http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2080201,00.html?hpt=hp_t2 Interesting pics and factoids by clicking on link... The Curiosity rover will have a length of 10 feet (3.0 m) and weigh 1,984 pounds (900 kg) including 176 pounds (80 kg) of scientific instruments. Photo taken July 2010. Read more: http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2080201,00.html#ixzz1QawDr9Bg I hope that they take care of all unit conversions this time.
Actually, Obama cut certain NASA programs to fund others. Space Exploration (unmanned missions) actually got a bump in funding. Manned space flight took a big hit.
Actually, they're hurting for money and Republicans aren't wanting to help either. http://www.space.com/10762-nasa-mars-rover-overbudget.html
<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jlcJZL3MDHw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> LOL, that rover will be on Mars next year.
I think Nasa are overpaid bunch of old geezers. I love how they are milking it. I'm pretty sure there are group out there could do a better job with these type of funding.
This country (and the world) has benefited so much from NASA's research and development that it's virtually immeasurable. Your statements are idiotic.
NASA's Curiosity Rover Flying to Mars NASA's Mars Science Laboratory with its car-size Curiosity rover is now on its way to the Red Planet after its launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Saturday (Nov. 26). Starting with a liftoff at 10:02 a.m. EST (1502 GMT) atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft set off on an 8 1/2 month trip to Mars. The Curiosity rover is expected to land on the planet on Aug. 6, 2012, following a parachute- and retrorocket-assisted descent that will culminate in a sky crane carefully lowering it the final 66 feet (20 meters) to the surface. link
Reminds me of an old (and by old I mean ancient) computer teacher in high school about how NASA-invented blankets saved her son's life while camping. Heard it almost every other day we had class with her. One of my professors in college was also persistent in giving us assignments on the usefulness of NASA inventions. Except she kept talking about electric wheelchairs.
Anybody else following tonight's Mars landing of Curiosity. I saw this video a month ago and thought it was pretty freaking awesome. NASA=Cool <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ki_Af_o9Q9s" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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ETA is 1:30 AM Eastern Time. Only 10:30 PM for us on the West Coast. I'm going to be following what I can online.
