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8/5/2012 6:32:01 PM

youtube has a pretty cool interactive telecast they're doing as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

8/5/2012 6:35:09 PM

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8/5/2012 6:49:12 PM

I think you'd miss it if you tuned in at 1AM EST....

7-minutes of terror:
05:24AM - 05:31AM GMT/UTC/ZULU = 12:24-12:31AM EST

8/5/2012 7:16:42 PM

I think this was done years ago

can NASA do something new. And by new I mean something not based around a 60's era russian bottlerocket.

8/5/2012 7:20:14 PM

From NASA's website:
Watch Curiosity's Landing!

Aug 5, 2012 10:31 p.m. Pacific
Aug 6, 2012 1:31 a.m. Eastern
Aug 6, 2012 5:31 a.m. Universal


Watch NASA TV

Begins Aug 5: 2012
8:30 p.m. Pacific
11:30 p.m. Eastern


Issue is we are currently EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) not EST (Eastern Standard Time)... I made the mistake and put EST when I should have put EDT. My bad. :p

[Edited on August 5, 2012 at 7:27 PM. Reason : EDT not EST]

8/5/2012 7:23:39 PM

i really wanna stay up for this, but dont know if it's worth it

8/5/2012 7:34:42 PM

^ I'm the same way. I'm scared I'll stay up and it will massively fail or some shit.

But to clarify... 1-1:30am Eastern is when it will start its decent and land. I fucked up the EST EDT shit.

8/5/2012 7:36:59 PM

I don't get NASAtv, unless it's there but not on the channel printout that I got in January

so I don't want to stay up and try to stream it, but heavy traffic make the stream laggy, etc


there could be so little going on around that time, that CNN might pick up the feed around crunch (lol) time

[Edited on August 5, 2012 at 7:40 PM. Reason : ]

8/5/2012 7:38:47 PM

They are playing it live in Times Square so I can't imagine something else would be more important at 1am on CNN but most people are either completely ignorant or don't care so who knows.

8/5/2012 8:05:32 PM

what would even be on the video, just the control room of guys looking at computers, and 3d renderings of what might be happening at the time?

8/5/2012 8:09:37 PM

if you have dish network, the nasa channel is 286. i'm going to dvr it.

and apparently it's 346 on directv.

[Edited on August 5, 2012 at 8:29 PM. Reason : ]

8/5/2012 8:27:43 PM

no luck for fios people

8/5/2012 8:28:32 PM

BUMP, 1 hour to go meng

8/6/2012 12:02:32 AM

does TWC have NASA channel or am I stuck watching the online coverage?

8/6/2012 12:19:01 AM

No clue, going to bed for a bit... hate how late the landing is... FUCK YOU MARS!

8/6/2012 12:22:59 AM

Oh nice an excuse to stay up...besides this shitty work I need to do

8/6/2012 12:31:35 AM

The Martians have deployed their sam turret. This is gonna be like shooting fish in a bucket.

8/6/2012 12:31:49 AM

Quote :

"does TWC have NASA channel or am I stuck watching the online coverage? "

8/6/2012 12:33:35 AM

^no TWC channel, "but they'll be adding it soon"

not within an hour though so fuck em

8/6/2012 12:35:19 AM

xbox ftw!!

8/6/2012 12:36:11 AM

Yeah we're watching it like in HD through the xbox

8/6/2012 12:38:32 AM

does the PS3 have a similar thing? i tried to go to nasa.gov using the browser, but the shit wouldn't play

oh well. there won't really be anything to see really.

8/6/2012 12:41:06 AM

Quote :

"what would even be on the video, just the control room of guys looking at computers, and 3d renderings of what might be happening at the time?"

They will probably air some footage from the surface of Mars if all goes according to plan. Of course they will need a few mins to edit out the Martian sasquatch but that is expected.




Let me know if you folks have any questions about NASA or space flight in general. Part of my job is interacting with the public about this kinda stuff.

8/6/2012 12:43:28 AM

The coverage now is a mix of live footage from the nasa control room with random educational clips thrown in. Supposedly we'll see live feed from the rover too

8/6/2012 12:44:25 AM

WRAL is streaming from their website.

8/6/2012 12:45:51 AM

NASA should do better planning. I'm getting sleepy.

8/6/2012 12:47:28 AM

The cameras on mars are gonna have live video. NBC will be showing this on tape delay tomorrow night at 11 pm

8/6/2012 12:47:30 AM

Wraith...can you get me a job, I graduate in about a year.

8/6/2012 12:48:06 AM

how do i watch this on my xbox?

[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 12:51 AM. Reason : oh nm, i now see there is a free app on the 360 dashboard]

8/6/2012 12:49:26 AM

wrath can you get me a blowjob.

8/6/2012 12:49:36 AM

^^^I see you are majoring in aerospace engineering which is exactly what we need. Send me a PM or Facebook message when you are about 4-6 months away from graduating and I'll do what I can. NASA starts looking for college graduates very early so the sooner you apply to a position the better.

^Yes, I can probably find a lucky lady (or gentleman if you are into that kind of thing) willing to perform.

[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 12:53 AM. Reason : ]

8/6/2012 12:51:27 AM

There's a story on the xbox console home page talking about mars, its like the second slide

Click on that and another slide and you'll be able to download "live events" or whatever

8/6/2012 12:51:51 AM

yeah thanks i had just booted up the box, saw it immediately

8/6/2012 12:53:19 AM

I see you on my TV, TT10

8/6/2012 12:53:30 AM

Wait a second....someone looking for an Aerospace engineer?

I'M AN AEROSPACE ENGINEER!

8/6/2012 12:53:41 AM

^ you have a job.

8/6/2012 12:54:06 AM

Haha, I need to change that, I'm a CSC major now

8/6/2012 12:54:31 AM

I post in the lounge just about every time we have an opening. I've posted tons of NASA job listings there over the past year or so.

8/6/2012 12:55:16 AM

^^^^^lolwut bmel

[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 12:55 AM. Reason : .]

8/6/2012 12:55:18 AM

lol, said you signed in to xbox live.

8/6/2012 12:56:21 AM

^^^Well...I don't post in the lounge.

[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 12:57 AM. Reason : carrots]

8/6/2012 12:56:41 AM

^^saturn right?

or are you RAPE


[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 1:01 AM. Reason : what had happened was]

8/6/2012 12:59:47 AM

RAPE

[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 1:01 AM. Reason : delicious nuts]

8/6/2012 1:00:53 AM

looks like Odyssey is cooperating! better chance of getting signal

8/6/2012 1:07:34 AM

Some pretty awesome hair cuts.

8/6/2012 1:08:41 AM

Houston looks like an engineering class at State

[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 1:12 AM. Reason : SAUSAGE PARTY]

8/6/2012 1:09:10 AM

http://www.ustream.tv/NASAJPL




6 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8/6/2012 1:19:14 AM

So Curiosity is probably already on the surface ... either in one piece or in many pieces. 14 minute time delay!

8/6/2012 1:20:19 AM

^yeah

wild!!

8/6/2012 1:21:58 AM