We're landing a thing on Mars rn

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Sophy Wackles: Dec 17, 2000; > access main security grid
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What's the big deal? Gimme a big rocket and I can shoot a hunk of junk to mars no problem. :smug:

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Sophy Wackles: Dec 17, 2000; > access main security grid
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How did they get an image right away when there is an 11 minute communication delay? :tinfoil:

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Full Metal Jackass posted:

The first living creature discovered will be hosed

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

# ¿ Feb 18, 2021 22:09

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Doc Block posted:

Yes, and? All the data they were receiving was being automatically sent back by the rover. They didn't have to command it to do any of that. It was programmed to automatically take and send back those two pictures.

By the time we received the rover's signal that it was entering the Martian atmosphere it was already sitting on the ground and sending back pictures (as well as whatever other post-landing tasks it was programmed to do).

Are you saying they were celebrating a landing that happened 11 minutes in the past as if were happening live? This is just the kind of deception I'd expect from NASA!

# ¿ Feb 19, 2021 03:33

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