# NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [November 26, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144 "2011-11-26T14:35:39Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 6
### Author: ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/101 "2012-08-06T05:17:01Z")
“Cruise balance mass ejections” what that all about? ---
### Author: ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/102 "2012-08-06T05:17:25Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Call of Duty XVIII: Olympus Mons Actually I was thinking Doom. Declan ---
### Author: ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/103 "2012-08-06T05:17:36Z")
14 minutes to landing. ---
### Author: ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/104 "2012-08-06T05:17:51Z")
Holy shit. For a second there, I thought that Mars simulation window said “Bespin” for a second. I about shit my Jedi robes. ---
### Author: ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/105 "2012-08-06T05:19:54Z")
Thousands of martian cats are running in terror Declan ---
### Author: ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/106 "2012-08-06T05:24:09Z")
Anyone else having SDMB connection issues every few minutes? ---
### Author: ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/107 "2012-08-06T05:31:00Z")
Yup SDMB & NASA just took a dump on me ---
### Author: ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/108 "2012-08-06T05:31:05Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Anyone else having SDMB connection issues every few minutes? Yep, just got a total loss of connection. JPL seems to be having much better luck! > [@Declan](#): > > Thousands of martian cats are running in terror > > Declan thank god! We wouldn’t want cats killing curiosity! ---
### Author: ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/109 "2012-08-06T05:31:13Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Anyone else having SDMB connection issues every few minutes? Yep, I was wondering if we were on mars. ---
### Author: ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/110 "2012-08-06T05:31:56Z")
Just recovered the dope Declan ---
### Author: ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/111 "2012-08-06T05:32:28Z")
Looking goood!!! ---
### Author: ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/112 "2012-08-06T05:32:48Z")
Touchdown ---
### Author: ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/113 "2012-08-06T05:32:53Z")
Yay! Way to go! ---
### Author: ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/114 "2012-08-06T05:33:13Z")
its down and welded Declan ---
### Author: ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/115 "2012-08-06T05:33:29Z")
NASA reports touchdown confirmed ---
### Author: ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/116 "2012-08-06T05:33:32Z")
YEAH!!! ---
### Author: ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/117 "2012-08-06T05:33:34Z")
OMG. They did it! ---
### Author: ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/118 "2012-08-06T05:33:37Z")
Touch down! WAY TO GO NERDS! WOOT! Y’all totally fuckin’ rock! ---
### Author: ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/119 "2012-08-06T05:33:45Z")
So far, so good! ---
### Author: ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia) #### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/120 "2012-08-06T05:34:07Z")
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