Update 8/4/2012: Mars Rover preparing to land.

[Piirka]

I also refer to as WE in the sense that WE humans are wasting resources on such exploration. Money could be better spent globally.

OMG, this mission is now waste of resources? You can go through refuse dumps to see what humanity has invested resources in. There is stratified the history of consumerism.

[Hellfish]

Min is an artist. People consume him.

[IconOfEvi]

You are also aware on this particular mission there is also more then one country involved?

I also refer to as WE in the sense that WE humans are wasting resources on such exploration. Money could be better spent globally.

On what? Your art? Buttressing the Royalists cause in Australia?

[James]

You are also aware on this particular mission there is also more then one country involved?

I also refer to as WE in the sense that WE humans are wasting resources on such exploration. Money could be better spent globally.

How much funding and how many personnel have come from Australia? Don't get me wrong, I love Australia, and personally I feel that the U.S. should fund a Manhattan Project style program to create clean energy, then provide the technology to the rest of the world free of charge.

[xav]

You're not an American, why do you say "we"? The "N" at the beginning of "NASA" stands for National, as in American.

It actually is an international effort, not everything on the rover is 100% American:
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...=1#post6298354

but most of everything has USA/NASA stamped on it indeed

[Einhander]

It's just a few billons, not a trillion or something. The only thing badly lost in case of failure would be the time.

[xav]

Live stream links at link:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/

[szr]

Little under 12 hours, now.

This artist's still shows how NASA's Curiosity rover will communicate with Earth during landing. As the rover descends to the surface of Mars, it will send out two different types of data: basic radio-frequency tones that go directly to Earth (pink dashes) and more complex UHF radio data (blue circles) that require relaying by orbiters. NASA's Odyssey orbiter will pick up the UHF signal and relay it immediately back to Earth, while NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will record the UHF data and play it back to Earth at a later time. mage credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

This global map of Mars was acquired on Aug. 4, 2012, by the Mars Color Imager instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ms...l20120805.html

[xav]

7h10 min

can't wait

[IconOfEvi]

I wonder, is Malin still in charge of this one?

[Hellfish]

90 mins. Against my better judgement, I'm gonna stay up for this.

[Pandy]

http://new.livestream.com/GriffithOb...riosityLanding

Livestream

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ma...ity_news3.html

Better Feed.

[Quakecry]

Hope this will be succesfull! Cross our fingers

[Ballistic]

27 mins to entry, 34 till touchdown. Good luck NASA, Curiosity team and everyone else involved!!

Fingers crossed!!!!!!!

[DaveDash]

27 mins to entry, 34 till touchdown. Good luck NASA, Curiosity team and everyone else involved!!

Fingers crossed!!!!!!!

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