COMFIRMED: MARS LANDER MADE IT! IT SENT BACK PICTURES TOO!

[Krk3561]

yay! its bouncing!

 

[JC]

woohoo!

 

[adlep]

Hey, whats the channel, so I can watch the landing trasmission?
:beer:

 

[Evadman]

yeah, but we will not know if it was 100% successful for at least a day.

 

[JC]

:Q

 

[PowerMacG5]

There is no signal right now. Hopefully it can be reacquired.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: adlep
Hey, whats the channel, so I can watch the landing trasmission?
:beer:

4mhz

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: KraziKid
There is no signal right now. Hopefully it can be reacquired.

They said that is perfectly normal

 

[jurzdevil]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Wouldn't it rock if you saw a little martian man walk up to it and destroy it? That would own.

yeh the martian comes flying up in a truck and throws a rock (or brick) at our lander!


edit: somehow i thought matrtians are advanced enough to have trucks but not bricks...thanks yllus!

 

[PowerMacG5]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: KraziKid
There is no signal right now. Hopefully it can be reacquired.

They said that is perfectly normal

Yeah, but still. It's fun to be in doubt, although I believe it has succeeded.

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: KraziKid

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: KraziKid
There is no signal right now. Hopefully it can be reacquired.

They said that is perfectly normal

Yeah, but still. It's fun to be in doubt, although I believe it has succeeded.

Typically, someone forgot a 4cm screw, which will cause something to snap as it opens up.

 

[dartworth]

Good animation- In Quicktime

 

[Krk3561]

it could be possible the antennas are transmitting into the ground

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: jurzdevil

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Wouldn't it rock if you saw a little martian man walk up to it and destroy it? That would own.

yeh the martian comes flying up in a truck and throws a brick at our lander!

Fixed.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Wow, you can see the guys on CNN that were in that EDL video.

 

[JC]

WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Signal received

 

[PowerMacG5]

woooooot, they got the tone, and the see it. Success.

 

[dartworth]

raise a glass to the geeks:beer:


thank you

 

[kenshorin]

Yup. Cool. Gives me an excuse to celebrate. :beer:

 

[Krk3561]

wouldnt it be so cool if the first pictures came back with some form of life in them? do you think the government would start a huge cover up to prevent mass hysteria?

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: Krk3561
wouldnt it be so cool if the first pictures came back with some form of life in them? do you think the government would start a huge cover up to prevent mass hysteria?

Yes, it would be cool. However, it's more likely that they'll find either bacteria or evidence of such in the rocks and dirt. And no, the government wouldn't cover that up.

 

[nanyangview]

landed in success

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Krk3561
wouldnt it be so cool if the first pictures came back with some form of life in them? do you think the government would start a huge cover up to prevent mass hysteria?

Imagine the first images as an aged Charlten Heston gasping for air.....surounded by dead monkeys.

 

[duke]

This is great news. I hope the Europeans can find their Beagle lander soon.