Mars rover touches down

[Buliwyf]

saw the landing last night LIVE on CNN. Was great

[hightimber]

This memorial for the Columbia shuttle crew is located on the back of the high-gain antenna on Spirit.

What a cool memorial.

You know what I think.... you guys are just a bunch of geeky computer junkies. .

Place me on that list:rotflmao:


I spent all of yesterday and watched four newschannels to hear about the Spirit landing.

[hightimber]

It's nice to hear that young folks are excited about NASA and space travel, too! Welcome to geek-dom.

So when do we find out if there are little green men with tazers on the planet?

[Ryan]

VERY cool new pics from Mars.

...and within 5 years there will be a Starbucks somewhere in that picture.

[hightimber]

Originally posted by C. Murgatroyd
...and within 5 years there will be a Starbucks somewhere in that picture.

Don't be ridiculous. Everyone knows it'll be a McDonald's.

[hightimber]

Rover status update:

TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2004
1704 GMT (12:04 p.m. EST)

The final umbilical running between the lander and rover was successfully cut overnight, and Spirit performed a 45-degree turn in place atop the lander. This was the first in a series of three turns to position the rover in the direction for the drive to the surface later this week.

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For those that may be unaware, they are turning the rover 120 degrees on the base to avoid possible contention with a partially deflated airbag on their perferred path off the lander. The second-most desirable ramp will be utilized instead.

[hightimber]

A picture looking backward at the lander. Rover's getting dirty!