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Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
𝅘𝅥𝅮
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm0b_ijaYMQ

It's called the Perseverance because we can't help ourselves.

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bossy lady
Jul 9, 1983

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2x_G0ct4

FiskTireBoy
Nov 2, 2020
Its too bad this is taking places billion miles away so we can't watch any live video of it

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
Plz no

Backcountry
Jan 16, 2009
I want that real time HUD.

Mission control is also dope af

Happy Hedonist
Jan 18, 2009


I’m the thing

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
𝅘𝅥𝅮

Happy Hedonist posted:

I’m the thing

Congratulations, Percy.

Sophy Wackles
Dec 17, 2000

> access main security grid
access: PERMISSION DENIED.





What's the big deal? Gimme a big rocket and I can shoot a hunk of junk to mars no problem. :smug:

Tenchrono
Jun 2, 2011


It did the thing. :toot:

FiskTireBoy
Nov 2, 2020
They better find life this time

Happy Hedonist
Jan 18, 2009


I did it y’all. I’m on Mars.

FiskTireBoy
Nov 2, 2020
Its kind of amazing how fast they can get an image back from a rover that's a bzillion miles away. Even if it's a 1999 webcam quality image

Ventral EggSac
Dec 3, 2019

New Rover just dropped

Sophy Wackles
Dec 17, 2000

> access main security grid
access: PERMISSION DENIED.





How did they get an image right away when there is an 11 minute communication delay? :tinfoil:

pro starcraft loser
Jan 23, 2006

Stand back, this could get messy.

Already getting pictures in.

Mooey Cow
Jan 27, 2018

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Pillbug

Pawn 17 posted:

What's the big deal? Gimme a big rocket and I can shoot a hunk of junk to mars no problem. :smug:

Remember that time they shot a rocket at Mars and missed? lmao how bad do you even have to be to miss a whole planet hahaha

Ventral EggSac
Dec 3, 2019

Mooey Cow posted:

Remember that time they shot a rocket at Mars and missed? lmao how bad do you even have to be to miss a whole planet hahaha

Wasn't that cause of the US not using the metric system and they forgot to convert units or am I making that up?

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
𝅘𝅥𝅮
Now I want to see Curiosity fight Perseverance.

IT'S ROBOT FIGHTING TIME

Tenchrono
Jun 2, 2011


Nah they didnt miss. They performed some advanced lithobraking maneuvers that the rover couldnt handle.

Mooey Cow
Jan 27, 2018

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Pillbug

Ventral EggSac posted:

Wasn't that cause of the US not using the metric system and they forgot to convert units or am I making that up?

"Hey bus driver why did you drive us off this huge loving cliff to our doom?"

"Sorry i was using the metric system"

Full Metal Jackass
Jan 22, 2001

Rabid bats are welcome in my home
The first living creature discovered will be hosed

Doctor Dogballs
Apr 1, 2007

driving the fuck truck from hand land to pound town without stopping at suction station


now for step 2, poo poo out some potatoes and eat them

Sophy Wackles
Dec 17, 2000

> access main security grid
access: PERMISSION DENIED.





Full Metal Jackass posted:

The first living creature discovered will be hosed

Aliens are going to be so hosed when humanity discovers them.

gleebster
Dec 16, 2006

Only a howler
Pillbug
Ha, the auto-captions called NASA administrator Steve Jurczyk "Jurassic Steve". I don't think he has anything to complain about, though; that's a pretty cool nickname.

Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013



drat they found this dude on mars I don't think he's doing well and may have Mars poisoning RIP

Full Metal Jackass
Jan 22, 2001

Rabid bats are welcome in my home

Big Beef City posted:



drat they found this dude on mars I don't think he's doing well and may have Mars poisoning RIP

This is the face of a man that needs to poo poo and he needs to poo poo NOW.

Ventral EggSac
Dec 3, 2019

Thanks op I started listening to the live stream and the kids calling in with questions are making me weep openly at my desk

Clyde Radcliffe
Oct 19, 2014

Did they finally put olfactory sensors on this one? I think it's very important we know what Mars smells like.

wilderthanmild
Jun 21, 2010

Posting shit



Grimey Drawer

Ventral EggSac posted:

Wasn't that cause of the US not using the metric system and they forgot to convert units or am I making that up?

I think they actually smashed it into the planet because it ended up on a way lower trajectory than planned because of conversion fuckups. The US actually has a pretty good record for landing things on Mars. It's other countries, particularly Russia, that have this weird inability to consistently do this thing we have a pretty reasonable success rate at doing.

Though I did learn that China joined the "Sent poo poo to Mars successfully" club this month and will be attempting a probe landing later this year.

YeahTubaMike
Mar 24, 2005

*hic* Gotta finish thish . . .
Doctor Rope

Pawn 17 posted:

Aliens are going to be so hosed when humanity discovers them.

Why do you assume that WE wouldn't be hosed when ALIENS discover US? They might think we're just roaches on a garbage planet or something because we are.

Neurolimal
Nov 3, 2012
Wow nothing blew up into a hilarious ball of flames, what will nasa do without collecting such Data

ilmucche
Mar 16, 2016

wilderthanmild posted:

I think they actually smashed it into the planet because it ended up on a way lower trajectory than planned because of conversion fuckups. The US actually has a pretty good record for landing things on Mars. It's other countries, particularly Russia, that have this weird inability to consistently do this thing we have a pretty reasonable success rate at doing.

Didn't israel crash a bunch of tardigrades on the moon? Humanity might've polluted the moon with things that can actually survive there

Clyde Radcliffe
Oct 19, 2014

Full Metal Jackass posted:

The first living creature discovered will be hosed

Already happened. There was a race of intelligent cat people living there.



But Curiosity killed them.

wilderthanmild
Jun 21, 2010

Posting shit



Grimey Drawer

ilmucche posted:

Didn't israel crash a bunch of tardigrades on the moon? Humanity might've polluted the moon with things that can actually survive there

The intentionally were landing them on the moon. They just landed them harder than planned.

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

lol jesus couldn't even get one reply before this poo poo starts

Nefarious 2.0
Apr 22, 2008

Offense is overrated anyway.

has elon musk invented a rocket that doesn't explode yet

ClamdestineBoyster
Aug 15, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Aw mars again? When they gonna land one on IO? :thunk:

WD40
Nov 25, 2005

Am I the only person who thought this?

Mooey Cow
Jan 27, 2018

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Pillbug

Clyde Radcliffe posted:

Did they finally put olfactory sensors on this one? I think it's very important we know what Mars smells like.

Yeah they did, and the results are just in!


smells like uranus

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blight rhino
Feb 11, 2014

EXQUISITE LURKER RHINO


Nap Ghost

Clyde Radcliffe posted:

Already happened. There was a race of intelligent cat people living there.



But Curiosity killed them.

HAH!

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