Mars InSight Mission

[anticpated Level 28: Ingenious]

I have the ISS app....or one of them anyway. You can view live streams of stuff like this as it happens.

[Anonymous]

I thought she said Bruce Banner is here.. :-/

Oh, she did

[Anonymous]

Probes into the planet..

A la Deep Impact .. doh

[anticpated Level 28: Ingenious]

I sometimes wonder if it's a waste of money to research these other planets. Then I think on our earth we destroy trees to make money and then charge people to use to screw up the planet. So on even balance neither one is a waste.

[Anonymous]

I'm sure it won't be long before we colonize and destroy another planet. Gladly I won't be alive to see it.

[Cleoriff Level 94: Supreme]

It's landed

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46351114

[Anonymous]

Well at least I don't have to stay up to watch the end now

[pgn Level 49: Rootin' Tootin']

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@jonsie wrote:

Apparently it's supposed to take a landscape photo when it touches down which takes 30 minutes to reach mission control so around 8pm we/they should see the photo. We are told that less than 50% of landings are successful. Fingers crossed then.....

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Well, the caption on the photo on BBC website (link further down this thread) clearly states "Within minutes, InSight had returned its first image from Elysium Planitia"... 

[Cleoriff Level 94: Supreme]

From the BBC website (which has changed now from the breaking news I posted earlier)

 

My first initial thought? God what's that hand ?

Actually they have just announced the lens cover was still partially on when that picture was beamed back.

[jonsie Level 94: Supreme]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

From the BBC website (which has changed now from the breaking news I posted earlier)

 

My first initial thought? God what's that hand ?

Actually they have just announced the lens cover was still partially on when that picture was beamed back.

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That's a good view!