# Are you curious about Curiosity? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 4, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613 "2012-08-04T17:08:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/1 "2012-08-04T17:08:03Z")
Landing @1:30am Monday for the right coast. Watch it live : [http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/04/mars-mission/#s:mars-1](http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/04/mars-mission/#s:mars-1) FYI, Curiosity is the largest autonomous rover ever built weighing in at around 2k lbs and it is carrying a freaking nuclear bomb, true story, just in case any Cybertron attacks. ---
**Author:** ![RTrac1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rtrac1/32/6312_2.png) [@RTrac1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RTrac1)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/2 "2012-08-04T17:11:18Z")
Im into it… dunno if im gonna stay up or wait till morning to check it out. As someone who has built rockcrawlers, and is studying alternative energy, rovers intrigue me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ReDevil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redevil/32/6385_2.png) [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/3 "2012-08-04T17:54:18Z")
Sub’d for Transformer references. lol ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/4 "2012-08-04T19:33:52Z")
I don’t even know how you even begin to engineer something like this, as you are watching it please do keep in mind that the rover is 2000 lbs. This makes building a F1 race car like a 10 piece lego toy and this is why America is awesome. [ame][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY9e6Gwpd2s[/ame]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY9e6Gwpd2s%5B/ame%5D) ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/5 "2012-08-04T22:08:46Z")
Insane. I hope it works, would be awesome, but at the same time there’s so much that has to go right and one little error could ruin the entire thing. I’m gonna go enroll in space camp so I’m ready in to fly to Mars in 2021 :rofl ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/6 "2012-08-05T19:50:56Z")
Feed link here > **[NASA Television | NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/)** > > NASA Television provides live coverage of launches, spacewalks and other mission events, as well as the latest news briefings, video files, and the This Week @NASA report. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/7 "2012-08-05T19:54:07Z")
> [@Gas mileage thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-mileage-thread/50164/88): > > Sub’d for Transformer references. lol This NASA flick sounds like it’s narrated by a transformer… [ame][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7DEw70LVWs&hd=1[/ame]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7DEw70LVWs&hd=1%5B/ame%5D) ---
**Author:** ![capitalcrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@capitalcrew](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/capitalcrew)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/8 "2012-08-05T19:55:14Z")
Chemtrails on mars. Pitman told me. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/9 "2012-08-05T20:32:35Z")
Oh good god. I just found a way to waste hours thanks to NASA > **[NASA’s Eyes](https://eyes.nasa.gov/)** > > Welcome to NASA's Eyes, a way for you to learn about your home planet, our solar system, the universe beyond and the spacecraft exploring them. ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/10 "2012-08-05T20:37:19Z")
Watch it live here: [http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/mars/curiosity\_news3.html](http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/mars/curiosity_news3.html) ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/11 "2012-08-05T20:39:57Z")
> [@Mark's SRT re-do -- no traction at all slight\_smile page 5](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/marks-srt-re-do-no-traction-at-all-page-5/49901/82): > > Watch it live here: [http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/mars/curiosity\_news3.html](http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/mars/curiosity_news3.html) I clicked and I saw WILL.I.AM. I hate you. ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/12 "2012-08-05T22:16:00Z")
Also live on CNN ---
**Author:** ![xreaction](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xreaction/32/6409_2.png) [@xreaction](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xreaction)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/13 "2012-08-05T22:17:06Z")
who else is watching right now? ---
**Author:** ![ReDevil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redevil/32/6385_2.png) [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/14 "2012-08-05T22:30:20Z")
I am. It landed safe. ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/15 "2012-08-05T22:31:17Z")
that is da shit! USA USA!111 ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/16 "2012-08-05T22:32:21Z")
we have visual!!! fuck! ---
**Author:** ![ReDevil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redevil/32/6385_2.png) [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/17 "2012-08-05T22:35:34Z")
Awaiting lanky robot shadow to overfall the camera… [ame][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFvUdt9BQhU[/ame]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFvUdt9BQhU%5B/ame%5D) ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/18 "2012-08-05T22:55:00Z")
FYI. The last rover we sen’t was designed to function for 90 days, it was operational for 2+ years. Curiosity was designed to function for 2 years. ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/19 "2012-08-06T04:10:17Z")
Yes! I wish I didn’t pass out last night. ---
**Author:** ![Boost\_Creep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost_creep/32/6366_2.png) [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/20 "2012-08-06T07:32:16Z")
because MURICA [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613.md?page=2)