Who's staying awake to watch NASA's coverage of the Curiosity landing?

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The thread discusses the excitement and anticipation surrounding NASA's coverage of the Curiosity rover landing on Mars, including live reactions and experiences from viewers. The scope includes personal reflections, live updates, and shared media related to the event.

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  • Some participants express their excitement and anxiety about the landing, comparing it to significant events like the Olympics.
  • Several viewers confirm their intention to watch the live coverage, noting their time zones.
  • Real-time updates are shared, including reactions to the landing and the immediate broadcast of images from Curiosity.
  • Participants comment on the dramatic nature of the coverage and share links to images from the event.
  • One participant reflects on the shared experience of watching the landing with friends who were initially indifferent to the rover.
  • A humorous reference is made to a character from a popular TV show, suggesting a light-hearted tone amidst the excitement.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally share a sense of excitement and positive reactions to the landing, but there are no explicit disagreements noted in the thread.

Contextual Notes

Some posts reference specific times and locations, indicating a diverse audience watching from different time zones. The emotional responses and shared experiences highlight the communal aspect of the event.

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Readers interested in space exploration, NASA missions, or community reactions to significant scientific events may find this discussion engaging.

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Curiosity will hopefully land safely on Mars at 1:31am EDT, after "Seven Minutes of Terror" and NASA TV will be broadcasting a a show for this starting at 11pm EDT at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html

I'm more excited and anxious about this than I have been for every Olympic games ever held during my life, combined. Anybody with me here?
 
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I will watch. 1:31 am EDT is 10:31 pm PDT, so it's not very late for me.
 
I'll be watching here in Kansas.
 
Over 30 thousand people watching a soundless shot of mission control on NASA's ustream. The show hasn't even started yet.

I wonder what the viewer count will be in 2.5 hours.
 
I'm watching. :smile:
 
2:09 am here. Watching.
 
It just touched down! Amazing!
 
Touchdown! Pictures being broadcast now!
 
Very hot! Got to love it.
 
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Awesome.
 
  • #11
Cool. Couldn't watch live, but been following on Twitter and facebook.
 
  • #12
It must have been the peanuts.
 
  • #13
Wow! Very dramatic coverage.
 
  • #14
Glad they made it.
 
  • #15
First pic from Curiosity:
https://p.twimg.com/Azl6LRUCMAAU1GK.jpg

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A bigger version of the pic from a screen shot:
https://fbcdn-photos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/432028_4457805920158_1063645978_n.jpg
 
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  • #16
That was fast.

First images within just 5 minutes.

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I hope Howard Wolowitz isn't involved with this. :smile:

http://wiki.the-big-bang-theory.com/wiki/Lizard-Spock_Expansion
 
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  • #18
ah man that was so awesome; looking forward to seeing more of those pictures
 
  • #19
Super cool, was at the Exploratorium webcast in San Francisco. What amazed me so much was that the friends I was there with (who don't give a hoot in hell for the rover and were just there to have fun) were just as awestruck as the scientists in the final couple of minutes before landing.
 
  • #20
It was superb! And I could almost hold my breath as long as the drama lasted. The landing should have been named "fast and furious"! Whewwwww!
 
  • #21
Did you guys notice the guy with the mohawk in mission control? He became somewhat of an internet sensation. Here's an interview with him:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlsaLs5DqCo