Nasa braces for Mars giant probe landing

[MickZA]

http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/2012/08/02/nasa-braces-for-mars-giant-probe-landing

Watch the youtube clip for an detailed explanation of the complexity of the landing - holding thumbs all goes well.

 

[ponder]

Johnny 5?

 

[rorz0r]

eheheheheeh... he said "giant probe"

 

[The_Unbeliever]

I do hope that NASA pull this one off without any drama and fuss.

Should be interesting to see what the experiments etc will reveal about our other neighbour.

 

[MickZA]

Johnny 5?

Transformers seems more apt

 

[Picard]

I think that whole landing procedure is just too complex. Especially that last bit, the lowering with nylon ropes ... NYLON ROPES?!?!?

 

[Picard]

 

[GforceD]

mars giant probe - Probes giants living on mars?

 

[grok]

Interesting comparison of size of subsequent mars rovers .. that's why they need such a complex maneuvre.

http://www.universetoday.com/92832/3-generations-of-nasas-mars-rovers/

 

[The_Unbeliever]

was thinking "district 9 prawn" when viewing the sky crane detail in the large graphic above...

 

[dualmeister]

Why is America now diverting the public's attention to Mars. What they up to? Who they invading next?

 

[Mouse]

Why is America now diverting the public's attention to Mars. What they up to? Who they invading next?

They're invading Mars.
Once they've landed enough of these exploration vehicles they will link up power rangers style into a giant attack robot

 

[dualmeister]

Mars is being probed

 

[The_Unbeliever]

The team at NASA must be very glad this complex maneuver went off without any snafus.

 

[Mouse]

The team at NASA must be very glad this complex maneuver went off without any snafus.

They must have checked their Metric to dumbass conversions quite a lot before the launch