Graphic illustrating the Curiosity lander’s seven minutes of terror in its decent onto the surface of Mars, August 5/6, 2012.
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7 Minutes of Terror (on Mars)
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August 8, 2012 at 3:49 am
Wow that’s impressive. I can’t park my car without hitting children or old ladies.
August 8, 2012 at 4:51 am
Man, I tell ya!
This was almost as nerve-racking as the other times they landed Rovers on Mars. They should rename this pic “7 Minutes of pants-wetting, nail-biting, scalding hot, Jihad-esque Terror!”
August 8, 2012 at 12:55 pm
Is the speed of sound the same in other atmospheres as it is on Earth?
August 8, 2012 at 2:08 pm
nope, mars atmosphere is thinner than earth’s so sound would go slower
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August 8, 2012 at 3:21 pm
aahh yea, cos in the vacuum of space, no one can hear you … ah you know the rest!
August 8, 2012 at 10:39 pm
When I took my diving course they explained that sound moves 4 times as fast under water. So it seems logical to me
August 8, 2012 at 10:50 pm
The speed of sound on Mars (no only due to its lower atmospheric pressure but also the average temperature and a few other factors) is around 240 meters/sec. (or 540 miles/hr.) versus on Earth where it’s 760.5 miles/hr.
August 8, 2012 at 3:20 pm
that’s ok then, nothing could possibly go wrong!
August 8, 2012 at 6:47 pm
What a bunch of fucking retards.
MACH is an absolute speed, taken from EARTH measurements… do you think JPL actually calculates anything in Mach? It’s just a measure for ignorant fucktards like yourselves.
Landing a car on Mars with the most sophisticated geological and chemical analysis tools ever sent into space? More difficult than you could ever FATHOM. So before you go around poking fun at progress, think about what you got done today, and measure up.
If you were watching that control room you could have cut the tension with a knife because those men and women worked hard to bring an incredibly complex problem into fruition and it PISSES ME THE FUCK OFF WHEN OTHERS MINIMIZE THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.
Fuck the haters, I’m joining the joy ride to the future.
August 8, 2012 at 8:20 pm
Who minimized it?
August 8, 2012 at 8:46 pm
This is a sub-par Magnus impersonation.
It’s like the cheap Mexican version. Señor Buttforson
August 8, 2012 at 11:15 pm
Fight Club reference: Check
Gratuitous swearing: Check
Clear misunderstanding of events in thread: Check
Overestimation of self-value/intellect: Check
Unprovoked butthurt: Check
13 YEAR-OLD DETECTED
August 9, 2012 at 12:08 am
Who is hating? I haven’t seen anything like that in this thread. It might help if you replied to the comment your referencing instead of just posting.
August 9, 2012 at 6:13 pm
I think he’s having a Marvin Moment.