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According to Neil deGrasse Tyson, NASA isn't being nearly as candid about the mission as they should be. Here is the true first image from the Curiosity.
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
Nilatai wrote:
Samira wrote:
Yes! Couldn't remember the name, thanks.
It only sticks in my mind because some of my Professors was involved in the designing of the probe and such. He held it up as an example of why it's important to have a set of standard measurements for things like that.
In other words LRN2MERTRIC!
lolgaxe wrote:
According to Neil deGrasse Tyson, NASA isn't being nearly as candid about the mission as they should be. Here is the true first image from the Curiosity.
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"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
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"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
AshOnMyTomatoes wrote:
While the metric system is awesome, the message from that foulup is "always show your units." don't let the summer help drive your spaceship.
That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
AshOnMyTomatoes wrote:
While the metric system is awesome, the message from that foulup is "always show your units." don't let the summer help drive your spaceship. Always...no...never...forget to check your references.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
Debalic wrote:
AshOnMyTomatoes wrote:
While the metric system is awesome, the message from that foulup is "always show your units." don't let the summer help drive your spaceship. Always...no...never...forget to check your references.Would you qualify that as a launch problem or a design problem? ?
remorajunbao wrote:
One day I'm going to fly to Canada and open the curtains in your office.
AshOnMyTomatoes wrote:
While the metric system is awesome, the message from that foulup is "always show your units." don't let the summer help drive your spaceship. Always...no...never...forget to check your references.Would you qualify that as a launch problem or a design problem? ? "...I drank what?"
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
Aripyanfar wrote:
lolWikipedia wrote:
The Mars Climate Orbiter was launched by NASA on December 11, 1998 to study Mars and to act as [a Martian satellite]. However, on September 23, 1999, communication with the spacecraft was lost as the spacecraft went into orbital insertion headbutted the planet, due to ground based computer software which produced output in English American units of pound-seconds (lbf-s) instead of the specified metric units of newton-seconds (N-s). The spacecraft encountered Mars at an improperly low altitude, causing [the $200 million satellite] to incorrectly enter the upper atmosphere and disintegrate headbutt the planet.
Rapidly.
Rapidly.
The weird units are always English/British. I was reading a translation for a manga that was obviously ye olde queen language due to a character using "Mummy" to refer to her mother. And in that same volume they translated a distance that was in kilometers into some silly unit called "Blocks".
Dear people I don't like: 凸(â—´―｀â—)凸
There was a GI Joe series where Flint had a decidedly British accent.
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
Deadgye wrote:
I was reading a translation for a manga that was obviously ye olde queen language due to a character using "Mummy" to refer to her mother.
Was her mother Egyptian undead?
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Deadgye wrote:
The weird units are always English/British. I was reading a translation for a manga that was obviously ye olde queen language due to a character using "Mummy" to refer to her mother. And in that same volume they translated a distance that was in kilometers into some silly unit called "Blocks".
Slugs and stones may break my bones...
My car's speedometer displays furlongs per fortnight. Hellish to convert really.
King Nobby wrote:
More words please
gbaji wrote:
Deadgye wrote:
The weird units are always English/British. I was reading a translation for a manga that was obviously ye olde queen language due to a character using "Mummy" to refer to her mother. And in that same volume they translated a distance that was in kilometers into some silly unit called "Blocks".
Slugs and stones may break my bones...
My car's speedometer displays furlongs per fortnight. Hellish to convert really.
Nobby's not been around, so you gotta use his shtick?
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
...and it's rerail time. A pretty awesome HD 360 degree panorama view of the landing site.
Turin wrote:
...and it's rerail time. A pretty awesome HD 360 degree panorama view of the landing site.
That's just ******* cool.
Man, Mars is a dump. Add Governor Brewer chasing some Mexicans with a stick and you'd have Arizona.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
Some cool Mars photos:
http://www.solarviews.com/raw/mars/12d08x.jpg
http://www.solarviews.com/raw/mars/vlpan11.jpg
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/hires/vl2_p17686.jpg
morning frost!
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/hires/vl2_p21873.jpg
Jophiel wrote:
Man, Mars is a dump. Add Governor Brewer chasing some Mexicans with a stick and you'd have Arizona.
While I enjoyed my visits to Arizona, I would have a Nerdgasm if given the chance to visit Mars.
In the place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Morn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love me and despair! -ElneClare
This Post is written in Elnese, If it was an actual Post, it would make sense.
This Post is written in Elnese, If it was an actual Post, it would make sense.
You know, I could deal with the red dirt. I'm used to red dirt. Proper dirt is always red or orange. That's not a problem.
But every time I see the yellow sky in those photos, I get the Taz-Mania theme song stuck in my head.
But every time I see the yellow sky in those photos, I get the Taz-Mania theme song stuck in my head.
Jophiel wrote:
Man, Mars is a dump. Add Governor Brewer chasing some Mexicans with a stick and you'd have Arizona.
Lulz.
Well, I for one think Sheriff Joe Arapaio would feel right at home there, and should be offered his own Martian kingdom forthwith.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Loving the open wiring on the outside of the 2.5 billion dollar rover.
"Sir, our mass spectro diometer is not working"
"Turn the camera"
"Sir, it seems the wind has disconnected the wire"
"I f$%#in told them to put the guts on the inside!!!!"
"Sir, our mass spectro diometer is not working"
"Turn the camera"
"Sir, it seems the wind has disconnected the wire"
"I f$%#in told them to put the guts on the inside!!!!"
Yodabunny wrote:
Loving the open wiring on the outside of the 2.5 billion dollar rover.
"Sir, ourmass spectro diometer wind speed sensor is not working"
"Turn the camera"
"Sir, it seems thewind has disconnected pebbles have severed the wire"
"I f$%#in told them to put the guts on the inside!!!!"
"Sir, our
"Turn the camera"
"Sir, it seems the
"I f$%#in told them to put the guts on the inside!!!!"
Called it!
The article wrote:
Engineers suspect small pebbles kicked up by the rover’s landing rockets during touchdown may have hit its deck and severed delicate wires on one of the sensor’s exposed circuit boards.
Dear NASA: Ha ha.
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
At least they shielded it's tiny plutonium heart.
Just as Planned.
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