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Fucking MARS! (Original Post) kpete Feb 2021 OP
M-A-R-S bitches! liberalmuse Feb 2021 #1
That's awesome! servermsh Feb 2021 #2
W000t! Yay, Nasa teams! Hello, again, Red Planet. 👏 electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #3
Life on Mars? cureautismnow Feb 2021 #4
Our 5th successful Mars rover landing. Laelth Feb 2021 #5
Geologists are probably already teasing details out of this one photo NotASurfer Feb 2021 #6
"Oh, goodie! ... bigtree Feb 2021 #7
Heh. tanyev Feb 2021 #16
So exciting to watch! Mz Pip Feb 2021 #8
don't look now, but there is an alien shadow at 5:00... getagrip_already Feb 2021 #9
Damn straight ! I would never bet against NASA. WheelWalker Feb 2021 #10
What a disgusting planet!-- lastlib Feb 2021 #11
NASA crew going crazy with joy! FelineOverlord Feb 2021 #12
I've been a big fan of space exploration since I was a kid. rsdsharp Feb 2021 #13
First photos from surface: geralmar Feb 2021 #14
That means there are rats and mice too! lunatica Feb 2021 #18
Lololol!!!!!! jpak Feb 2021 #19
Dammit! jcgoldie Feb 2021 #21
The human-like AI isn't working Midnightwalk Feb 2021 #15
It's an ugly planet. A Bug Planet! jpak Feb 2021 #17
Just imagine Mars being a clone of earth. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2021 #23
Greetings earthling - now go home nykym Feb 2021 #20
Marvin takes no shit. nt JanMichael Feb 2021 #22

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
5. Our 5th successful Mars rover landing.
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 05:34 PM
Feb 2021

It was awesome.

Congratulations NASA and JPL. Well done!



-Laelth

NotASurfer

(2,371 posts)
6. Geologists are probably already teasing details out of this one photo
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 05:36 PM
Feb 2021

And they probably won't want to sleep for days, even as the rover basically sits there doing system checks and sending more random test photos

Mz Pip

(28,506 posts)
8. So exciting to watch!
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 05:38 PM
Feb 2021

The excitement and tension in that room must have been incredible!

getagrip_already

(17,802 posts)
9. don't look now, but there is an alien shadow at 5:00...
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 05:39 PM
Feb 2021

In that picture. It looks like it is standing on top of the rover with it's arms out.

lastlib

(28,595 posts)
11. What a disgusting planet!--
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 06:06 PM
Feb 2021

Didn't even dust itself off for its close-up!

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rsdsharp

(12,092 posts)
13. I've been a big fan of space exploration since I was a kid.
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 06:21 PM
Feb 2021

But couldn’t NASA have figured a way to make the first picture NOT look like it was on a 12” B&W Philco in 1957?

jcgoldie

(12,046 posts)
21. Dammit!
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 06:43 PM
Feb 2021

Who was in charge of filling up the windshield wiper fluid??? I knew NASA shouldn't have hired that lazy guy from Jiffy Lube!

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,796 posts)
23. Just imagine Mars being a clone of earth.
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 06:47 PM
Feb 2021

There would be regular scheduled Trailways buses running every day from cities around the globe.

And pollution, greed, traffic, brothels, Walmarts, panhandlers..........and Republicans.


KY.......

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