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Jimbeaux
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youngsyr
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Great news! This caused me to smile though: deputy head of the rover's descent and landing team said: I can't believe this. This is unbelievable. Confident in your team and work then?! 
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Jimbeaux
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youngsyr said: Great news! This caused me to smile though: deputy head of the rover's descent and landing team said: I can't believe this. This is unbelievable. Confident in your team and work then?!  There are a bit excitable; one should coach geeks for that moment when they are "let out". 
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P-Jay
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I've been enjoying following this story, it's a bit hidden under all the Olympic news of course. If you're on twitter you can follow the Rover itself (although I have a sneaking feeling the tweets are sent from Earth  ) they've already posted a few pics. Just B&W at the moment, although they've removed the clear dust cover now so you can see a bit more. I know there have been Rovers before, but such a large one, 1 Tonne I'm told, has to be a hell of a step towards the first manned mission to Mars, I'm reasonably certain I'll see a Man on Mars in my lifetime.
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jmorgan
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Psst, over in the science forum.....
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Marf
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youngsyr said: Great news! This caused me to smile though: deputy head of the rover's descent and landing team said: I can't believe this. This is unbelievable. Confident in your team and work then?! They were understandably nervous about the final descent, the sky crane hadn't been tested IIRC.
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Jimbeaux
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Marf said: youngsyr said: Great news! This caused me to smile though: deputy head of the rover's descent and landing team said: I can't believe this. This is unbelievable. Confident in your team and work then?! They were understandably nervous about the final descent, the sky crane hadn't been tested IIRC. Really? I'd have thought testing that over in Arizona or Nevada would have had some crane action; maybe not. This rover is different than the previous ones, as was noted earlier, in size. It also has more HD cams and a laser capable of vaporizing a rock and gathering the particles for testing. Cool gadgets! 
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Marf
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Eric Mc
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P-Jay said: I've been enjoying following this story, it's a bit hidden under all the Olympic news of course. If you're on twitter you can follow the Rover itself (although I have a sneaking feeling the tweets are sent from Earth ) they've already posted a few pics. Just B&W at the moment, although they've removed the clear dust cover now so you can see a bit more. I know there have been Rovers before, but such a large one, 1 Tonne I'm told, has to be a hell of a step towards the first manned mission to Mars, I'm reasonably certain I'll see a Man on Mars in my lifetime. It was the headline news on Radio 4 this morning - ahead of the Olympics. Probably because Britain had such a rotten day on Sunday, only winning two golds and a hatful of Silvers. Being discussed in depth here - with lots of good links for those who want to follow the mission even closer. http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
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martin84
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jmorgan said: Psst, over in the science forum..... It's also news you dummy.
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Jimbeaux
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Eric Mc said: P-Jay said: I've been enjoying following this story, it's a bit hidden under all the Olympic news of course. If you're on twitter you can follow the Rover itself (although I have a sneaking feeling the tweets are sent from Earth ) they've already posted a few pics. Just B&W at the moment, although they've removed the clear dust cover now so you can see a bit more. I know there have been Rovers before, but such a large one, 1 Tonne I'm told, has to be a hell of a step towards the first manned mission to Mars, I'm reasonably certain I'll see a Man on Mars in my lifetime. It was the headline news on Radio 4 this morning - ahead of the Olympics. Probably because Britain had such a rotten day on Sunday, only winning two golds and a hatful of Silvers. Being discussed in depth here - with lots of good links for those who want to follow the mission even closer. http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... Thanks Eric; not trying to step on that, just want to bring to a bigger audience.
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youngsyr
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Marf said: youngsyr said: Great news! This caused me to smile though: deputy head of the rover's descent and landing team said: I can't believe this. This is unbelievable. Confident in your team and work then?! They were understandably nervous about the final descent, the sky crane hadn't been tested IIRC. It's the choice of words - being nervous is fine and expected, stating that it's unbelievable implies that you didn't believe it would happen!
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Use Psychology
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what do you mean 'for when the geeks are let out'
you know we just let you think you're in charge.
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jmorgan
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martin84 said: jmorgan said: Psst, over in the science forum..... It's also news you dummy. I know its in the news, the fact a thread appeared in the news section sort gives the game away if no one was aware. Tis why I used small words, meant to symbolise a small hint just in case anyone wanted to look over there whilst not saying do not look here.
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Eric Mc
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Us Space Cadets have been talking about this mission in the Science Forum for months now.
It's the nature of PH these days to have threads covering similar topics in various places.
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allnighter
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Marf
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allnighter said: The camera then panned left and... 
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Eric Mc
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allnighter said: They'll have to travel a bit to find Curiosity. Do they bicycles on Mars?
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Jimbeaux
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Use Psychology said: what do you mean 'for when the geeks are let out'
you know we just let you think you're in charge. I would not doubt it.
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Jimbeaux
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allnighter said: Now that is some very funny s  t right there, I don't care who you are!
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