Mars Curiosity's first images

Post by tomjakubowski » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 7:25 AM UTC

rm999 wrote: post #67

ars wrote: post #26

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First you need a time machine. These types of trickle down are not identified till much later. If you knew what it would be in advance you wouldn't need it to trickle down - you could just use or develop it directly.

I think the Curiosity team would object to your answer. They've been working on the project for almost a decade, have spent thousands (millions?) of man-hours on it, and have written 500,000 lines of code to control it. The dollar amount that has gone into building it is greater than the value of many fortune 500 companies! There are probably some awesome innovations that came out of such a large project, it's a grea…

Post by noselasd » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 7:38 AM UTC

joering2 wrote: post #13

I took those during landing sequence.. http://i45.tinypic.com/353eemc.jpg http://i46.tinypic.com/ej95s5.png http://i49.tinypic.com/2qicoqq.png http://i50.tinypic.com/2hd8j13.png edit: its just fun to watch those. also, according to NASA there is 500,000 lines of code behind those 38 steps.. would love to see some parts of it!

Post by ddfisher » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 7:48 AM UTC

jon6 wrote: post #40

What are those pictures of? This one http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/workspace/apss/ORT-1... Looks like a building with a garage door on it and some random pipes sticking out.

Post by JumpCrisscross » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 8:02 AM UTC

JabavuAdams wrote: post #10

patdennis wrote: post #2

My god, the energy in that room was amazing. Just watching how happy they were was worth staying up late for.

"Do you want to sell sugared water for the rest of your life? Or do you want to come with me and change the world?"

Post by InclinedPlane » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 8:03 AM UTC

jlgreco wrote: post #66

andrewfelix wrote: post #56

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So glad I watched. Anyone else hear the F bomb and 'Holy Shit' ?

I liked that bit. Drove home the humanity of the people who had just accomplished something that only a few thousand years ago was thought to be in the domain of gods. That we as a species have come so far but still retain our sense of self is fantastic.