I just saw a BBC Horizon programme: Mission to Mars and can't wait to hear of Curiosity's safe landing on the planet next week. It is even more exciting than usual as I visited JPL in May, saw a model of Curiosity and the control center at work et al.
The flight to Mars, the fiery entry to Mars 'airspace', the powered descent chute for a soft landing on all fours, the solar array has to open up,... Holy cow. Could this mission be any more complex?
Two scientists who were briefed on the 2013 NASA budget that will be released next week said the space agency is eliminating two proposed joint missions with Europeans to explore Mars in 2016 and 2018. NASA had agreed to pay $1.4 billion for those missions. Some Mars missions will continue, but the fate of future flights is unclear, including the much-sought flight to return rocks from the red planet.
So what happens to the 'sky crane' after it drops the rover? In the video it just flys away, Does it land and the rover use that as a base or does it just go away and then float or crash to the surface?
well you can get a idea.... they used the same approach program they used on apollo. landing on moon. so go check one of those out and imagine it red :P
A Mi entidad del mundo favorita la NASA les deseo todos los éxitos del mundo... gloria a-dios para que este nuevo intento sea totalmente exitoso. Como quisiera estar por lo menos en el centro de análisis de esa actividad.
I thought the wrong video had been uploaded until a full 2 min's into the video when it finally dealt with the landing. Then it rushed through the subject entirely too quickly. How about you do a real video on this where you actually go into detail about specifications, sizes, weights, times, treating the public as if they are intelligent?
You think they would have learned with their failed helicopter catch... but nope, they have to make it almost impossible to succeed because of the ridiculous complexity. I don't have high hopes for this one. I hope it works though.
No matter what you think of our industrial food systems, a good portion of our increased agricultural capacity (several trillion dollars) over the past few decades, is due to the space technologies developed mostly thru NASA at the cost of a few hundred billion dollars (including many contractors and universities). The hunger in the world is mostly due to economic, political, & social interference with distribution.
how come on fecesbook there is only Like button instead of Like and No Like option? look for example here on you tube we have option of plus, minus up or down ..Lack of No Like option on facebook is the result of hyper politicall correctnes ?? you can like, you can be neutral but you can not like ? what gives ?
@Mscir The message of the video was adequately conveyed along with extra tibits. Maybe you should look elsewhere for a video that caters to your intellectual capacity; or lack of I should say ha.
millions/billions spent on going to other planets ! and we still can't feed our own people !!
I just saw a BBC Horizon programme: Mission to Mars and can't wait to hear of Curiosity's safe landing on the planet next week. It is even more exciting than usual as I visited JPL in May, saw a model of Curiosity and the control center at work et al.
The flight to Mars, the fiery entry to Mars 'airspace', the powered descent chute for a soft landing on all fours, the solar array has to open up,... Holy cow. Could this mission be any more complex?
These stars/planets are BRIGHTER, have no problem to view them in Philadelphia ! Cheers !
I will look out for this!
Best channel on UA-cam.
Godspeed to you Curiosity. So much positive effort to understand truth vs the unknown darkness.
Land safely.
yeah its a 1st amgnitude star so no problem seing it in the subrubs you can se mars saturn and spica every night
Will definitely be on call for this one . . . .
Good job NASA & JPL!!!!!
I can't wait to watch it...
Two scientists who were briefed on the 2013 NASA budget that will be released next week said the space agency is eliminating two proposed joint missions with Europeans to explore Mars in 2016 and 2018. NASA had agreed to pay $1.4 billion for those missions. Some Mars missions will continue, but the fate of future flights is unclear, including the much-sought flight to return rocks from the red planet.
So what happens to the 'sky crane' after it drops the rover? In the video it just flys away, Does it land and the rover use that as a base or does it just go away and then float or crash to the surface?
This is a daring enterprise. I hope that everything goes well.
well you can get a idea.... they used the same approach program they used on apollo. landing on moon. so go check one of those out and imagine it red :P
I can't wait to see what they discover :D
cannot wait to see this air
My understanding is that the crane crashes to the surface as refuse.
Best luck !!! i can't wait....
Spica?
Spica is a binary star? I never knew that.
yes.
A Mi entidad del mundo favorita la NASA les deseo todos los éxitos del mundo... gloria a-dios para que este nuevo intento sea totalmente exitoso. Como quisiera estar por lo menos en el centro de análisis de esa actividad.
Cool!, lot of smart people for NASA!
you can see saturn and mars both from the suburbs
Will Curiosity (cameras) be able to see Earth in the sky?
I thought the wrong video had been uploaded until a full 2 min's into the video when it finally dealt with the landing. Then it rushed through the subject entirely too quickly. How about you do a real video on this where you actually go into detail about specifications, sizes, weights, times, treating the public as if they are intelligent?
Fantastico, meraviglioso
Soft landing please. ;)
When this thing lands i'm going to smoke me a BIG FAT blunt!
Look's like my brithday on the 5th will be even more interesting.
You think they would have learned with their failed helicopter catch... but nope, they have to make it almost impossible to succeed because of the ridiculous complexity. I don't have high hopes for this one. I hope it works though.
Naked eyes meaning without binoculars or telescope. Or is it just a bad joke?
No matter what you think of our industrial food systems, a good portion of our increased agricultural capacity (several trillion dollars) over the past few decades, is due to the space technologies developed mostly thru NASA at the cost of a few hundred billion dollars (including many contractors and universities). The hunger in the world is mostly due to economic, political, & social interference with distribution.
how come on fecesbook there is only Like button instead of Like and No Like option? look for example here on you tube we have option of plus, minus up or down ..Lack of No Like option on facebook is the result of hyper politicall correctnes ?? you can like, you can be neutral but you can not like ? what gives ?
In reality this rover is full of gold just to bribe the Martians. That's why it is so big & heavy.
hallo
@Mscir
The message of the video was adequately conveyed along with extra tibits. Maybe you should look elsewhere for a video that caters to your intellectual capacity; or lack of I should say ha.
I live in London and I can see Mars n Saturn with naked eyes.
News to me . . . .I didn’t know that Mars n Saturn even had eyes, never mind them being naked too. . .
Hope not, we don't need to get into another war
God I hope the landing works..
The God particle is pure mass. Particles need it to exist. It's in all particles in the universe. Of course it's in Martian matter.
Too bad you cannot convince FB.
can't wait to see martians.
bummer WOULD TELL FOLKS AT nasa.... flat out... YOU DIDNT BUILD THAT.... SOMEONE ELSE BUILT THAT FOR YOU......
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
oBAMA ur MASTER SAID no HE HAS OTYHER THINGS TO SPEND UR MONEY ON. LIKE SOLAR PANELS
The guys voice made me stop watching this