MSL Humor and Other Stuff, and other non-technical chat |
MSL Humor and Other Stuff, and other non-technical chat |
 Nov 19 2011, 09:35 PM
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Admin: A few posts moved from the Forum Logos thread.
QUOTE (Ant103 @ Nov 19 2011, 08:13 AM)  ALL GLORY TO HYPNOROVER Someone MUST animate this. Or else I'm going to lose an entire evening doing it myself..... -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Nov 19 2011, 11:53 PM
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Why do the rovers always have to be "cute"? MSL is a definite bad boy rover if there ever was one.
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Nov 20 2011, 01:16 AM
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QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Nov 19 2011, 10:35 PM) Someone MUST animate this. Or else I'm going to lose an entire evening doing it myself..... The best I can do. Only with Gimp and the help of a gif of Encyclopediadramatica. I know someone can do better.
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Nov 20 2011, 02:11 AM
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Someone work in both Star Trek and Star Wars. Doug will be thrilled.
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Nov 20 2011, 03:18 AM
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Jonny 5?
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Nov 20 2011, 04:04 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1583 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
QUOTE (Decepticon @ Nov 19 2011, 10:18 PM) Jonny 5? Niiiice. FTW. |
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Nov 20 2011, 11:52 AM
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QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Nov 20 2011, 08:35 AM) Someone MUST animate this. Or else I'm going to lose an entire evening doing it myself..... Lost a few hours putting it together for you Emily.  Image capture below - Youtube video here
ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOROVER! |
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Nov 20 2011, 12:56 PM
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QUOTE (Juramike @ Nov 19 2011, 11:53 PM) Why do the rovers always have to be "cute"? MSL is a definite bad boy rover if there ever was one. Absolutely! Curiosity killed the cat!
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Nov 20 2011, 03:19 PM
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QUOTE (PFK @ Nov 20 2011, 12:56 PM) Absolutely! Curiosity killed the cat! Genius.  -------------------- |
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Nov 20 2011, 04:16 PM
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Ah yes: The "Homestake Maneuver"
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Nov 20 2011, 11:08 PM
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Some time ago elkgrovedan, myself and others produced a series of artworks of MSL as if they were done by famous artists like vanGogh, DaVinci and others.
You can see some of those over on my Twitter feed and MSL picked them up for their Facebook page. Here's another one inspired over the weekend.
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Nov 21 2011, 01:30 AM
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-------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Nov 21 2011, 01:40 AM
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All right, dammit...THAT was funny!!!!
(All glory, etc...  )
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Nov 22 2011, 06:05 AM
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OK, All Glory wasn't quite what I imagined so I made my own version. It lacks sound though. Can anybody put some hypnotoad sound on this? Running at least a minute? In a format I can upload to Youtube? Fame and glory will be yours forever. I might have put in too many tween frames -- I'm wondering if I should throw out every other frame. The second version has only half as many frames.
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Nov 22 2011, 05:20 PM
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Time to inject a little misery into this funny thread...
Let's hope this doesn't happen... there's still time to check! Phil
-------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Nov 22 2011, 06:56 PM
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On the subject of posters and sci-fi
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Nov 22 2011, 07:51 PM
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Okay, you guys...understand this is a "humor" thread, but let's at least keep it focused on MSL.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Nov 22 2011, 08:20 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10173 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
MSL is in that last poster... but not immediately obvious... like all good movie monsters it's trying to get a date.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Nov 22 2011, 08:27 PM
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I had to look at it a second time. Subtle but excellent!
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Nov 22 2011, 08:32 PM
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One more..
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Nov 22 2011, 08:52 PM
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...okay, got it, Phil. But let's be careful out here... 
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Nov 28 2011, 01:56 PM
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Nov 30 2011, 11:19 AM
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LOLOLOLOL. I love that Caltech/JPL picture!
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Feb 25 2012, 05:32 PM
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In the supermarket today, I thought I saw a Mars Lander cheese... Is that a sign that I am an incorregible space nerd? I guess so..
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Feb 25 2012, 10:38 PM
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Had to look at that 3 times. Wow, had me going there!
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Feb 25 2012, 11:49 PM
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I can haz MAAS? lol
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Feb 26 2012, 07:41 AM
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Maas Lander would also work for Dan Maas, the fellow who did the classic MER video:
http://www.maasdigital.com/gallery.html |
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Feb 27 2012, 08:53 AM
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Feb 27 2012, 10:46 PM
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Hah, that's funny, I wasn't the first then..
Well, it will be a good cheese to go with the peanuts when MSL lands...
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Jul 27 2012, 11:51 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Just to inject a little light heartedness into the mission, I thought it might be fun to let you see a little video I made.
Curiosity: This is not the droid you're looking for. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCHjKecA6cI Don't forget to also follow Curiosity the Rover on Twitter @KillerCuriosity https://twitter.com/KillerCuriosity |
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Jul 27 2012, 10:50 PM
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That's really funny! and very well done! hahaha!
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Aug 1 2012, 06:10 PM
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QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jul 27 2012, 05:51 AM) Curiosity: This is not the droid you're looking for. And when Curiosity wakes back up and starts poking around, we finally find out what REALLY happened to Spirit! |
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Aug 2 2012, 01:34 AM
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I could not resist sharing the "Curiosity: This is not the droid you're looking for." video with the team.
Very funny. -Rob |
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Aug 2 2012, 04:14 AM
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QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jul 27 2012, 04:51 AM) Curiosity: This is not the droid you're looking for. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCHjKecA6cI Brilliant!
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Aug 3 2012, 02:00 AM
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I searched this forum and couldn't find the Shatner/Wheaton "Grand Entrance" videos in which William Shatner and Wil Wheaton narrate "7 Minutes of Terror" (kind of like changing the voice on your GPS from American English to British English)
To view the "Grand Entrance" videos with the Star Trek voice-overs. http://go.nasa.gov/N7eV2N http://go.nasa.gov/N7f8D8 http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/jul/H...sity_Video.html |
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Aug 3 2012, 06:39 AM
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Less than 1 Million kms to go, less than 72 hours to go, please RUI switch from hibernating to EDL mode
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Aug 3 2012, 08:01 AM
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QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jul 27 2012, 01:51 PM) Just to inject a little light heartedness into the mission, I thought it might be fun to let you see a little video I made. Curiosity: This is not the droid you're looking for. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCHjKecA6cI So, they'll know 14 minutes before us whether or not the landing was sucessfull
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Aug 5 2012, 08:36 AM
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Aug 5 2012, 09:58 AM
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guffaw! hahahHAHAhaa!
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Aug 5 2012, 03:40 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 27-August 05 From: Eccentric Mars orbit Member No.: 477 |
Nuclear Powered Laser Armed Martian Killer Deathbot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIdBbBMO7BI |
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Aug 5 2012, 04:13 PM
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QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Aug 5 2012, 03:36 AM) MSL explained: Extremely well done! |
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Aug 5 2012, 05:04 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 25-April 08 From: near New York City, NY Member No.: 4103 |
I didn't see a cheerleading thread, so in the spirit of the Olympics: Curiosity - stick that landing!
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Aug 5 2012, 09:45 PM
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To show that there's a whole world out here, and that we're all behind the MSL team, I suggest we
Post our Peanuts!
- These are mine. It is not that I'm old school, but these were the only ones I could find just before midnight in the little town of Ermesinde, outside of Porto in Portugal, where I'm visiting my in-laws. Go MSL! |
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Aug 6 2012, 01:22 AM
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Just heard that there is some sort of party going on here? Brought some wine. Red.
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Aug 6 2012, 01:37 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Rui!!!!
Good to see ya, man!
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Aug 6 2012, 01:38 AM
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I was flying this weekend, and so saved my peanuts... I had a safe landing, so I am cheering for MSL to have one too!
-------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Aug 6 2012, 01:39 AM
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RUI is here!!!!! And yes RED wine is being opened...
-------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Aug 6 2012, 02:15 AM
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De-lurking for the evening to wish good luck and Godspeed to all those involved with tonight's landing. (As bkellysky noted, in the absence of a cheerleading thread, I decided to add my best wishes here.)
BTW -- anyone have a good timeline hack on when to open up my bag of mission peanuts? That would have been a good event to have on the EDL portion of the Eyes sim. -the other Doug |
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Aug 6 2012, 02:35 AM
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Not sure when the right moment is, but I found at least 3 jars of Planter's peanuts in this gigapan of mission control
(Apologies if it has been posted already in another thread...) -------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Aug 6 2012, 03:40 AM
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Reporting in from the watch party at LASP at the University of Colorado |
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Aug 6 2012, 03:59 AM
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QUOTE (dvandorn @ Aug 5 2012, 06:15 PM) De-lurking for the evening to wish good luck and Godspeed to all those involved with tonight's landing... -the other Doug oDoug...now that's a name I haven't seen in a long time. Good to see you are alive and well and joining the party. Cheers from another lurker. |
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Aug 6 2012, 04:09 AM
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Just a note; the stream thread has been temporarily closed to redirect comments to the EDL thread.
Not gonna close this one just yet, but please put comments regarding EDL over there; thanks! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Aug 6 2012, 04:12 AM
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QUOTE (dvandorn @ Aug 6 2012, 04:15 AM) BTW -- anyone have a good timeline hack on when to open up my bag of mission peanuts? That would have been a good event to have on the EDL portion of the Eyes sim. -the other Doug I'd say...start on the hour to beat the communications delay and Cruise Stage Sepp. There is a link to a timeline in the pinned faq thread -------------------- Error: Life.sys corrupted
( R )eflect, ( R )epend, or ( R )eboot? |
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Aug 6 2012, 04:14 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Temporarily closed...let's all go over to the EDL thread.
GO CURIOSITY!!!! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Aug 6 2012, 04:15 AM
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QUOTE (dvandorn @ Aug 5 2012, 07:15 PM) De-lurking Good to see you again o-Doug. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Aug 6 2012, 07:40 AM
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Hey, dvandorn. Good to see you back. You've been missed.
I was sent this image today, and it was purported to be something else that might improve the odds tonight. It looks like NASA/JPL were successful. Yay! -------------------- ...Tom
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Aug 6 2012, 12:03 PM
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Don't tell me what happened! NBC is tape-delaying the landing for primetime tonight
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Aug 6 2012, 12:47 PM
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Feeling tired? Late for work today?
Here's your excuse. http://xkcd.com/1091/ Got Guilt? http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1724.html |
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Aug 6 2012, 08:46 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 27-August 05 From: Eccentric Mars orbit Member No.: 477 |
So, now that Curiosity has landed, it's no longer a spacecraft, right? It certainly isn't involved in unmanned spaceflight, since it is no longer flying. So, UMSF's coverage will be wrapping up soon, I suppose. All that's left to do is get the MEDLI and MARDI data down, which recorded the end of the flight.
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Aug 6 2012, 09:10 PM
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You're absolutely right. I'm gonna go close all them pesky MSL threads right now...
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Aug 6 2012, 10:16 PM
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@ kwan
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Aug 6 2012, 10:51 PM
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Don't know if this has already been posted, but check out this funny Twitter page for a disgruntled Mars rover
https://twitter.com/SarcasticRover (Beware of some language!) -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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Aug 7 2012, 12:08 AM
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QUOTE (punkboi @ Aug 6 2012, 05:51 PM) ...Twitter page for a disgruntled Mars rover A fun exchange between Sarcastic Rover and Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher).
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Aug 7 2012, 12:19 AM
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I hope Gale crater and Curiosity get along better than this!
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Aug 7 2012, 05:18 AM
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This is hilarious!
Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Aug 7 2012, 06:39 AM
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Hahahaha, truly hilarious! Wil Wheaton have a great sense of humor!
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Aug 7 2012, 08:32 AM
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Aug 7 2012, 08:43 AM
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I kind of wonder if Opportunity now knows how Spirit felt when she stole all the limelight from her twin sister over in Gusev.
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Aug 7 2012, 01:19 PM
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Poor Oppy!
 But she still going strong! She have lived for SO MANY YEARS, so she will continue impress us anyway!
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Aug 7 2012, 01:35 PM
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Hey, maybe she will outlast Curiosity!
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Aug 7 2012, 01:48 PM
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Old Ad from HP
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Aug 8 2012, 02:31 PM
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QUOTE (Arkarch @ Aug 7 2012, 09:48 AM) Old Ad from HP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AoAJOF5GVQ Excellent. So, it's the Martians stitching the mosaics, not UMSF. I'd love to see a Curiosity mashup of this Pathfinder classic. |
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Aug 8 2012, 02:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Just got a message from an old UMSFer.
Check Goggle's doodle on Aug 6th: http://www.google.com/doodles/javelin-2012 |
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Aug 8 2012, 03:03 PM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Aug 8 2012, 10:40 AM) Just got a message from an old UMSFer. Check Goggle's doodle on Aug 6th: http://www.google.com/doodles/javelin-2012 Was that the original August 6th doodle or did they process the image to remove the saturation from the stadium lights? Actually: "The doodle originally featured just the javelin thrower with a blimp above him, but updated to show Curiosity." http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/06/google-do...over-curiosity/ |
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Aug 8 2012, 03:21 PM
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Wow! Just when I thought Google had decided to ignore Curiosity! I should have looked more closely.
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Aug 8 2012, 05:25 PM
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QUOTE (Doc @ Aug 8 2012, 11:21 AM) Wow! Just when I thought Google had decided to ignore Curiosity! I should have looked more closely. When you looked, it may not have been there to see. Here's a grab of the earlier goodle doodle showing the blimp that was replaced by Curiosity. I'm guessing they were hedging their bets since I don't think we would have seen a doodle of Curiosity Crater had EDL failed. http://merovee.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/blimp.jpg?w=594 Overstating the obvious, the updated August 6 doodle was reminiscent of Her Majesty's entrance during the opening ceremonies. |
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Aug 8 2012, 06:45 PM
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omg SarcasticRover is superb! hahaha!!
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Aug 8 2012, 07:09 PM
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I love this pic taken one millisecond before mayhem descended on Mission Control:
 - If this pic cannot make you happy nothing can!
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Aug 8 2012, 07:54 PM
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Great picture!
I think its time to change the subhead on this thread to read "...while we wait for some serious science/images/inspirational poetry..." |
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Aug 9 2012, 02:52 PM
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It's happened before. Cookie monster
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Aug 9 2012, 05:28 PM
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So bad it's funny department. Therefore I'm posting to this thread.
NBC had 'breaking news' on Tuesday! about the Curiosity landing. I guess the Olympics is not the only thing they cover on tape delay. NBC 'Breaking News' -------------------- My Open Office Website: http://www.openofficetips.com
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Aug 9 2012, 06:59 PM
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QUOTE (avkillick @ Aug 9 2012, 10:28 AM) So bad it's funny department. Therefore I'm posting to this thread. NBC had 'breaking news' on Tuesday! about the Curiosity landing. I guess the Olympics is not the only thing they cover on tape delay. NBC 'Breaking News' And it is not they were not here, They had the local Channel4 news truck and a humongous satellite-ready truck. Speaking of news trucks, by Sol 3 (Wed 8/8) all of the TV trucks were gone. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Aug 9 2012, 07:34 PM
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not sure if this an appropriate place for this but check out http://arstechnica.com/
Siemens has a neat "proud to support MSL" ad on the home page which times in with an animation of the descent stage flying all over the Ars homepage
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Aug 9 2012, 08:33 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
This morning there was one remaining truck that was unlabeled. I think that was probably the Japanese TV crew, who presumably rented a truck locally.
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Aug 9 2012, 08:53 PM
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It's the MSL Muppet Show with a very special guest star...!
(not sure what Muppet this is, but he sure is trying to hold on to something...)
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Aug 9 2012, 09:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1583 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
QUOTE (JayB @ Aug 9 2012, 02:34 PM) not sure if this an appropriate place for this but check out http://arstechnica.com/ Siemens has a neat "proud to support MSL" ad on the home page which times in with an animation of the descent stage flying all over the Ars homepage I turned off Adblock just to watch. Cute, but it also reminds me why I used Adblock. |
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Aug 10 2012, 10:40 PM
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Knowing it would be buoyed by its recent success, NASA have just downloaded the first rather grainy thumbnail from the hitherto secret SMUGCAM, which aims to assess the overall state of the rover by accessing its deepest levels of "pride", the extent to which it's "ready to go" and what it thinks it's capable of. The results thus far are encouraging:
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Aug 12 2012, 04:13 AM
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Sunday dinner one week after Curiosity's successful landing, I remember Adam Steltzner's 2004 instruction on how to celebrate a successful Rover EDL [from Oppy's landing in which he was mechanical systems lead.]
1) Drink 2) Take a picture 3) Go _together_ to the press conference [if there are no press around your dining room table, the kids will do for Q&A] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGTuvaWUmtw quick toast at 15:45, instructions at 15:57, and 16:54 reminiscence "how can anything match this" To Curiosity's first Earth week on Mars and many more to come. Cheers. |
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Aug 13 2012, 12:01 AM
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Robot Emilian asks "Why does Curiosity have a nuclear heart ?" (...in Czech)
This is an adaptation from a 1960s series of kids' discovery books illustrated by Jaroslav Malák. It inspired a whole generation of scintists and engineers, just as Curiosity is doing for the current generation of kids. More "WHY?" book covers.
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Aug 13 2012, 09:45 PM
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The suspense is killing me.
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Aug 13 2012, 11:37 PM
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"Restore to Clean Room" :-)
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Aug 14 2012, 01:18 AM
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QUOTE (Gladstoner) I knew some of these landforms looked familiar.... Yup.
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Aug 14 2012, 01:54 AM
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QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Nov 19 2011, 10:35 PM) Admin: A few posts moved from the Forum Logos thread. Someone MUST animate this. Or else I'm going to lose an entire evening doing it myself..... When I first saw the concept art before realizing the location of the Mastcams and Hazcams, my first reaction was that we were sending a Cyclops to Mars because of the Chemcam -------------------- |
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Aug 14 2012, 08:56 PM
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From this Spaceflightnow article: http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/msl/120814software/
They really upped the resolution of HiRISE recently?
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Aug 15 2012, 12:28 AM
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I knew that someone would do this eventually.
Harks back to the old TV commercial for a color printer using a Sojourner-like rover. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYzM1M1X790 |
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Aug 15 2012, 01:32 AM
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Can all members please remember Guideline 3.2.
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Aug 15 2012, 07:04 AM
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I love a rover with a good sense of humor and can thrown in movie lines references.
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Aug 15 2012, 08:52 PM
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IMO: This is the best, or at least the most over the top, MSL humor video.
This appears to be a professionally done video. A lot of talent and experience. Particularly compared to the average uTube video! We're NASA and We Know It (Mars Curiosity) I don't think this has been posted before. However. I apologize if I am late with this link. |
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Aug 16 2012, 01:38 AM
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WOW!
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Aug 16 2012, 02:14 AM
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Outstanding!!!!
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