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Title: Mars Rover
Post by: Bird on August 06, 2012, 03:56:38 PM
anyone watch the landing?
http://news.discovery.com/space/live-mars-rover-curiosity-landing-120802.html (http://news.discovery.com/space/live-mars-rover-curiosity-landing-120802.html)
Hope someone used 6bs on it, and remembered to connect the +ive on the battery....

 cant wait to see this thing blasting around mars...
(http://www.speedace.info/speedace_images/rover_p_6.jpg)
Title: Re: Mars Rover
Post by: JCOJ on August 06, 2012, 04:45:49 PM
What a complete waste of money this is. 

I am sure that if they find alien life there they sure as hell won't mention it as it will probably scare the crap out of half the population!!!
Title: Re: Mars Rover
Post by: Symon on August 06, 2012, 04:58:36 PM
I reckon this is awesome.  We need to be doing more for space exploration.

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Title: Re: Mars Rover
Post by: Bird on August 06, 2012, 05:10:10 PM
Quote from: JKohn
What a complete waste of money this is. 
I can see many better things to spend trillions on..  But I love this sorta Shit!

Quote
I am sure that if they find alien life there they sure as hell won't mention it as it will probably scare the crap out of half the population!!!
agree. But I love this sorta Shit!


I was hoping the first photo was like this
(http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/40/165877-29144-marvin-the-martian_large.jpg)

Quote from: Symon
I reckon this is awesome.  We need to be doing more for space exploration.
I'm a believer in little green men, or at least life out there so hope the NASA Director that was interviewed, his hopes come true. he wants to send out about 10 of these things to so many different planets its awesome!


Im not sure what they hope to get out of it honestly, but hope they have a good camera on board, cause I love this sorta Shit!

The first photo mins after landing..
(http://i.space.com/images/i/20166/original/mars-rover-curiosity-first-image.jpg)
Title: Re: Mars Rover
Post by: Tom on August 06, 2012, 05:13:53 PM
Quote from: Lost on August 06, 2012, 03:56:38 PM
anyone watch the landing?
http://news.discovery.com/space/live-mars-rover-curiosity-landing-120802.html (http://news.discovery.com/space/live-mars-rover-curiosity-landing-120802.html)
Hope someone used 6bs on it, and remembered to connect the +ive on the battery....

 cant wait to see this thing blasting around mars...
(http://www.speedace.info/speedace_images/rover_p_6.jpg)


Hope their Rover is more reliable than the model shown.
Gee I miss working on the Old English cars.
Cheers.
Titch
Title: Re: Mars Rover
Post by: Crisp Image on August 06, 2012, 05:16:36 PM
Regards
Crisp Image
Title: Re: Mars Rover
Post by: GGV8Cruza on August 06, 2012, 05:36:30 PM
The most expensive remote control car ever made, I want one  ;D

GG
Title: Re: Mars Rover
Post by: dazzler on August 06, 2012, 06:00:27 PM
Quote from: Lost on August 06, 2012, 03:56:38 PM

 cant wait to see this thing blasting around mars...
(http://www.speedace.info/speedace_images/rover_p_6.jpg)


A mate of mine was a Rover nut and had one of these.  This fellla was an auto engineer and a wiz at building race cars.  This thing would just stop dead.  Randomly stop dead.  Could never work it out.   ;D

In the end he put it in the shed and I think it still lives in there.
Title: Re: Mars Rover
Post by: Brutus on August 06, 2012, 06:48:57 PM
My Money is on the whole show being filmed in the Nevada desert like the moon landing was. Meanwhile some govt agency is spending the change spying on china :D
Title: Re: Mars Rover
Post by: Symon on August 06, 2012, 07:03:08 PM
(http://static.skynetblogs.be/media/76387/891_mars_image.jpg)
Title: Re: Mars Rover
Post by: olddigger on August 06, 2012, 07:10:11 PM
Thanks, Symon. I've had a very average day, the weather in Perth has just turned very nasty indeed and I needed a laugh. And that gave me one!
Cheers, Tony