The NASA Curiosity Rover on Mars

Hopefully they have a color camera on it as well then. I want to see the red in red planet.

Given that the first image was 100-something by 100-something pixels, I'd say bandwith is the issue. Those lenscaps that are still on might also have something to do with it.

Chances are you'll se a lot of other colours beside red too. Apparently the red planet has a rather diverse colour spectrum.

edited 5th Aug '12 11:03:32 PM by Sidewinder

Well, the Wikipedia article says that the rover has a camera that can film 720p colour video, so I hope there will be some videos eventually.

That sounds like that they will eventually send over the colored images, but can't because they need quick images first to make sure that everything's working right after landing.

And damn it, why am I on iPad right now?

This just happened. (Well, the first 3½ minutes or so did) :

Yeah, I know. It's just that I missed the landing.

I'll have a look at the video when my work computer finishes rendering some work I've been doing (which is about... Now).

That's an animation showing how it was supposed to go, and if I didn't miss anything important in the livestream, I think it went exactly according to plans.

Well, There should be some video records of the live stream, even if I miss that.

I'm sure you can already find that stuff on NASA's site.

"Before the Americans hog all the glory, I should mention that this really is an international project. This list of the instruments onboard Curiosityshows that Germany, Spain, Finland and Russia are among the countries that have designed and built instruments for this project."

No offense, but be glad for the ride.

Seriously, WE built the rover, the rocket, the satellites transmitting the pictures, ect. ect. this IS our glory. The other countries got to contribute, but, to quote obama completely out of context, "you didn't build that"

Yeah, I know. I was just playing that "Damn, late to the party" thing.

Looking for it now.

Edit: Looks like they haven't uploaded the video for the actual landing yet. Oh well. I'll come back tomorrow.

Hopefully there'll be Martians.

edited 5th Aug '12 11:32:14 PM by IraTheSquire

Now, now, let's not spoil the glorious moment with senseless credit-grabbing.

Sorry, major pride-in-my-country moment. his comment got my goat a little bit.

WOOO, SUV SIZED PROBE ON MARS

And of course, the Italian on-line newspapers are still going on about the Olympics, with only small side articles about Mars.

I swear, journalists' sense of priority is all messed up.

edited 5th Aug '12 11:37:47 PM by Carciofus

They're not scientists. Who can blame them?

So, what will this rover be sampling?

Well that sucks. seriously, they've got their priorities*

USA!

EVERYTHING.

well, not exactly, but it's got a MASSIVE number of instruments and such.

edited 5th Aug '12 11:43:34 PM by Joesolo

Oh my god I missed this. D: But yes, it landed! :D

@Joesolo: Having met researchers from NASA, I can honestly say that a lot of scientists there are not American citizens, or are not only American citizens.

Many of the workers there are in fact European or Canadian, either solely or with dual-citizenship between America and their home countries.

So, no, it is not "solely" your glory in any way. A great deal of the people involved were of foreign nationalities, as they have always been at NASA. NASA actually employs more Canadians than the entire Canadian Space Agency, the last I checked...

@Barkey and Loni: I would be one of the first people in line to volunteer for such a trip, to be perfectly honest. I might not be selected, but I would be more than willing.

@The thread itself: My feelings on this are exactly what I already posted in Yack Fest and on facebook, but I'll post them here to avoid people wasting time:

Or a closer way to describe it would be "anything it can".

edited 5th Aug '12 11:44:55 PM by IraTheSquire

You don't have to be a citizen to be an american. and I don't see Canada building mars rovers. America's hat is getting people from other countries to come here and be Americans.

it's like, say, Tesla. Austria can say he was born there, but he did he came here and thats where he made his life and accomplished great things.

anyway, back on subject guys.

edited 5th Aug '12 11:47:56 PM by Joesolo

... Except that a lot of NASA's employees are not American citizens. Which was my point.

It is arrogant to claim otherwise, and insulting to those people and their contributions.

Never mind to the sheer number of non-American components and foreign involvements in this project itself.

You ignored what I said. just because your not a citizen DOES NOT MEAN YOUR NOT A AMERICAN. -_-

let's move on, dont need this to be negative.

edited 5th Aug '12 11:52:29 PM by Joesolo

In any case, this mission was mainly funded by the US.

Major congratulations to all Americans for this. Today, their Nation has made humankind greater.

edited 5th Aug '12 11:53:34 PM by Carciofus

Uh. I think maybe you should find out whether people identify as American, rather than declaring 'well they moved here to work so they're American now'.