'Curiosity' - NASA Mars Rover - Due to land 5th Aug 2012

[MiniMan64]

mrmr96 said:

Quite exciting now, isn't it?
I plan to get up about 6am. If anyone finds more good streams etc can they please post them up?

Cheers

Likewise.

I'm sure NASA TV is going to be the best bet.

[mrmr96]

(Daft question) Which one is the NASA TV link?

[FurtiveFreddy]

NASA TV: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

First two days' news briefings (converted to UK time!)

Sunday, Aug. 5
-- 5.30 p.m. - Final Prelanding Update News Briefing
-- 11 p.m. - NASA Science News Briefing

Monday Aug 6

-- 4:30 a.m. to about 7 a.m. - Landing Commentary No. 1
-- No earlier than 7:15 a.m. - Post-landing News Briefing
-- 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. - Landing Commentary No. 2
-- 5 p.m. - Landing Recap News Briefing

Wednesday Aug 8
-- 12 a.m. - Possible New Images News Briefing

Also. the Ustream HD feed: http://www.ustream.tv/NASAJPL2

Edited by FurtiveFreddy on Sunday 5th August 14:16

[mrmr96]

Excellent - thanks

[davepoth]

It's also streaming live on Xbox 360, oddly.

[Eric Mc]

Don't forget the 20 minute time delay.

[Caruso]

Eric Mc said:

Don't forget the 20 minute time delay.

No more laggy than some COD games I've been in!

[Eric Mc]

I could imagine the consternation at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) if they lost control of the rover because some geek in a bedsit in Croydon had told it to steer itself over the edge of the Valles Marineris.

[Daxed]

Cheers for the xbox tip, have just checked it out and all looking good.

Be great to have whatever will be available on the TV rather than my phone.

[mrmr96]

Don't forget to set your alarms chaps! Xbox stream starts in just over 6 hrs(!)

[FunkyNige]

RegMolehusband said:

Have you seen NASA's interactive computer simulation? Fascinating.

Mars is looming closer...

[davepoth]

Bedazzled said:

Can we control it with a gamepad?

Kinect only.

[mrmr96]

But there is a separate live streaming app available within "my video apps" or something. Called "xbox live events viewer" I think. That's currently playing a countdown timer and a trailer. You don't need kinect to watch that stream.

[Simpo Two]

They could just have stuck a TV camera on it...

[Chilli]

It's all systems go chaps....the peanuts have just been handed out.

[Stu R]

Anyone watching live? Peanut time!

JPL always seem to do really slick live and recorded video. Nice and technical, but not so much to isolate newbies.

I'm tickled at the fact I'm watching this on Xbox live, great to see science stuff getting a showing on a platform of that magnitude which captures many a young mind. Planting seeds etc. Lots of chatter on twitter about it too

Anyway, things seem to be going beautifully so far, well under an hour to go, fingers crossed!

on a side note, I'm also tickled that the presenter can't pronounce 'peanuts' without it sounding like 'penis', and that there's a guy at JPL called Fuk Li

Edited by Stu R on Monday 6th August 06:06

[mrmr96]

Yup - I'm here.

[Chilli]

Sh!t...look at those altitude miles tick down!

[MiniMan64]

Checking in chaps, here's hoping!

I'm trying to run a stream on our TV through the PS3 unsuccessfully! GAH!

[Stu R]

MiniMan64 said:

Checking in chaps, here's hoping!

I'm trying to run a stream on our TV through the PS3 unsuccessfully! GAH!

If all else fails there's a few streams online - http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl is one of them