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got the joy of living and re-living http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti_yre6dsa4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti_yre6dsa4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTjSDScEyfc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTjSDScEyfc got the fun of sharing [:D] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkil7mlpspI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkil7mlpspI [http://www.bloomberg.com/image/ivQNiFG73kd8.jpg] --- 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.
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thank you so much for these. Links previously posted had sound only. From: merudanda no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2012 7:05 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Curiosity Has Landed! got the joy of living and re-living http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti_yre6dsa4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTjSDScEyfc got the fun of sharing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkil7mlpspI --- 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.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Curiosity Has Landed!
--- 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.
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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).
[FairfieldLife] Re: Curiosity Has Landed!
NASA timed this landing perfectly along with the Olympics. They won the gold medal tonight, and rightfully so! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: Man, that was fun to watch. What a bunch of ecstatically happy folks. I've never seen so many people hugging so many other people. There must have been 10 minutes straight of hugs and high-fives after they got the first telemetry back that Curiosity had landed safely. Wonderful headline on the NYTimes Lede live blog of the landing, on the item explaining that it takes 14 minutes for the data to get from Mars back to earth, so they didn't know the landing was successful until 14 minutes later: Whatever Has Happened Has Already Happened. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: Cheers! http://news.yahoo.com/abc-news-live-stream-coverage-20120309.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: Curiosity Has Landed!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: NASA timed this landing perfectly Disagree! They should have scheduled the landing at least three hours earlier so that it would happen before my bedtime. In any event, it was great to wake up to good news this morning.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Curiosity Has Landed!
Sad but predictable consequence of the Curiosity landing: [http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7253/7724507328_56a317ddaf.jpg] http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7253/7724507328_56a317ddaf.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7253/7724507328_56a317ddaf.jpg :-)
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Garfield?! no no it cannot be true! Say it isn't so... From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 6, 2012 6:17 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Curiosity Has Landed! Sad but predictable consequence of the Curiosity landing: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7253/7724507328_56a317ddaf.jpg :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Curiosity Has Landed!
I agree this is big news and I'm quite enthusiastic about it...but many of my associates show little interest. Seems like it's getting very little play in the media...perhaps the Olympics overshadows it a bit...or landing rovers on Mars has become so 2004? When the high quality image stream starts, we'll see more interest. Better yet, if they detect an algae or such, then we'll see some momentum forming . --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: NASA timed this landing perfectly along with the Olympics. They won the gold medal tonight, and rightfully so!
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On 08/06/2012 03:44 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: NASA timed this landing perfectly Disagree! They should have scheduled the landing at least three hours earlier so that it would happen before my bedtime. In any event, it was great to wake up to good news this morning. I was watching the first 10 minutes of Newsroom on DVR so took a break and fired up the Windows machine in the room and watched the landing on NASA TV. Then finished Newsroom and noticed that Salli Richardson-Whitfield (Eureka) has joined the cast though just a small part last night but I think a plot point that may have her more in future episodes.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Curiosity Has Landed!
American scientists, American engineers, American talent. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: Cheers! http://news.yahoo.com/abc-news-live-stream-coverage-20120309.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: Curiosity Has Landed!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: Cheers! http://news.yahoo.com/abc-news-live-stream-coverage-20120309.html Wonderful, an amazing feat of engineering.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Curiosity Has Landed!
Man, that was fun to watch. What a bunch of ecstatically happy folks. I've never seen so many people hugging so many other people. There must have been 10 minutes straight of hugs and high-fives after they got the first telemetry back that Curiosity had landed safely. Wonderful headline on the NYTimes Lede live blog of the landing, on the item explaining that it takes 14 minutes for the data to get from Mars back to earth, so they didn't know the landing was successful until 14 minutes later: Whatever Has Happened Has Already Happened. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: Cheers! http://news.yahoo.com/abc-news-live-stream-coverage-20120309.html
