Bux...odds on the Mars Lander landing in one piece

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It seems to me they should've stuck with the tried and true Pathfinder airbag deal. But what the fuck do I know?

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The lander will be fine, but how will the background hold up?

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A. This sucker weighs 1 ton
B. They're trying to land it inside a crater
C. I hope it goes well. JPL is the last bastion of greatness in that dying agency.


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Didn't you say you wrote the program to land that bitch, Bux?
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Andy78 wrote:Didn't you say you wrote the program to land that bitch, Bux?
No, I wrote the program transmitting porn over the Martian landscape

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BucketHead wrote:
Andy78 wrote:Didn't you say you wrote the program to land that bitch, Bux?
No, I wrote the program transmitting porn over the Martian landscape

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Good idea. That will wake up them Martians and maybe they'll say somethin'. What if they're niggers?
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Andy78 wrote:Good idea. That will wake up them Martians and maybe they'll say somethin'. What if they're niggers?
Then Kaz will soon make one small step for humans, one giant leap for intergalactic gang rape

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IT FUCKING WORKED.

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Testiclaw wrote:IT FUCKING WORKED.

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BucketHead wrote:
Andy78 wrote:Good idea. That will wake up them Martians and maybe they'll say somethin'. What if they're niggers?
Then Kaz will soon make one small step for humans, one giant leap for intergalactic gang rape
How much would it cost to land all the niggers on Mars.

Oh, and the soft landing doesn't matter...don't budget for that.


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why is this a bigger deal than Pathfinder?
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protobuilder wrote:why is this a bigger deal than Pathfinder?
Tons of reasons.

Are you really asking because you cannot honestly figure it out? Or do you know better, but you're just doing your usual Proto deal?

I don't want to waste the typing for the latter.
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you are mean
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all I know is, they sent a rover there awhile back

now they sent another one that is bigger

why is this accomplishment seen as a huge deal if we've already done it before, just with a smaller vehicle?
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why is this accomplishment seen as a huge deal if we've already done it before, just with a smaller vehicle?
This vehicle is a ton, and the size of an SUV.

It utilized new methods for successful landing; heat shield+drag chute+parachute+rocket-powered sky crane.

Many more tools for researching much more specific hypotheses.

Improved trajectory planning and targeting: they launched this thing and managed to get ~250m within their target LZ.

Better navigational systems, better comm, better imaging capabilities -it sent back high-res images after landing within ~30 seconds'ish.

The list goes on and on.
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that IS pretty incredible

I was just thinking, you know what the US needs?

higher resolution pics of dirt on Mars
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Dammit, it was the typical Proto deal the whole time.

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protobuilder wrote:that IS pretty incredible

I was just thinking, you know what the US needs?

higher resolution pics of dirt on Mars
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This is awesome, my son and I were watching all the videos related to this over the weekend.
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I'd say it was definitely worth it if we find out that's where these ladies come from..

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