Touchdown: NASA rover Curiosity lands on Mars (with video)
August 6, 2012 at 3:15 am in Grand Forks Herald
In a show of technological wizardry, the robotic explorer Curiosity blazed through the pink skies of Mars, steering itself to a gentle landing inside a giant crater for the most ambitious dig yet into the red planet’s past. Continue Reading
All the fundamentalist Xians out there are saying why spend $2.6 billion on a Mars landing when we already know the universe & Earth/Mars are only 6000 yrs. old.
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A good way to start a conversation celebrating progress and the achievements of humanity is to dig at the opposition.
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Just reality Charlie.
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Nobody brought that argument to this discussion. Whatever reality is, and who know, I may even agree with you, this is not how you win people to your side of the argument. Tact, man.
Let’s talk about how awesome this is and forget the naysayers, let them be the ones reacting – let them spend their energy coming up with a way to be negative. Be positive and move forward!
How awesome is it that we shot a minivan 40,000,000 miles and landed it on another PLANET within a few football fields of its target? And that the thing was tweeting me pictures within a half hour? Makes me proud to be a human.
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I would agree with you if it wasn’t for the simultaneous militarization of space. BTW we’ve been there 6 times already. Yes, the pictures are better this time.
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I just love that video. A room full of geeky nerdy types, hugging and crying. Pure bliss. Absolutely wonderful. Get your geek on! It is a thing of beauty.
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