Saturday, October 06, 2012

Mars Curiosity rover video


Cool video showing the process of getting the Curiosity rover to Mars from blastoff to landing.  I thought it was kind of funny that it landed by inflating a bunch of balloons around itself and simply bouncing and rolling until it stopped.

I must say, though, that the "swooshing" noises it made going through space were kind of ridiculous.

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  1. Have you heard the recent recording of the "earth sound" the planet makes as it travels through space? It sounds like a combination of whales singing, frogs in a pond, and the deck of the Enterprise.

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  2. No...do you know a link or the proper search string? I tried Googling it and couldn't find it.

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  3. http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/10/earth-sound.php?ref=fpnewsfeed

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  4. Actually, that's Spirit. Or Opportunity. They used the same landing procedure.

    Curiosity used the sky crane approach instead of airbags.

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