Hi all,
Is anybody excited by the upcoming Mars Science Lab./Curiosity which (all things going great) should land itself on 6th August 2012 (some American standard time). I am literally counting the days when we have some pictures of what it shows (possibly we should get brilliant pictures and even videos with all the revolution in optics and transmission technology). Looking to pick people's brains about what they think ?
@Mods if this is not good here, please put it where-ever it deems to be the right place, I just have no idea where to put up the thread.
Update: The eagle has landed successfully
Background info. on the project :-
Mars Curiosity landing and overall mission
Another backgrounder about the mission.
Also a video which tells what we could find on Mars :-
KAT torrent of BBC Horizon episode about NASA and the Mars Mission.
The same torrent with english subs though on bitsnoop
Another torrent on Mars Landing, this time 'Discovery' is the culprit.
First images from Mars


Looking for two documentaries (premiering on 9th August on NGC) :-
a. Martian Mega Rover
b. Eight Years on Mars
Source

An upcoming open-source sci-fi game on space colonization theme.
Farcolony

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LATEST IMAGE CAPTURED BY 'CURIOSITY'

+1 nice one :P

Meanwhile, one from MRO Hi-Rise camera when curiosity had unfurled the parachute.

Curiosity will provide invaluable information. But the photos that it is sending back are of low-resolution which will be enhanced after a period of time.

yes, yes it's a big sham from NASA. We didn't go to moon, we didn't land on Mars, and all the pictures taken by Spirit and Opportunity are fakes.

actually I would be waiting for Mastcam to come into action.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20110531.html
http://www.space.com/16856-mars-rover-curiosity-cameras-vision.html

A nice backgrounder on what Curiosity hopes to achieve

http://www.space.com/16932-mars-rover-curiosity-landing-success.html

As well as :-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19150849

Its Landed Already!!!

I need a better camera

know that, see the first post/header that tells it all. But I'm also interested in not just the mission but the motivations and the prior history as well, so doing that as well.

a roving camera taking great pics of Mars.. I have heard bits and pieces of news about this. Technology has come a long way since the Neil Armstrong moon landing of 1969.

umm.. curiosity in the landing stage.


Also see Mount sharp where it's supposed to hike/mountaineer:-



As well as this :-



More info. about the last image at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia15993.html