http://www.nasa.gov now has its images back

(after the government had a chance to take down all the alien pics)

8/6/2012 1:59:55 AM

who needs a manned space program when you can do this?

who needs a manned military when you have drones?

we are the future!

8/6/2012 2:29:52 AM

^As advanced as Curiosity is, the human brain is still light years ahead of it when it comes to decision making. It's going to be a very long time before humans are able to create a machine capable replicating the thought process of a brain.

8/6/2012 9:08:50 AM

^And that is a Very Good Thing.

8/6/2012 9:14:12 AM

hahahahahaha




[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 10:23 AM. Reason : gif needed]

8/6/2012 10:01:13 AM

There were some awkward high fives that I hope someone makes a gif out of

8/6/2012 10:38:54 AM

there were way too many attractive-ish females in the room for this to be real.

8/6/2012 10:41:43 AM

^^I was thinking the same thing.

I'm just glad no one in the control room has a peanut allergy.

8/6/2012 10:44:15 AM

^ guess you can't work for NASA if you have a peanut allergy

8/6/2012 10:48:03 AM

^^^ i felt the same way.

still unhappy that none of them unleashed their titties in a celebratory fashion

[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 10:49 AM. Reason : .]

8/6/2012 10:48:56 AM

Quote :

"The landing of the Mars science rover Curiosity does not qualify as a significant scientific achievement and should not be getting so much of the public’s attention, says the team of scientists who discovered the Higgs boson last month."

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2012/08/mars-rover-should-not-get-so-much-attention-say-higgs-boson-scientists.html

8/6/2012 10:51:51 AM

god damn it LunaK

[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 10:58 AM. Reason : ]

8/6/2012 10:57:14 AM

Quote :

"^As advanced as Curiosity is, the human brain is still light years ahead of it when it comes to decision making. It's going to be a very long time before humans are able to create a machine capable replicating the thought process of a brain."

There isn't really decision making needed on mars and no human could last 10 years anyway. All of the decision making is done at the control room. Its not like its an autonomous bot (which will be coming soon).

8/6/2012 11:05:25 AM

Significant scientific achievement? Perhaps, perhaps not.

Significant engineering achievement? Absolutely, and that's equally deserving of attention as a scientific one.

EDIT: LOL after I clicked on the link.

[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 11:37 AM. Reason : ]

8/6/2012 11:33:03 AM

yeah i like the ideology behind the skycrane

8/6/2012 11:36:03 AM

http://youtu.be/JFAJzAMEkdo?t=12m9s

ha... my favorite is the guy in the back who starts celebrating before everyone else

8/6/2012 11:51:15 AM

Quote :

"“You know the difference between the Mars rover and the Higgs boson?” said a NASA spokesman, his face red with anger. “You can actually see the Mars rover.” The NASA official went on to say that “I can understand why the Higgs people think they found something that’s real and all, but as far as I can tell their so-called ‘boson’ is about as real as a leprechaun or a Smurf.” "

NASA with the sick burn

8/6/2012 11:58:20 AM

http://bennyhillifier.com/?id=yIUQ3MZ8yMs


Because everything is funnier with benny hill.

[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 12:06 PM. Reason : ]

8/6/2012 12:04:57 PM

8/6/2012 1:40:44 PM

aha, that new yorker article is hilarious. I had to check to make sure it wasnt an onion article

8/6/2012 1:50:03 PM

The Borowitz Report
Fake news and political satire.

8/6/2012 2:00:26 PM

New Rover Lands on Planet Mars with Live Broadcast Online. London Olympics on Planet Earth not available Online without Paid Subscription. Wait... what?

8/6/2012 2:02:07 PM

first image from curiosity.

8/6/2012 2:02:29 PM

8/6/2012 4:42:13 PM

[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 8:32 PM. Reason : .]

8/6/2012 8:28:01 PM

8/6/2012 8:33:56 PM

^why post it again?

8/6/2012 9:22:08 PM

Because big4country did the same with the Marvin pic???

8/6/2012 9:23:13 PM

ohh ok I see now.

8/6/2012 9:25:14 PM

correct answer:

8/6/2012 9:28:22 PM

8/6/2012 9:33:04 PM

Obama put a robot on mars.

8/6/2012 9:34:44 PM

Bush put a robot on mars.

8/6/2012 10:18:36 PM

8/7/2012 9:58:37 AM

8/7/2012 2:22:49 PM

lol

8/7/2012 2:28:51 PM

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-you-should-be-excited-about-mars-today/

Quote :

"As astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson once pointed out, the money required to send a satellite to Saturn is less than what Americans spend on lip balm in a year. "

8/7/2012 4:20:32 PM

http://www.360cities.net/image/curiosity-rover-martian-solar-day-2#-317.87,-3.81,83.3


Panoramic view of the Martian surface taken from Curiosity!

8/14/2012 8:58:13 AM

^ Woot... employee showed it to me today... good stuff.

8/14/2012 5:03:54 PM

http://wtfnasa.com/#

A cool interactive site that lists all of NASA's technical and scientific contributions to the world and every day life outside of simple space travel.

8/15/2012 4:04:53 PM

In order to keep track of distance traveled and provide a reference in the tracks left by Curiosity, the engineers at the JPL (Jet Propulsion Lab) added morse code to the tread pattern in the wheels:



J    .---
P    .--.
L    .-..

/NERD

8/29/2012 7:19:52 PM

^ more like FUCKING AWESOME!

8/29/2012 7:30:01 PM