# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**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 6, 2012, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/21 "2012-08-06T07:58:08Z")
![http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17nq8mpzugufapng/original.png](http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17nq8mpzugufapng/original.png) ---
**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 6, 2012, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/22 "2012-08-06T08:54:14Z")
![http://i.imgur.com/v3J8z.png](http://i.imgur.com/v3J8z.png) ---
**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 6, 2012, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/23 "2012-08-06T09:52:50Z")
So this is the kind of world we lived in. Enjoy your stay…:rofl [http://motherboard.vice.com/2012/8/6/nasa-s-mars-rover-crashed-into-a-dcma-takedown](http://motherboard.vice.com/2012/8/6/nasa-s-mars-rover-crashed-into-a-dcma-takedown) ---
**Author:** ![PFaux](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pfaux/32/6722_2.png) [@PFaux](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PFaux)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/24 "2012-08-06T10:50:44Z")
> [@Gun guys.. step in please.. buying my first gun](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gun-guys-step-in-please-buying-my-first-gun/50302/70): > > Landing @1:30am Monday for the right coast. > > Watch it live : [Where to watch Sunday's Mars landing live online | VentureBeat](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. thats a joke right lol:ponder ---
**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 6, 2012, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/25 "2012-08-06T11:12:45Z")
its nuclear powered… not exactly a bomb. ---
**Author:** ![PFaux](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pfaux/32/6722_2.png) [@PFaux](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PFaux)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/26 "2012-08-06T11:42:07Z")
yeah i just looked that up. some pultonium isotope that decays real fast and the heat from the decaying matter turns a fan to produce electricity. pretty cool, wonder if that is one of a kind, created specifically for this machine. ---
**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 6, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/27 "2012-08-06T12:09:25Z")
its a type of sterling engine i believe. theyve used them in satellites ---
**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 6, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/28 "2012-08-06T13:02:35Z")
[ame][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1coV7XqE1M[/ame]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1coV7XqE1M%5B/ame%5D) ---
**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 8, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/29 "2012-08-08T13:43:58Z")
![http://www.davegranlund.com/cartoons/wp-content/uploads/Color-Curiosity-Mars-rover.jpg](http://www.davegranlund.com/cartoons/wp-content/uploads/Color-Curiosity-Mars-rover.jpg) ![http://jerm.co.za/images/2012/08/jerm-mars-curiosity-rover-perspetive.jpg](http://jerm.co.za/images/2012/08/jerm-mars-curiosity-rover-perspetive.jpg) ---
**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 8, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/30 "2012-08-08T16:56:47Z")
Nuclear power is the way to go and will be the only way to go. You simply can’t rely on solar power, period. ---
**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 22, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/31 "2012-08-22T13:57:29Z")
HD photostring/video of the actual landing. [ame][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZX5GRPnd4U&hd=1[/ame]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZX5GRPnd4U&hd=1%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 22, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/32 "2012-08-22T16:14:28Z")
^ There are a million ways that this landing can go wrong, but it worked. I was talking to my boss the other day that if people saw the exact same landing in a Sci-Fi movie, people would say that is so impossible and will never happen in real life. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2012, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613/33 "2012-11-07T09:53:07Z")
HUGE Hi-res shot of many sticked together [![](https://www.nasa.gov/images/content/703574main_MSL%20self-portrait%20pia16239%2020121101_full.jpg) ](https://www.nasa.gov/images/content/703574main_MSL%20self-portrait%20pia16239%2020121101_full.jpg) Teaser ![http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/703570main_pia16239-43_800-600.jpg](http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/703570main_pia16239-43_800-600.jpg) [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-curious-about-curiosity/264613.md?page=1)