Any tekkie worth his salt knows Curiosity is due to land on Mars Sunday night / Saturday morning, but how many dedicated hardcore geeks are out there watching EDL of MSL live as it happens?
Geek check...
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Re: Geek check...
read about it....not my kinda geek thing...I stayed at home this weekend watching the baby while the gf is working...playing Metroid Prime on gamecube....while reading Warhammer 40k ebooks when taking a smoke break on my iphone....I'm a geek...just not a nasa geek....but be cool to hear it lands....and maybe finds some Mechanicus relics on Mars lol..."In a cruel and evil world, being cynical can allow you to get some entertainment out of it."
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"Remain calm. All is well." -Chip Diller, Nov 1963Comment
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mjarbar
Re: Geek check...
read about it....not my kinda geek thing...I stayed at home this weekend watching the baby while the gf is working...playing Metroid Prime on gamecube....while reading Warhammer 40k ebooks when taking a smoke break on my iphone....I'm a geek...just not a nasa geek....but be cool to hear it lands....and maybe finds some Mechanicus relics on Mars lol...
But back on track - it gives a strange feeling that even though you see this sort of footage all the time in movies you still get the WOW factor knowing that this is real live 'as it happens' footage.Comment
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First image from the Mars rover Curiosity
more to come ...Attached Files“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” (Isaac Asimov)Comment
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