touchdown confirmed

Don Quixote

Don Quixote

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the mars rover curiosity has successfully touched down on mars

first photos received

congratulations to nasa/jpl
 
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Don Quixote said:
the mars rover curiosity has successfully touched down on mars

first photos received

congratulations to nasa/jpl
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First pictures from the Hazcams.

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http://simotron.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/first-pictures-from-curiosity-on-mars/
 
Pretty damn cool... landing a one ton rover. Only $2.5b to do so. A very tiny cost for the data it is likely to provide. It will be interesting to see what all they can learn from this high tech lab on wheels.
 
Superfreak said:
Pretty damn cool... landing a one ton rover. Only $2.5b to do so. A very tiny cost for the data it is likely to provide. It will be interesting to see what all they can learn from this high tech lab on wheels.
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Maybe they will land one on you next to investigate whether there are any intelligent lifeforms present? :)
 
evince said:
thankfully we never shut down NASA like the right wanted most of my life
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http://www.space.com/14544-president-obama-nasa-budget-2013.html

U.S. President Barack Obama will ask Congress for $17.7 billion for NASA for 2013, an amount that would leave the agency funded at its lowest level in four years, according to sources familiar with the forthcoming budget proposal.

NASA’s planetary science division would shoulder a heavy share of the cut. Under the president’s proposal, its budget would drop from $1.5 billion to $1.2 billion, a 20 percent reduction.
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Superfreak said:
Pretty damn cool... landing a one ton rover. Only $2.5b to do so. A very tiny cost for the data it is likely to provide. It will be interesting to see what all they can learn from this high tech lab on wheels.
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Americans each paid the price of a movie ticket for this awesomeness.
 
Superfreak said:
http://www.space.com/14544-president-obama-nasa-budget-2013.html
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What was budgeted for NASA in the GOP budget??

Oh, here it is...

A 2013 spending bill that would fund NASA’s commercial crew program below the level President Barack Obama requested drew a veto threat Monday (May 7) as the U.S. House of Representatives was preparing to begin debate on the proposal.

The $51 billion Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act for 2013 (H.R. 5326) that the Republican-led House began debating today (May 8) would fund NASA at $17.56 billion next year — the lowest level since 2008 and some $150 million less than President Obama requested for the agency.

NASA’s commercial crew program — a two-year-old effort that aims to foster development by 2017 of at least two privately operated launchers capable of transporting crews to the International Space Station — would receive $500 million next year under the House spending measure, which is $330 million below the White House request.

http://www.space.com/15595-nasa-budget-cuts-president-obama-veto.html
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NASA has been under budget cuts for years I'm sorry to say.
 
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This project will provide inspiration for generations to come...and if you visit NASA's website you can see what's working and being planned for. We have benefited from the space program in so many ways that people either aren't aware of or don't recognize. I hope this mission rekindles our space program and the funding is increased accordingly. I agree with you...we are doing such wonderful science and groundwork for the future using unmanned probes...we could be doing much more with more funding.
 
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Haiku said:
This project will provide inspiration for generations to come...and if you visit NASA's website you can see what's working and being planned for. We have benefited from the space program in so many ways that people either aren't aware of or don't recognize. I hope this mission rekindles our space program and the funding is increased accordingly. I agree with you...we are doing such wonderful science and groundwork for the future using unmanned probs...we could be doing much more with more funding.
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agreed
 
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