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Give thanks to God for landing the Rover safely on the surface of Mars! (Original Post) Aristus Feb 2021 OP
which god, there are so many to choose from or ignore nt msongs Feb 2021 #1
Zeus blm Feb 2021 #3
If we don't repent and get right with Zeus, America is doomed. NCjack Feb 2021 #6
Mars jpak Feb 2021 #5
In my head when I hear or see the word Mars nocoincidences Feb 2021 #13
+100 Celerity Feb 2021 #14
Whew! A quick save! You almost got a tiny lecture! Karadeniz Feb 2021 #2
Science SchMience, it's all pornography jpak Feb 2021 #4
Well, pornography does finance the internet... Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #19
Credit where it is due. Laelth Feb 2021 #7
I'm going to give thanks to science teachers too. llmart Feb 2021 #8
I have been, my son BittyJenkins Feb 2021 #9
Omg! Just viewed some magnificent pics coming in! Duppers Feb 2021 #25
Science flies you to Mars (vicariously)--- lastlib Feb 2021 #10
ooooooh. nocoincidences Feb 2021 #11
oldie but goodie! lastlib Feb 2021 #12
Michael Valentine Smith would want it that way. Grok On. Tommymac Feb 2021 #15
Love it! calimary Feb 2021 #22
Actually, it was engineering... Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #16
But all the old religions KNOW that Mars is just another point of light in the sky revolving around erronis Feb 2021 #17
Mathematicians to do the "what needs to happen" and Engineers to do the "this is how it happens". WarGamer Feb 2021 #18
W-e-e-el...I'm still gonna take pasta communion to thank The Flying Spaghetti Monster. trof Feb 2021 #20
Thanks to NASA. You know, the blood-sucking government workers.... Seriously hats off. n/t Evolve Dammit Feb 2021 #21
And wasn't it solar powered? calimary Feb 2021 #23
I believe parts were. NASA incorporated solar into various projects. Let me know if you see anything Evolve Dammit Feb 2021 #26
Are they bombing Mars? Dr. Strange Feb 2021 #24

llmart

(15,501 posts)
8. I'm going to give thanks to science teachers too.
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 05:57 PM
Feb 2021

Those men and women who had a part in this project were probably influenced by a science teacher who was passionate about science and made science interesting and exciting for the students.

BittyJenkins

(402 posts)
9. I have been, my son
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 06:00 PM
Feb 2021

made the software for the cameras. He has been working 12 hours a day for years.
Now he will be working on Mars time. Feeling so thankful and like I might get a migraine. ;- )

Duppers

(28,094 posts)
25. Omg! Just viewed some magnificent pics coming in!
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 01:24 AM
Feb 2021

The resolution is just incredible! Congrats to your son! You have be so dang proud of him!



(Btw, my hubby retired from LRC 2yrs ago, knows Steve Jurczyk.)

calimary

(80,699 posts)
22. Love it!
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 08:45 PM
Feb 2021

When I was in Catholic school, we spent a whole semester talking about “Stranger in a Strange Land.” High school.

erronis

(14,955 posts)
17. But all the old religions KNOW that Mars is just another point of light in the sky revolving around
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 08:28 PM
Feb 2021

the earth. Or around the pope/allah/jahweh/whatever.

It's be pretty funny to watch these old science-deniers try to land a spaceship on one of these celestial points of light that surround Mother Earth...

trof

(54,255 posts)
20. W-e-e-el...I'm still gonna take pasta communion to thank The Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 08:32 PM
Feb 2021

I'm a Pastafarian.

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