahhhhhh! A Zerg!

Really fun to watch this morning.

Stayed up late watching the feed on the NASA TV app, really exciting and interesting.

It's amazing we can do something like that landing, like the video said, if someone explains it, it sounds crazy.

Really stuck the landing on that one. I'm amazed that it worked, honestly. Way to go, geeks.

WE GOT OUR ASS TO MARS

One of the really cool things about Curiosity is that she doesn't depend on solar generation for power; she's self-sufficient, thanks to her RTG.

Damn straight. I always wanted to do that, man. And I think if I had a Mars Rover I could hook that up, too; 'cause chicks dig dudes with Mars Rovers .

Nobody said that. Read.

Okay, let's get this over with: it is your opinion that space/Mars exploration should only happen when we are not in a recession?

Marvin doesn't want plutonium-238 in his backyard!

This mission was ten years in the making. If you start and stop a mission because of a recession you would not get anything done.

Mcdonalds wastes no time getting new franchises put in.

This helped support 7,000 jobs during the scope of 8 years.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/06/news....htm?hpt=hp_c1

That would be so cool.

In a perfect world, I think government shouldn't do big projects in a good economy and build up their resources to do projects in a bad economy. In a bad economy they'll get better pricing on goods and services because firms are hungry, and they'll also help regulate the economy by filling in the trough at the bottom of recessions. It's an all-around win.

Of course, a long-term project like this or the Interstate Highway System or whatever will likely transcend short-term economic fluctuations. It's probably more for local governments or maybe state government. If I was building a library or airport or something that takes five years or less, I'd want to use this system if I'm a smart local government.

The challenge, of course, will be holding on to your resources during the good times without making it look like you're hoarding. If we trusted our government and if our government really looked out for our money, it would work, but I'm not sure that either is really true.