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Re: Mars Curiosity's first images

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Post by InclinedPlane » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 8:19 AM UTC

pinaceae wrote: post #73

joshontheweb wrote: post #20

What innovations from this vehicle can we expect to see trickle down into the consumer space?

the realization that none of the people involved in making this happen will ever be getting 1b dollars by facebook in a buyout for their work. the realization that none of the people involved in making this happen will ever be on a Forbes 500 list. and still they did it. because they love it, it is progress, science, exploration. and not a way to ruin pics with a filter.

Nobody's going to see a blurb about instagram in a history book 20 years from now.

Re: Mars Curiosity's first images

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Post by damncabbage » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 8:23 AM UTC

sliverstorm wrote: post #64

damncabbage wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is that... a Tcl/Tk app being run in GNOME?

Hey, if it does the job... The CPU on the Rover is from 2001. Everything has to work, so I rarely begrudge them somewhat dated tech.

I'm not begrudging anything, I'm just surprised I could recognize any of what they're using. :)

Re: Mars Curiosity's first images

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Post by PostOnce » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 8:31 AM UTC

Wingman4l7 wrote: post #59

skeletonjelly wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Life imitating art. There was an IAMA on reddit many moons ago by a guy who designed those screens. Obviously they use real life examples and embellish.

I'd be interested to read that; could you edit a link into your comment? My Google-fu is failing me...

Close enough:

http://jayse.tv/v2/about/

http://jayse.tv/v2/the-work/

Re: Mars Curiosity's first images

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Post by davidw » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 8:37 AM UTC

damncabbage wrote: post #25

artursapek wrote: post #5

From a screen recording I took: http://i.imgur.com/C5Y6P.jpg I actually shed a tear. That was beautiful. Edit: Raw images being put on Twitter by NASA: http://p.twimg.com/Azl6LRUCMAAU1GK.jpg:large http://p.twimg.com/Azl9hyXCEAE5_Hw.jpg:large http://p.twimg.com/Azl7LXOCUAAJT5z.jpg:large

Is that... a Tcl/Tk app being run in GNOME?

Here's the article about Tcl and Pathfinder:

http://wfr.tcl.tk/fichiers/pub/Tcl_on_Pathfinder.pdf

Re: Mars Curiosity's first images

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Post by cindywu123 » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 8:40 AM UTC

keva161 wrote: post #7

Well done to the whole team who made this happen! Now go find some aliens!

I truly hope curiosity uncovers some new friends for us earthlings!

Re: Mars Curiosity's first images

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Post by shin_lao » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 8:57 AM UTC

And in a couple of days, if everything goes fine, we'll have a couple of color, HD pictures of Mars. I'm very excited about it.

Re: Mars Curiosity's first images

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Post by arethuza » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 9:04 AM UTC

fl3tch wrote: post #6

It's times like this that I think everyone can be proud to be part of the human race.

Personally, I think the tax payers of the United States deserve a round of applause from the rest of us for funding such a mission. It's not that other countries can't do this - we just don't want to pay for it...

Re: Mars Curiosity's first images

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Post by zerostar07 » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 9:05 AM UTC

fl3tch wrote: post #6

It's times like this that I think everyone can be proud to be part of the human race.

Bragging to whom?

Re: Mars Curiosity's first images

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Post by robryan » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 9:10 AM UTC

arethuza wrote: post #97

fl3tch wrote: post #6

It's times like this that I think everyone can be proud to be part of the human race.

Personally, I think the tax payers of the United States deserve a round of applause from the rest of us for funding such a mission. It's not that other countries can't do this - we just don't want to pay for it...

Yeah, wish Australia would take a more active role in space exploration.

Re: Mars Curiosity's first images

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Post by Nux » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 9:29 AM UTC

Great historic event; congratulations to all involved. As for the images, hate to be a party pooper, but wasn't this thing supposed to be state of the art technology? What's with the shitty image quality?