MSL - landing day, Got any plans? |
MSL - landing day, Got any plans? |
May 1 2012, 07:27 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 62 Joined: 11-July 11 Member No.: 6058 |
On a light note, has anyone made any plans for 5 August? It is, after all, less than one hundred days away now, and I'm sure Mars is getting very big in the window for ol' Curiosity.
I hope they'll get a webcast going. I'll be frantically clicking on 'refresh' on here come what may!... [MOD NOTE: Topic moved to Chit Chat for obvious reasons.] |
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May 1 2012, 10:46 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 5-May 05 From: Mississippi (USA) Member No.: 379 |
According to Wikipedia planned landing is the evening of August 5 PDT, which is morning of August 6 UT.
<HUMOR> Assuming this turns out to be correct. Then in my CDT time zone: the way I figure it, if I stay awake till 3AM at the latest I should get all important available information. Then I can sleep about six hours and be back on line no later than 9:00 AM! I will leave my computer on so I won't need to boot up. Will stock up on snacks and microwave meals. Since I am retired nothing should get in the way, although the fact that it will be August in Mississippi, and I am about 1500 feet / (500 m) from the Gulf of Mexico - certainly could change my plans! Seriously, I think I will wait to make detailed plans. I sometimes over-plan </HUMOR> I wonder how much time Curiosity will spend near the landing site checking system status, and I guess functional testing of the instruments. No driving off of a landing stage anyway. |
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