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Best Mars photo yet

dduane:

thisdanobrien:

codyjohnston:

Breathtaking.

I hope people don’t stop giving a shit about this in a week or two.

This is what Mars looks like. Hey everyone, this is what Mars looks like. We didn’t know this yesterday.

Juso so that everyone’s aware this panorama comes from Opportunity (while at Greeley Haven) and not from Curiosity. as per here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/news/mer20120105.html

Not that it’s not lovely.

Thank you, dduane!  And for the rest of you: as he said, this panorama is going around, and it’s awesome, but it’s also not from Curiosity.  Let this serve as a reminder that we’ve still got another rover, Opportunity, hanging out on Mars taking pictures.

Also, you don’t even have to read up on the NASA website - the description right below this panorama says “It was assembled from 817 images taken between Dec. 21, 2011, and May 8, 2012, while Opportunity was stationed on an outcrop informally named ‘Greeley Haven’.”  Curiosity hasn’t been on the surface for a week, much less six months.  Plus, there are tracks - I’m pretty sure Curiosity hasn’t started moving yet, because they’re still running a million system tests to make sure everything’s A-OK.

Thanks, PSA over, return to your internets.

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24,886 notes  Now With Twice as Much Lemon! 9 months ago
room42: racist, sexist AND tardy (Image Courtesy…) For the sake of perspective, I decided to draw this thing to scale.  I had to wrap the image a few times, and shrink it a bit, but here you are: Click the image for a slightly bigger version.

room42:

racist, sexist AND tardy

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For the sake of perspective, I decided to draw this thing to scale.  I had to wrap the image a few times, and shrink it a bit, but here you are:

Click the image for a slightly bigger version.

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15,464 notes  Adventures in shenanigans 9 months ago

8/5

There we go

The last guy in the row finally mentioned the other half-dozen or so countries involved and thanked them, and then it took a French guy asking a question, but we got an acknowledgement that the “American-made” rover had parts made in Spain.

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How I know I’m a Tumblrer

I’m watching the NASA press conference and have all kinds of internal grumbles about all the America is the best/unique/special stuff happening.

Can’t we just be proud of our achievements as a globe without the nationalistic chest-thumping?

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And Curiosity’s first picture - had to get a little bit of itself in the shot, narcissistic little rover that it is.

And Curiosity’s first picture - had to get a little bit of itself in the shot, narcissistic little rover that it is.

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3,591 notes  Victory 9 months ago
LOOK.  IT’S OUR SHADOW.  ON MARS.  AND A PICTURE FROM OUR CAMERA. NASA YOU ARE THE BOMB.

LOOK.  IT’S OUR SHADOW.  ON MARS.  AND A PICTURE FROM OUR CAMERA.

NASA YOU ARE THE BOMB.

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MAAAAARRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

We have another rover on Mars and it’s taking pictures!  First picture that came back was a picture of its own wheel.  The rover thinks it’s so cool.

BUT GUYS.  SCIENCE!  FUCK YES NASA!  So much science went into this moment, and it all worked.  Dammit, I love science!

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npr: jtotheizzoe: Remember months ago when I told you that you could send your name to Mars? NASA etched the 1.2 million or so names on a special microchip that the Curiosity rover will carry on its back. Unfortunately, it’s too late to add your name to the list since it launches on Saturday, but it’s nice to know that so many of us will make the trip. I’ll be on there! Did you get your name onboard? (Image above of states with the most names headed to space via Mars Science Laboratory) Okay, it always bothers me (to an irrational degree) when these kinds of things aren’t per-capita, because they end up just being a slightly inaccurate map of state populations* that doesn’t really tell you anything.  So I hopped over to the Google Charts API, and after a some internet-searching and spreadsheet-fiddling, I made my own: You can play with it to see actual values and things on the the little webpage I set up for it.  One thing is clear:  While Texas and California did get excited about it, it’s not such a standout - Louisianans are the real mars-o-philes, and Utah wasn’t far behind, with the two taking the two top spots.  Right at the bottom, oddly enough, was Louisiana’s next-door neighbor, Mississippi - only Puerto Rico had a more anemic turnout.  Nevada and both the Dakotas rounded out the bottom.   The three west-coast states just made the top ten, taking the number 7, 8, and 10 spots for Washington, California, and Oregon, respectively.  Oddly enough, spot 9 goes to New Jersey - the only other state besides Oregon where you can’t pump your own gas.  But I’m not going to try to make any correlations there. *Seriously, tell me these two maps aren’t basically the same:

npr:

jtotheizzoe: Remember months ago when I told you that you could send your name to Mars? NASA etched the 1.2 million or so names on a special microchip that the Curiosity rover will carry on its back.

Unfortunately, it’s too late to add your name to the list since it launches on Saturday, but it’s nice to know that so many of us will make the trip.

I’ll be on there! Did you get your name onboard?

(Image above of states with the most names headed to space via Mars Science Laboratory)

Okay, it always bothers me (to an irrational degree) when these kinds of things aren’t per-capita, because they end up just being a slightly inaccurate map of state populations* that doesn’t really tell you anything.  So I hopped over to the Google Charts API, and after a some internet-searching and spreadsheet-fiddling, I made my own:

You can play with it to see actual values and things on the the little webpage I set up for it.  One thing is clear:  While Texas and California did get excited about it, it’s not such a standout - Louisianans are the real mars-o-philes, and Utah wasn’t far behind, with the two taking the two top spots.  Right at the bottom, oddly enough, was Louisiana’s next-door neighbor, Mississippi - only Puerto Rico had a more anemic turnout.  Nevada and both the Dakotas rounded out the bottom.  

The three west-coast states just made the top ten, taking the number 7, 8, and 10 spots for Washington, California, and Oregon, respectively.  Oddly enough, spot 9 goes to New Jersey - the only other state besides Oregon where you can’t pump your own gas.  But I’m not going to try to make any correlations there.

*Seriously, tell me these two maps aren’t basically the same:

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295 notes  NPR 1 year ago
The Doctor doesn’t like being called a martian. (From “The Runaway Bride”, click through for fullsize)

The Doctor doesn’t like being called a martian.

(From “The Runaway Bride”, click through for fullsize)

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