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MSL - landing day, Got any plans?

Seryddwr View Member Profile	May 1 2012, 07:27 PM Post #1
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 31 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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brellis View Member Profile	May 3 2012, 11:14 PM Post #2
Member Group: Members Posts: 662 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700	I remain - uh, Curious - about the factor of atmosphere in calculating the trajectory of the landing of MSL. When was the likely atmospheric effect established, and from what data? Because, parachute? On Mars?? Just ask weathermen on earth, that atmosphere can change a lot!

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Seryddwr MSL - landing day May 1 2012, 07:27 PM

Phil Stooke Could be tricky... I'll be travelling, coming ... May 1 2012, 09:17 PM

Decepticon QUOTE I hope they'll get a webcast going. I ... May 1 2012, 10:21 PM

stewjack According to Wikipedia planned landing is the even... May 1 2012, 10:46 PM

volcanopele My current plan is to be at work, to see if I can ... May 2 2012, 03:20 AM

mhoward Planetfest sounds good. May 2 2012, 03:28 AM

elakdawalla The Society will be having a Planetfest in Pasaden... May 2 2012, 03:30 AM

cbcnasa QUOTE (elakdawalla @ May 1 2012, 11:30 PM... May 4 2012, 06:09 PM

nprev Hopefully the Pasadena Planetfest, provided that m... May 2 2012, 05:06 AM

jamescanvin The landing is very early on Monday morning in the... May 2 2012, 07:28 AM

vikingmars On our side in France, we, at Societe Astronomique... May 2 2012, 09:21 AM

Phil Stooke Do we know what the image release policy will be? ... May 2 2012, 11:44 AM

elakdawalla As far as I know, all images from all imaging inst... May 2 2012, 03:05 PM

RoverDriver I know what i will be doing: CODEvoid Agugust5... May 2 2012, 03:10 PM

elakdawalla Oh, that's dark, Paolo! (Welcome back, str... May 2 2012, 04:55 PM

mhoward Dark but very funny. May 2 2012, 05:07 PM

MahFL I took the Monday off so I can stop up very late, ... May 2 2012, 08:58 PM

Astro0 I've got the best gig of all! It's go... May 2 2012, 10:31 PM

Astro0 This is a real treat from Matt Heverly, Mobility S... May 3 2012, 05:21 AM

stevesliva Might be unnerving if we saw bootprints. May 3 2012, 05:42 AM

djellison Note how soft the edge of the shadows are... a sym... May 3 2012, 05:51 AM

JohnVV ---edit--- May 3 2012, 06:03 AM

jamescanvin QUOTE (JohnVV @ May 3 2012, 07:03 AM) and... May 3 2012, 07:22 AM

djellison QUOTE (JohnVV @ May 2 2012, 11:03 PM) and... May 3 2012, 07:26 AM

brellis I remain - uh, Curious - about the factor of atmos... May 3 2012, 11:14 PM

Drkskywxlt QUOTE (brellis @ May 3 2012, 06:14 PM) I ... May 3 2012, 11:35 PM

MahFL I was under the impression the only actively guide... May 4 2012, 12:38 PM

Drkskywxlt QUOTE (MahFL @ May 4 2012, 08:38 AM) I wa... May 4 2012, 03:02 PM

djellison QUOTE (MahFL @ May 4 2012, 05:38 AM) I wa... May 4 2012, 04:26 PM

elakdawalla I am doing my level best to remain entirely ignora... May 5 2012, 12:05 AM

vikingmars QUOTE (elakdawalla @ May 5 2012, 02:05 AM... May 5 2012, 01:55 PM

Lightning QUOTE (vikingmars @ May 2 2012, 11:21 AM)... Jun 3 2012, 09:43 PM

djellison It'll be about 10:35pm Pacific. Jun 4 2012, 12:39 AM

vikingmars Finally we found our auditorium for our MSL/Curios... Jun 5 2012, 10:13 AM

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