On 08/07/2012 12:33 PM, John wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: >> On 08/05/2012 10:34 PM, John wrote: >>> Cheers! >>> >>> http://news.yahoo.com/abc-news-live-stream-coverage-20120309.html >>> >>> >> I watched it on NASA TV but kept thinking it almost looked staged. >> Hollywood couldn't have done it better. Now for them to find an >> "artifact" and hope they still show it to us. There are some things up >> there from previous pictures that even NASA doesn't know what to make >> of. They don't look natural. >> > > I'm sure there are some people who are thinking that this landing is a hoax > or a great conspiracy by NASA. But we'll have to accept that this event > actually happened. > > This event also reinforces the likely possibility that robots can do the job > of space exploration just as well as humans would on Mars or elsewhere in the > solar system. The use of robots would be safer and cheaper than having > humans do the work. > > There are many obstacles in having humans do the actual exploration of Mars. > That would mean the astronauts would have to pack oxygen, food and water for > at least 16 months in the space ship. Then, there's the likelihood of > accidents and emergencies that could happen along the way.
I was thinking the staff was asked to "ham it up" a bit for TV. Nerds are usually a bit low key and focused for these things. I was expecting bottles of champagne to be broken out (against guvmint policy).
