Mars Rover Landing Stream

[Cameroi]

time flys. i had no idea this would be the day. sure am glad she made it down in one piece. all those potential failure modes. seemed like doing it the hard way. but that's a heck of a machine they've got there now.

i've got the live in the other tab, but i need to open a second window so i can watch at the same time.

[Norstal]

Let us all take a moment to reflect on the fact that we saw this. We lived through this bit of history.
Finally, some GOOD history in our lifetime.

LHC was finished during our lifetime.

[Genivaria]

Let us all take a moment to reflect on the fact that we saw this. We lived through this bit of history.
Finally, some GOOD history in our lifetime.

Surreal, isn't it?

Just a bit. Honestly I think I'm about to cry. Finally something good I can tell my kids about.
...yup, theres the tears.

[Dibjuur]

Let us all take a moment to reflect on the fact that we saw this. We lived through this bit of history.
Finally, some GOOD history in our lifetime.

LHC was finished during our lifetime.

So it's settled, then: My two children will be named Curiosity and Higgs.

[Priori]

Surreal, isn't it?

Just a bit. Honestly I think I'm about to cry. Finally something good I can tell my kids about.
...yup, theres the tears.

So I'm not alone?

[The Ottish Empire]

Dammit, I missed it! It must have been absolutely fabulous if NASA has been celebrating for about an hour now =/

It just landed 10 minutes ago.

Whoops, my bad, time mistranslation.

[Bulgislavia]

First contact with martians in the form of the discovery and release of information which revealed the presence of life on Mar's (Most probably/definitely in the form of microbial organism's) would be a major historical milestone and be a prelude to First contact with more intelligent beings from somewhere else in the Galaxy

I feel like the discovery of living microbial organism's on Mar's is pretty much a certainty

[Genivaria]

Let us all take a moment to reflect on the fact that we saw this. We lived through this bit of history.
Finally, some GOOD history in our lifetime.

LHC was finished during our lifetime.

But most people didn't understand the significance of that.This is different.

[Genivaria]

LHC was finished during our lifetime.

So it's settled, then: My two children will be named Curiosity and Higgs.

Aaaaaand quoted.

[Genivaria]

Just a bit. Honestly I think I'm about to cry. Finally something good I can tell my kids about.
...yup, theres the tears.

So I'm not alone?

Nope.

[Melas]

So it's settled, then: My two children will be named Curiosity and Higgs.

Aaaaaand quoted.

LMAO

[Greater Ilanar]

I'm underwhelmed. The feed is currently a picture of the robot and says that there's going to be a video at some point.

[Bralia]

Surreal, isn't it?

Just a bit. Honestly I think I'm about to cry. Finally something good I can tell my kids about.
...yup, theres the tears.

My eyes always leak in these situations, too. Another step forward for humanity . . .

[Genivaria]

I'm underwhelmed. The feed is currently a picture of the robot and says that there's going to be a video at some point.

Sorry, the landing already happened.

[Condunum]

I'm underwhelmed. The feed is currently a picture of the robot and says that there's going to be a video at some point.

If you're underwhelmed, then you don't quite grasp the severity of this mission.

[Melas]

I'm underwhelmed. The feed is currently a picture of the robot and says that there's going to be a video at some point.

too late bro just ending like 10 minutes ago.But do not worry we will have HD pictures in about 48 hours

[Priori]

I'm glad a lot of people on here share my passion for witnessing beautiful moments in history- specifically such great strides in science and the subsequent understanding of our universe.
This is big. Before the landing, the people I've talked to in real life only made snide remarks concerning the cost of it all, declaring it a waste of money and resources... They have no idea.

[Bralia]

I'm glad a lot of people on here share my passion for witnessing beautiful moments in history- specifically such great strides in science and the subsequent understanding of our universe.
This is big. Before the landing, the people I've talked to in real life only made snide remarks concerning the cost of it all, declaring it a waste of money and resources... They have no idea.

Those people would be the death of science.

[Yandere Schoolgirls]

Another great day for NASA, and a bad day for the taxpayer. How long will we let NASA waste our precious tax dollars that could be spent elsewhere in the economy? Abolishing NASA would lower taxes allowing us to purchase things that we actually need. Landing on Mars presents no more of a scientific significance than landing in the desert, albeit at least in the desert there are actual lifeforms and occurrences we could learn about, not just red rocks and sand. NASA is a waste of money, and should be abolished immediately.

Please tell me you are a kidding... if anything it should be wordwide so everynation could/should give funds to it

That would be even worse. Instead of the United States bearing the consequences of their poor investment the entire world would have to.

NASA helps the economy, cutting taxes doesn't.

Actually NASA harms the economy because it's putting us into debt, and that's a signal that it's not worth as much as it costs. Cutting taxes doesn't hurt the economy because it gives people more money to spend and makes prices fall, hello????

[Dibjuur]

I'm glad a lot of people on here share my passion for witnessing beautiful moments in history- specifically such great strides in science and the subsequent understanding of our universe.
This is big. Before the landing, the people I've talked to in real life only made snide remarks concerning the cost of it all, declaring it a waste of money and resources... They have no idea.

Those people would be the death of science.

I'm pretty sure that as further knowledge becomes integral to our society, this will prove to be the opposite of true - science will be the death of those people!

[Typhlochactas]

Actually NASA harms the economy because it's putting us into debt, and that's a signal that it's not worth as much as it costs. Cutting taxes doesn't hurt the economy because it gives people more money to spend and makes prices fall, hello????

Show me evidence that NASA is a major factor in the national debt. Money doesn't go nowhere. The money goes on buying things for their projects and hiring employees. Silicon Valley loves NASA for this reason.

[Dibjuur]

Please tell me you are a kidding... if anything it should be wordwide so everynation could/should give funds to it

That would be even worse. Instead of the United States bearing the consequences of their poor investment the entire world would have to.

NASA helps the economy, cutting taxes doesn't.

Actually NASA harms the economy because it's putting us into debt, and that's a signal that it's not worth as much as it costs. Cutting taxes doesn't hurt the economy because it gives people more money to spend and makes prices fall, hello????

Neil deGrasse Tyson would like to have a word with you.

[NMaa949]

Please, the U.S. government is making the Pentagon buy military equipment it neither wants nor needs, while the most rich store trillions in banks overseas, don't tell me that NASA is the problem with today's economy.

[Bralia]

Okay, people on the live feed, stop gloating about this "American" achievement. This is an achievement for every single human on the planet.

[Yandere Schoolgirls]

Actually NASA harms the economy because it's putting us into debt, and that's a signal that it's not worth as much as it costs. Cutting taxes doesn't hurt the economy because it gives people more money to spend and makes prices fall, hello????

Show me evidence that NASA is a major factor in the national debt. Money doesn't go nowhere. The money goes on buying things for their projects and hiring employees. Silicon Valley loves NASA for this reason.

It's well known that NASA is running up a deficit that continuously grows, look it up yourself. Also, it doesn't have to take up a major portion of debt, that doesn't matter. What matters is that it's an ultimately unsustainable venture, and space travel could be better handled be the private sector.
Yeah, and those things that they buy shoot up demand and increase consumer prices higher than they would have been had they been left alone making harder for poorer people to afford things.