# 200,000 klicks to Mars. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2004, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456 "2004-01-03T09:25:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/21 "2004-01-04T03:51:25Z")
Now that’s a close up. I guess that dark blur is the crater Spirit’s heading toward. I can’t imagine the tension at mission control. ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/22 "2004-01-04T03:52:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anonymous Coward \* > \*\*Check out > > [http://btree-esn.grc.nasa.gov/NASA\_TV/NASA\_TV.html](http://btree-esn.grc.nasa.gov/NASA_TV/NASA_TV.html) > > for a high-res NASA TV link. \*\* Another link [Here](http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/23 "2004-01-04T03:57:35Z")
More NASA TV mirrors [here](http://www.team188.com/2002/videos/nasatv.shtml) My other link is saturated. I got bumped from the stream and couldn’t get back in. ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/24 "2004-01-04T04:11:08Z")
The top link from the page in my last post is the JPL link in AC’s 2nd post there, and seems to be good still. Currently showing the control room at JPL that is controlling the lander. Anybody know if DirectTV carries NASA tv? That would rock. 2 Mins till stage separation, it’s very dramatic actually. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/25 "2004-01-04T04:24:26Z")
Ah crap, my 220 kbps stream was just downgraded to 34 kbps. Ugh. everyone looks like they are made from legos now. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/26 "2004-01-04T04:30:53Z")
That is incredible how they can remain in contact with the probe as it goes through the athmosphere. Defiantely a great improvement. ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/27 "2004-01-04T04:32:07Z")
Hey **AC** which stream you using, that JPL link I posted is going strong at 220 kbps for me. Atmosphere entered, parachute deployed. sweet ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/28 "2004-01-04T04:35:15Z")
Wooohooo! They have a landed signal. They are bouncing! ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/29 "2004-01-04T04:43:50Z")
Aarghhhhh! They’ve touched down, apparently, but now have been about 10 minutes since they’ve heard anything. And I keep getting bumped off the live feeds, or the sound quits. Oh, wait, now they’re saying they’ve got data that MAY indicate reception post-landing, and it will be 4 more minutes before they know. This is nerve-wracking. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/30 "2004-01-04T04:44:13Z")
How odd. I’m using the JPL feed as well, so I refreshed the input and it’s back to 220. I was scared to try during the landing in case I missed something. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/31 "2004-01-04T04:47:10Z")
Waiting for confermation that it survived the bouncing. Talk dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/32 "2004-01-04T04:49:51Z")
its down, hell yeah ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/33 "2004-01-04T04:52:42Z")
Hot damn! Lock, lock, lock. And we get to do this all over again in 21 days. My poor ticker. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/34 "2004-01-04T04:53:25Z")
Base side down, so it landed right side up. 🙂 I’m so happy. ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/35 "2004-01-04T04:58:44Z")
Sweet, deflate airbags, lets see some pictures. And just to show I am giant a geek, sittin’ around on Sat night, watching the Mars lander, anybody notice the Sun flat panels in the control center. They got some _nice_ equiptment. 45 mins to deflate, ~15 to open petals. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/36 "2004-01-04T05:08:50Z")
What a joy that NASA TV is. I loved how they let us monitor the Flight comm channel… I felt like I was in the room with them. ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/37 "2004-01-04T05:29:40Z")
Yep, NASA TV rocks, I’m kinda sorry they are wrapping up the coverage for the night. News briefing coming up though. Three weeks till the next one. Hope there’s some good stuff from Spirit in the mean time. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/38 "2004-01-04T05:33:18Z")
Whoohoo! I thought I was the only one following this story. Let’s hope there’s evidence of (more) intelligent life. 😃 [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,107316,00.html](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,107316,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/39 "2004-01-04T05:39:58Z")
I ran across the nasa TV link on google and logged on just as they said they had a signal. When is the news briefing? There was a blurb on MSNBC but I havn’t seen anything on CNN yet (I might’ve missed it, though). ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456/40 "2004-01-04T05:45:23Z")
The briefing is on right now. So far it’s just (well deserved) back-slapping and PR. No technical updates yet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-000-klicks-to-mars/222456.md?page=3)