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Curiosity Lands on Mars - Tonight!

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  1. Aug 5, 2012 at 9:51 PM
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  2. Aug 5, 2012 at 9:51 PM
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  3. Aug 5, 2012 at 9:55 PM
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    should land in about 40 minutes or so, they say if the orbiting satellites don't pick up the signal it could be a few days till we get anything back. That's pretty unlikely though.
     
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  4. Aug 5, 2012 at 9:59 PM
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    they're looking for aliens
     
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  5. Aug 5, 2012 at 10:00 PM
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    I just happen to have a jar of peanuts here :D
     
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    Nerds rule the world!
     
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    They successfully turned the Odyssey satellite so we will have live (sorta) video feed of the entire thing.

    1700 miles altitude
     
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  11. Aug 5, 2012 at 10:11 PM
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    the craft is still 1700 miles above the ground, traveling at around 11,000 mph.
     
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  12. Aug 5, 2012 at 10:14 PM
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    Watching now! Geeking out! :)
     
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  14. Aug 5, 2012 at 10:16 PM
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    who let that hobo dude in the control room?
     
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  15. Aug 5, 2012 at 10:18 PM
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    That baby is rollin' coal!!! accelerating rapidly as mars pulls it in!
     
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  17. Aug 5, 2012 at 10:24 PM
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    on a side note, I think the Asian dude is jerking off... Kinda awkward.
     
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    it's finally slowing down, 11 G of deceleration:eek:

    Looks like it finally put that sweet jake brake on!
     
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