Next time you think sci-fi, think again

[SpecOp9 0]

I think China is about to spark a new Space race.Their continues efforts to expand on space technoligy and to graduatly fill the gap with US/EU/Russia will bring them up to par with Europe and U.S in space technoligy soon.When they have landed on the Moon you know it will take the Chinese only an x amount of time to land on Mars aswell ,and then there will be nations that will want to beat China to it.

If everybody just came together I think this project will get done much sooner.

[CrunchyFrog 0]

I was reading this life on Mars excerpt on the internet and they had videos of the Beagle 2.

Now when I watched this video, I could swear it was something even MORE sci fi than what you see in the movies.

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The video is of the beagle 2, entering the atmosphere in mars, and taking samples to identify if there is life on earth...

YOu gotta watch the video, it's pretty crazy.

Crazy? Why... It's a computer animation...!

Edit:

Quote[/b] ]The video is a computer animation of the beagle 2. The spacecraft itself will be entering Mars' atmosphere early on Christmas day.

So, no, it hasn't landed yet and those movies are technically science fiction, as none of it has happened yet.

Heh, Didnt see that

[SpecOp9 0]

I am still amazed how we can even get an object so small to reach a destination so far away, and something we know so little about

[toadlife 3]

Looks like Beagle 2 isn't gonna call home.

[toadlife 3]

In regards to the U.S. Mars Rover which is scheduled to *try* and land in January.

From their Flash feature:

Quote[/b] ]The mission is scheduled to last at least 90 days, or until martian dust covers the rover' solar panels.

Call me practical, but since they know this will probably happen, why not build a small apparatus into the rover that blows of the dust solar panels, or wipes them off? I can just see the rover being ther for 3 days and they dying when a small dust storm disables it's solar panels.

It's like building a car without windsheild wipers.

[denoir 0]

Spirit has landed! Good work NASA!

[ralphwiggum 6]

you gotta be kidding me. NASA actally managed to avoid a screw up?

joking aside, good job. hopefully everything go as well as planned.

[toadlife 3]

Pictures! Give me pictures!! Damn NASA is lagging.

[ralphwiggum 6]

Pictures! Give me pictures!! Damn NASA is lagging.

sounds like NASA alright.

this only thing that NASA gave us so far.

here's the NASA's webpage

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html

[Mister 5 0]

The video is of the beagle 2, entering the atmosphere in mars, and taking samples to identify if there is life on earth...

I think we already know the answer to that mystery of the universe...

And the part in the movie with big silver rod was pretty hot. Am I right?

[Pipski 0]

The video is of the beagle 2, entering the atmosphere in mars, and taking samples to identify if there is life on earth...

I think we already know the answer to that mystery of the universe...

lolol!

[SpeedyDonkey 0]

I might be very wrong but i think that the first high res. images were supposed to come on monday.

[theavonlady 2]

I might be very wrong but i think that the first high res. images were supposed to come on monday.

They should've sent 'em to FotoMat.

[SpecOp9 0]

lol... ok, NOW we can say it's not Sci Fi any longer  

I'm shocked and amazed.. very happy for NASA.... I'm happy to live in this time period.. cuz now we shall find out..

ARE MARTIANS REAL?  

DUM DUM DUM!!!

[cozza 24]

ARE MARTIANS REAL?  

DUM DUM DUM!!!

and they come down and use there ray guns and turn people to ash and Peirce Brosnam loses his head. (Nomore Vicktor troska )

but that was movie

[SpecOp9 0]

FIRE THE "LASER"!

[toadeater 0]

I wanna go to Mars!

[the_unknown_one 0]

Quote[/b] ]... always look at the briiight side of life (as the brits always seem to say)...

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Were you joking? I hope so. SOrry, it's just that one film made by us dosn't mean we ALL say that. Lol.

nevermind.

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Anyway, i hope we do manage to get to Mars. I don't think we've had one space mission that i know of. But i'm no expert.

the_unknown_one

[Acecombat 0]

I wanna go to Mars!

Haha thats funny female aliens lovely

[Gollum1 0]

From the NASA control center, check out the guy on the left :

[Commander-598 0]

A larger view pieced together from other images. I assume the big glowing spot on the left is the sun.

[theavonlady 2]

From the NASA control center, check out the guy on the left :

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn.....ap.jpg

That's Sean O'Keefe, NASA's chief administrator. Most of us first became familair with him earlier this year with the shuttle tragedy.

So? What about him?

[blackdog~ 0]

It's a shame and a shock they didn't put a color camera on.

[theavonlady 2]

It's a shame and a shock they didn't put a color camera on.

Read the news:

NASA Awaits Rover's Color Photos of Mars

Quote[/b] ]NASA said Spirit's first color images could be transmitted to Earth early Monday, relayed by a second spacecraft in orbit around the Red Planet.

[ozanzac 0]

[http]http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20040104a/PIA04980_br.jpg[/http]

A larger view pieced together from other images. I assume the big glowing spot on the left is the sun.

They spent 1 billion dollars and waited six months for that shot.

For petrol money, I would have gone to Coober Pedy, taken a photo in colour, come back and say to them, look, I went to Mars. There's signs of duststorms, but no signs of life.