# 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:** 7
### Author:  [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methyl_Ethyl_Death)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/121 "2012-08-06T05:34:42Z")
Nasa wins the gold!
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### Author:  [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/122 "2012-08-06T05:34:51Z")
Frikkin’ flawless. No small feat.
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### Author:  [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/123 "2012-08-06T05:34:52Z")
First pix are in
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### Author:  [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/124 "2012-08-06T05:35:31Z")
Thumbnail!!!
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### Author:  [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/125 "2012-08-06T05:35:31Z")
Touchdown, but there is still the need to…
Never mind, telemetry confirmed, strong data signal, down-link established, Images in!
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### Author:  [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/126 "2012-08-06T05:35:47Z")
w00t!
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### Author:  [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/127 "2012-08-06T05:35:48Z")
First images coming down. It’s a wheel!
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### Author:  [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/128 "2012-08-06T05:36:00Z")
looks like a picture of the Death Star
Declan
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### Author:  [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/129 "2012-08-06T05:36:04Z")
It’s a thumbnail of… A THUMBNAIL!
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/130 "2012-08-06T05:36:21Z")
Already have an image from Mars!
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### Author:  [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/131 "2012-08-06T05:36:55Z")
Bloody hell, I could hardly bring myself to believe it could all work. Freakin’ brilliant.
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### Author:  [@Zerc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zerc)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/132 "2012-08-06T05:37:18Z")
YES YES YES!!!
I am so glad this worked out
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### Author:  [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/133 "2012-08-06T05:37:30Z")
First command sent should be to do some celebratory Martian donuts in the sand!
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### Author:  [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/134 "2012-08-06T05:37:59Z")
America! Fuck yeah!
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### Author:  [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/135 "2012-08-06T05:38:18Z")
NASA fuck’n rocks!!
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### Author:  [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/136 "2012-08-06T05:39:39Z")
Its a decepticon
Declan
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### Author:  [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/137 "2012-08-06T05:39:43Z")
JPL & NASA has a big feather in their cap now!
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### Author:  [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/138 "2012-08-06T05:40:09Z")
> [@Zebra](#):
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> America! Fuck yeah!
Ahem, it’s pronounced 'Merica.
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### Author:  [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/139 "2012-08-06T05:40:24Z")
Hot damn. Fucking images of another planet.
When nerds cry, it always chokes me up. Fuck olympic gold, these are my true heroes. Great job NASA/JPL!
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### Author:  [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144/140 "2012-08-06T05:40:27Z")
MARS, BITCHES.
mars.
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