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Sunday, August 5, 2012

Countdown as NASA's Curiosity nears Mars

Due to the signal time lag between Mars and Earth (it takes about 14 minutes for a signal on Mars to reach Earth), Curiosity will execute the landing autonomously, following the half a million lines of computer code designed by Earthlings.
Read it at Al Jazeera
Countdown as NASA's Curiosity nears Mars
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6 comments:

  1. UnforgivenAugust 6, 2012 at 1:52 AM

    We are wheels on Mars and Curiosity is sending pix.

    Beyond AWESOME, NASA!!!!!

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  2. Matt FrankoAugust 6, 2012 at 10:04 AM

    Despite the morons at the controls of the economy we sometimes are still able to "find the money" to do great things.... ;) Bravo!

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  3. UnforgivenAugust 6, 2012 at 10:11 AM

    I thought the cost of $7 per citizen was very reasonable.

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  4. Matt FrankoAugust 6, 2012 at 1:54 PM

    John Carney is on CNBC right now saying this is a "waste of money"...

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  5. Tom HickeyAugust 6, 2012 at 2:15 PM

    Right, they think that all innovation comes from the private sector, If had been privately funded with private debt, he'd be very happy, and if it were 100% funded with private investment he would be ecstatic. He would't anything else being "crowded out."

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  6. AndyCFCAugust 6, 2012 at 3:14 PM

    Great stuff glad they didnt mix up US measurements and Metric this time ;)

    reminds me of this...

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jun/01/final-frontier-starship-enterprise-plan

    No it doesnt need budget trimmings elsewhere.

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