Althouse: Curiosity brushes off a rock.

८ जानेवारी, २०१३

Curiosity brushes off a rock.

On Mars.

२० टिप्पण्या:

traditionalguy म्हणाले...: Damn. Still no water.; ८/१/१३, २:०५ PM
rehajm म्हणाले...: 'PLAY BALL!!'; ८/१/१३, २:११ PM
Wince म्हणाले...: Then this guy comes along.; ८/१/१३, २:१३ PM
Nomennovum म्हणाले...: "... and carves 'Curiosity killed the microbe' in the stone."; ८/१/१३, २:१४ PM
Nonapod म्हणाले...: Doing anything remotely on Mars from Earth is a slog since you have to deal with at least 8 minutes of latency (4 light minutes there and 4 light minutes back).; ८/१/१३, २:१५ PM
sparrow म्हणाले...: Zzzzz; ८/१/१३, २:१८ PM
Sorun म्हणाले...: At the BBC, it's "Nasa" rather than NASA. Is that a British thing? If so, shouldn't it be the Bbc?; ८/१/१३, २:१८ PM
Shawn Levasseur म्हणाले...: rehajm said...
'PLAY BALL!!'

Damn. Beat me to it.

But can Curiosity call balls & strikes ?

I know it's way out on Mars, but the way some umps call the game, their heads must be in Uranus.; ८/१/१३, २:१९ PM
Tibore म्हणाले...: I think it'd be a hell of a lot more interesting if lightning strikes Curiosity and it becomes alive, a-la Number 5 from Short Circuit. Could you imagine the pics we'd get then? :); ८/१/१३, २:३२ PM
Levi Starks म्हणाले...: It breaks my heart to think of the tiny micro-ecosystem that was probably destroyed by that brushing action.
Is there no limit to the evil that man will cause in this universe.; ८/१/१३, २:३३ PM
campy म्हणाले...: At the BBC, it's "Nasa" rather than NASA. Is that a British thing? If so, shouldn't it be the Bbc?

Nasa is an acronym, pronounced as spelled. BBC is three letters. Totally different.; ८/१/१३, २:४१ PM
Rusty म्हणाले...: Did anybody bother asking the Mars people if they want this thing there?
I bet they didn't.; ८/१/१३, २:५० PM
Eric the Fruit Bat म्हणाले...: I sure hope that hammer-drill doesn't release the Martian version of Cthulhu.; ८/१/१३, २:५७ PM
edutcher म्हणाले...: Me, too, Shawn.

I wonder who's playing.; ८/१/१३, ३:३६ PM
Synova म्हणाले...: I'm on curiosity's google plus list and get lots of pictures of greenish rocks and tan dust. Basalt is boring. Last week there was a picture of white crystals in a tan rock. (Curiosity has a facebook page, too.)

Oh, I'm taking a class this semester with Dr. Agee, who is mentioned in this article about a new Mars meteorite find.; ८/१/१३, ३:५८ PM
Synova म्हणाले...: Everyone is so on about water. So far our rovers and now Curiosity and even the new Mars meteorite are showing chemistry that suggests water. Water, water, water, all the time. We know there's water ice. People are hoping for life.

I'm hoping for economic geology on Mars, and that's not a sure thing at all. And I don't know how people could go there and live if the geology is more or less homogeneous. And what do volcanoes get you? More boring basalt. Without an active geology to sort elements and materials into concentrations that can be mined and utilized for construction, we might be stuck as mere visitors.

That would suck.; ८/१/१३, ४:०६ PM
Chip Ahoy म्हणाले...: My favorite part is where Curiosity snapped a checkered tablecloth and set up a little tea party with its robot pals and stuffed toys.

NASA did learn to deal with the four minute delay.

Pour the tea stop pouring the tea.

It was discovered that it isn't so important that everyone gets a full cup so much as everyone is recognized because they don't drink it.

This exercise bodes positively for future tasks.; ८/१/१३, ४:५६ PM
SomeoneHasToSayIt म्हणाले...: All brought to you by the guys (yup) you made fun of in school.; ८/१/१३, ६:३९ PM
Sam vfm #111 म्हणाले...: "At the BBC, it's "Nasa" rather than NASA. Is that a British thing? If so, shouldn't it be the Bbc?

Nasa is an acronym, pronounced as spelled. BBC is three letters. Totally different. "

NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration

BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation

No difference, both are acronyms.; ८/१/१३, ९:५६ PM
campy म्हणाले...: BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation

No difference, both are acronyms.

Difference.

It's only an acronym if you say it like it's a word (nasa). If you pronounce the initials individually, (bee bee see) it's just a group of letters.; ९/१/१३, ६:४७ AM