Saint J 77 Posted 6 August, 2012 Share Posted 6 August, 2012 The US space agency has just landed a huge new robot rover on Mars. The one-tonne vehicle, known as Curiosity, was reported to have landed in a deep crater near the planet's equator at 06:32 BST (05:32 GMT). It will now embark on a mission of at least two years to look for evidence that Mars may once have supported life. A signal confirming the rover was on the ground safely was relayed to Earth via Nasa's Odyssey satellite, which is in orbit around the Red Planet. Brilliant news. I'm really pleased to hear this, I can't wait to see what they find out over the next couple of years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleonothing Posted 6 August, 2012 Share Posted 6 August, 2012 You can even follow the rover on twitter. Yup Curiosity has its own twitter feed! It was a risky landing strategy that paid off. Hope they find some interesting things up there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRichmond Posted 6 August, 2012 Share Posted 6 August, 2012 You can even follow the rover on twitter. Yup Curiosity has its own twitter feed! It was a risky landing strategy that paid off. Hope they find some interesting things up there! First reportsindicate that Mars has more atmosphere than the F*rton Kr*p hovel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint J 77 Posted 6 August, 2012 Author Share Posted 6 August, 2012 You can even follow the rover on twitter. Yup Curiosity has its own twitter feed! It was a risky landing strategy that paid off. Hope they find some interesting things up there! Yeah I saw that, very cool. The rover's first Twitter feed announced: "I'm safely on the surface of Mars. GALE CRATER I AM IN YOU!!!" https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 6 August, 2012 Share Posted 6 August, 2012 You can even follow the rover on twitter. Yup Curiosity has its own twitter feed! It was a risky landing strategy that paid off. Hope they find some interesting things up there! If it can Twitter there must be life on Mars, for the free Wi Fi connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horley CTFC Saint Posted 6 August, 2012 Share Posted 6 August, 2012 Yeah I saw that, very cool. The rover's first Twitter feed announced: "I'm safely on the surface of Mars. GALE CRATER I AM IN YOU!!!" https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity By a strange coincidence I was once in Gail Crater - wonder whats she's doing on Mars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint J 77 Posted 9 August, 2012 Author Share Posted 9 August, 2012 By a strange coincidence I was once in Gail Crater - wonder whats she's doing on Mars? haha yes, I was going to say, I thought that curiosity made a poor choice of words for its first twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 9 August, 2012 Share Posted 9 August, 2012 http://twitter.com/SarcasticRover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint J 77 Posted 10 August, 2012 Author Share Posted 10 August, 2012 http://twitter.com/SarcasticRover First data from MARS! Lots of rocks, mostly red, everything's cold, surprisingly high levels of depression. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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