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Originally Posted by troutman
Mars rover landing to be broadcast live
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/.../20054671.html
Space enthusiasts will be able to watch what NASA calls "seven minutes of terror" on Sunday when the space agency broadcasts live the Mars landing of its rover Curiosity.
The landing is expected to take about four and a half hours: The broadcast starts at 11:30 p.m. ET Sunday and runs until 4 a.m. ET Monday. The exact touch-down time is scheduled for 1:31 a.m.
If the mission is successful, viewers will be able to see Mission Control receive its first signal from the rover on Mars.
The broadcast will be streamed on NASA TV, on the agency's website, nasa.gov.
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YES YES YES YES YES!
This thread is awesome.
What has me so excited is not that this is yet another probe on Mars, but that it's a stepping stone for landing larger technology on planets and moons in orbit.
In my mind, the existence of extra-terrestrial life is a foregone conclusion, finding proof of life on another planet jazzes me up, but not as much as the idea of technological advancements that allow humans to colonize regions of space.
Once you can land a multi-ton object on Mars or Titan, maybe you can send robots that can build pre-fabricated structures.