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Old 05-25-2008, 08:33 PM
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why do they get so excited? 40 years ago they did much more difficult landings and takeoffs on the moon. now they do hi fives simply to crash land?
Maybe working a project for 15 years has something
to do with it.

It has to come down intact to get
information from the probes. We have learned
so much more from these missions than sending
people up which is infinitely more expensive
and not nearly as productive in gathering
information.
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Old 05-25-2008, 08:40 PM
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What time are they suppose to crash?
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Old 05-25-2008, 08:57 PM
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What time are they suppose to crash?
ground control to major Tom...
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Old 05-25-2008, 09:03 PM
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ground control to major Tom...
Damn that was good.
Wish I thought of that.
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Old 05-25-2008, 09:03 PM
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ground control to major Tom...

OOOOOOOOOO
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Old 05-25-2008, 10:21 PM
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Yeah, I saw they crashed already.

I was pretty big into the planets as a kid, and still am, one of my goals is when I get situated and become a balla is to have a deck on top of my house with a real SERIOUS telescope to blaze up planets when they are available to see.....
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Old 05-25-2008, 10:26 PM
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Yeah, I saw they crashed already.

I was pretty big into the planets as a kid, and still am, one of my goals is when I get situated and become a balla is to have a deck on top of my house with a real SERIOUS telescope to blaze up planets when they are available to see.....
The Discovery Science channel will be replaying the live coverage at 10:00 CDST if you missed it the first time.
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Old 05-25-2008, 10:31 PM
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The Discovery Science channel will be replaying the live coverage at 10:00 CDST if you missed it the first time.
but the live landing is only scientists hugging each other and cheering , right?
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Old 05-25-2008, 10:37 PM
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but the live landing is only scientists hugging each other and cheering , right?
Explanations of the mission and the landing sequence. Pictures returned from the initial data link etc.
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Old 05-25-2008, 08:43 PM
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Maybe working a project for 15 years has something
to do with it.

It has to come down intact to get
information from the probes. We have learned
so much more from these missions than sending
people up which is infinitely more expensive
and not nearly as productive in gathering
information.
less productive yes, but it has to be more difficult to land and takeoff upright flawlessly over and over like they did on the moon. it seems to me that it takes us longer now to do simpler things.
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Old 05-25-2008, 08:46 PM
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less productive yes, but it has to be more difficult to land and takeoff upright flawlessly over and over like they did on the moon. it seems to me that it takes us longer now to do simpler things.
The moon was a huge acheivement.
You are correct.

I just hope we stay away from Mars with
humans right now. It would be enormously
expensive.
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Old 05-25-2008, 08:56 PM
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i don't think you'll see humans on mars any time soon.
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i don't think you'll see humans on mars any time soon.

Big surprise..there aren't many left on Earth.
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less productive yes, but it has to be more difficult to land and takeoff upright flawlessly over and over like they did on the moon. it seems to me that it takes us longer now to do simpler things.
Maybe they never really went to the moon...
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