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I saw it live from http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/mars/curiosity_news3.html starting at about 10:08 PM PDT until after 11:05 PM PDT.

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/ (being hammered). 11:00 PM PDT's http://i.imgur.com/D7n26.jpg screen capture/shot from my computer for the raw images in case the server goes down. https://twitter.com/NASA/status/232350219700932608/photo/1 for that that very first 64x64 pixels shot (575 bytes!).

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Fucking SUVs everywhere now.

Absolutely amazing. Science for the win.

1.52. for a second I thought the left name board said Fuk U

We now usher in a new era onto the planet. The era of Mohawk Guy!

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That was so intense. I think I counted 4 missed high fives during the celebration. I'm betting that room has an auto Febreeze dispenser in it.

Mutha Fukkin Science, bitch.

They literally did not work for a bit. Haha!

President Barack Obama lauded the landing in a statement, calling it "an unprecedented feat of technology that will stand as a point of national pride far into the future." Obama went on to say, "If you've got a rover, you didnt build that..."

really guys, if the best source of a video you have is you camera in front of your tv... just don't bother.

So when do we get to see highres Panoramic images and Videos and sound from mars?

Or do we only get black and white stills or one color pic a week or so?

I found it absolutely awesome that I could watch this live streaming from JPL on my computer at work, in Australia in great quality... and it started up instantly and never missed a beat.

The interwebs be coming into their own people... into their own!

And yeay NASA! Fricken skycranes on Mars people... SKY FRICKEN CRANES on another planet.

Science and engineering rocks!

>> ^Chaucer:

President Barack Obama lauded the landing in a statement, calling it "an unprecedented feat of technology that will stand as a point of national pride far into the future." Obama went on to say, "If you've got a rover, you didnt build that..."


Actually, after he congratulated tax payers, he went on to say this rover was made possible by Well's Fargo, Citibank, and Pizza Hut.

Until your grammar that is
>> ^VoodooV:

...and everything went perfect.

"500 metres in altitude,"
"How close is that?"
...
IT'S FIVE HUNDRED METRES FROM THE MARTIAN SURFACE! You know, HALF A KILOMETER?
The approximate height of the CN tower? A wee bit higher than the EMPIRE FUCKING STATE BUILDING?
How close? NotcloseenoughthatyouwontdiefromfreefalldespitelowgravityonMars!
Metric! For Pete's sake!
Sheesh!



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Such a great moment staying up late and watching NASA TV live and the eyes.nasa.gov program running, and see the 2 match up.

Fok Li
>> ^A10anis:

1.52. for a second I thought the left name board said Fuk U