Labob Posted August 6, 2012 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8270 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 5985 Achievement Points: 53653 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Share Posted August 6, 2012 @ 2.5 billion dollars here's your first pic http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2387.html Wonder how many kids that would feed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
little_old_man Posted August 6, 2012 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Share Posted August 6, 2012 @ 2.5 billion dollars here's your first pic http://www.nasa.gov/...ature_2387.html Wonder how many kids that would feed The technology you are reading these words on right now was originally developed by NASA in the 1960's. Before they began shrinking computer components to fit into a small space capsule a computer would fill a large room. If you read the link that you provided it says very clearly that the images were taken by a hazard avoidance camera on the bottom of the rover. Over the next couple days they'll bring out the hi-res cameras and the pictures should be outstanding. The 2.5 billion NASA spent on this project is chump change compared to what Obama has flushed down the toilet over the last 3 years, and I doubt he fed a single child in all that time. BeerGoat, Shamu, hxtr and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted August 6, 2012 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 129 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 14886 Content Per Day: 2.78 Reputation: 7827 Achievement Points: 91090 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 52 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 26 minutes ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: iPhone Share Posted August 6, 2012 Why does this have to be political issue and just enjoy the wonder and spectical of this amazing feat of technology. Well done NASA.. Great job! baldie, BigPapaDean, hxtr and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
GorillaXI Posted August 6, 2012 Member ID: 62 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 73 Topic Count: 480 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 4124 Content Per Day: 0.77 Reputation: 1413 Achievement Points: 27905 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 10 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 4, 2015 Birthday: 06/16/1972 Share Posted August 6, 2012 (edited) Why does this have to be political issue and just enjoy the wonder and spectical of this amazing feat of technology. Well done NASA.. Great job! For once I completely agree with you Pete. Just enjoy what man has accomplished. The thing was hovering at a decent rate of 2 miles per hour while repelling down to the surface. All this done from a building remotely. Depending on where they are in their respective orbits, they can be anywhere from 36 million miles to over 250 million miles apart. Read more: http://wiki.answers....h#ixzz22msupydj Edited August 6, 2012 by GorillaXI BeerGoat and hxtr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryWeezer Posted August 6, 2012 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 7652 Content Per Day: 1.98 Reputation: 7228 Achievement Points: 53663 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted August 6, 2012 If only I were king, a fixed percentage of GDP would be allocated to R&D which pays for itself many, many times over in advancing technology and the human condition. And it is a small sum, indeed, when compared to the hundreds of billions flushed down the Obama toilet but as well by most administrations since FDR. If your kids are hungry, they should be put in foster homes where they can be properly cared for. Where in hell did this notion come from that it's up to those who pay taxes (only about half the country) to feed your kids, much less clothe them or care for them in any other way. The ONLY thing children are guaranteed in the constitution is an education - and that means it's offered to them and if they don't wish to make use of it, so be it. We would have colonies on Mars by now if we hadn't pissed away trillions of dollars on liberal bullshit over the past 50 years. That's the real shame!!! Pharticus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
loaderXI Posted August 6, 2012 Member ID: 252 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 392 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 6418 Content Per Day: 1.20 Reputation: 6495 Achievement Points: 54344 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 30 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 22 hours ago Birthday: 03/22/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted August 6, 2012 (edited) LOVE IT.....Stayed up just to wait for report which came at 1:23am EST with pics 1st in with caps still on camera to protect from sand debri.....This is stuff I have followed since JFK,s put a man on the moon statement passed across my ears..... THANK YOU NASA Edited August 6, 2012 by loader>XI< BeerGoat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Labob Posted August 6, 2012 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8270 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 5985 Achievement Points: 53653 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 Come on Guys would it not be so cool to be so advanced that we could create a rover that not only finds and eliminates land mines but also delievers meals. We already have the technology to go mars we just do not have the body to live through it. really proving that we can send small cars to Mars is old. Time to let the brains at NASA solve some problems at home. I bet they can solve just about all of them too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
GorillaXI Posted August 6, 2012 Member ID: 62 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 73 Topic Count: 480 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 4124 Content Per Day: 0.77 Reputation: 1413 Achievement Points: 27905 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 10 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 4, 2015 Birthday: 06/16/1972 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Ummmm? This is why they are called the "National Aeronautics and Space Administration" , you dumb ass. Not the We are the World foundation. Hello McFly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_old_man Posted August 6, 2012 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Share Posted August 6, 2012 (edited) Come on Guys would it not be so cool to be so advanced that we could create a rover that not only finds and eliminates land mines but also delievers meals. We already have the technology to go mars we just do not have the body to live through it. really proving that we can send small cars to Mars is old. Time to let the brains at NASA solve some problems at home. I bet they can solve just about all of them too. NASA funding has been slashed since the 1960's when they practically had a blank check to do whatever they wanted. The fact that they can still pull off these amazing scientific feats with very limited resources just proves that American ingenuity can do damn near anything regardless of how little they have to work with. And yes, 2.5 billion to put a one ton rover on Mars seems reasonable when you considered the average cost of each shuttle flight was 1.5 billion and there were a lot of them. Making sure our economy is in a healthy state so people don't go hungry is the job of government. They've had unlimited funds for the last 100+ years, and not only have they squandered it all, they're now borrowing money to squander in amounts too high to ever pay back. If the government had much less to spend and was held accountable for every dime, our country would run much more smoothly. Our government is like some spoiled brat billionaire that has spent all of his company's money, and is now embezzling from the company investors to maintain his lifestyle. We need term limits on members of both houses, much more accurate accounting and no lifetime pensions/medical for retired house members. Then you would see people who were interested in true public service running for office instead of people only interested in gaining wealth and power. Edited August 6, 2012 by little_old_man Blackbart and Pharticus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Labob Posted August 6, 2012 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8270 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 5985 Achievement Points: 53653 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 First of all Dumb ass is a little out of place here what I'm talking about is what can all of the brain power of NASA come up with to help out people. Man on the moon got it awsome But was that not a politcal desicion during a cold war administration ? Is this not the same? I got the velcro would not be in our world with out the space program. This is going to kill you folk NASA needed a pen that would write in space spent millions on it Russia used a pencil . The multi million dollar hammer is a true story here. Now just so you liberal hating NASA loving people understand this before you nail me to the wall. I'm all in favor of this stuff I posted the first pic here. I'm just saying its alot of double spend . You guys have already done this . Jesus christ what battewr'y they use last time all of our lap tops need that shit ?? But ohh noo there 's some copywrithe issue to solve before we let that tecnologie lose and sorry Canada you can't have it till we test out your laws too. Now that might be a bit wrong but not by much. So as I said there 's alot of brain doing shit they have done before for no reason but to get more money. Let them loose and let them solve some shit betsha it a good idea. Its all a wind up our asres and will never get anywhere because it takes to many people to do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Labob Posted August 6, 2012 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8270 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 5985 Achievement Points: 53653 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 And as a second thougt its not the job of the goverment to make sure your kids get feed. It the job of the parents. I'm thinking the brains at NASA can make that easyer how I don't know lets ask the real smart people because they might be able to answer the question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted August 6, 2012 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.16 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted August 6, 2012 I think kids are over rated.. NASA is way cooler. lol Say goodbye to NASA though... we are outsourcing almost everything now. To me that is very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_old_man Posted August 6, 2012 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Share Posted August 6, 2012 And as a second thougt its not the job of the goverment to make sure your kids get feed. It the job of the parents. I'm thinking the brains at NASA can make that easyer how I don't know lets ask the real smart people because they might be able to answer the question Go back and read what I wrote. I never said it was the job of the government to feed out kids, I said it's the job of government to make sure our economy is healthy so people don't go hungry. Big difference. Most people who go hungry can't afford to feed themselves because they can't find a job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
loaderXI Posted August 6, 2012 Member ID: 252 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 392 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 6418 Content Per Day: 1.20 Reputation: 6495 Achievement Points: 54344 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 30 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 22 hours ago Birthday: 03/22/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted August 6, 2012 All I will say is this that the technology that has came from NASA has fed many many people and put millions to work and can be found every where u look....... GorillaXI and Blackbart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Merlin007 Posted August 6, 2012 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 69 Topic Count: 1074 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 8439 Content Per Day: 1.73 Reputation: 7301 Achievement Points: 74970 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 64 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Windows Share Posted August 6, 2012 I don't do politics so I won't comment on most of this thread. I do however think it is very cool that we can send space craft to space and remotely land them from Earth. Why mars... I don't know but obviously there must be something there they are looking to for answers. As well, if we can send shuttles and other crafts to distant planets, why the hell can I not drive a car that gets better gas mileage? hxtr and GorillaXI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
oldirtybstrd Posted August 9, 2012 Member ID: 3446 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 56 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 16 Achievement Points: 467 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/15/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 6, 2013 Birthday: 12/11/1984 Share Posted August 9, 2012 /end thread hxtr, GorillaXI and PimpedOutPete 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxtr Posted August 9, 2012 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.16 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted August 9, 2012 Go Mars Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let their be more and more missions on Mars and I hope NASA in involved. Anyone ever have a Mars Bar? Out of this world!!!! lol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(chocolate_bar) GorillaXI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEEJAYKEG Posted August 9, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted August 9, 2012 Allow me to contradict myself now... Space exploration drives technological advancement and equips Mankind to address potential threats that would render it extinct. Harry et al may like to read the summary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; the relevant clause states that governments will provide nutritious food to children. There are two countries that have not signed this convention... One is Somalia and the other is the USA! Dark Asylumn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Dark Asylumn Posted August 9, 2012 Member ID: 809 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 41 Topic Count: 251 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2835 Content Per Day: 0.54 Reputation: 1016 Achievement Points: 20374 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/29/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 15 hours ago Birthday: 06/25/1979 Device: Windows Share Posted August 9, 2012 this is a gallery from the rovers camera click through them they are pretty awesome http://www.space.com/16936-mars-rover-curiosity-first-landing-photos.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted August 9, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted August 9, 2012 Go Mars Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let their be more and more missions on Mars and I hope NASA in involved. Anyone ever have a Mars Bar? Out of this world!!!! lol http://en.wikipedia....(chocolate_bar) Your Mars bars are not like our Mars bars... Note in the advert this little chocolate and caramel bar is described like health food! http://youtu.be/LTaCangOzCw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
JohnnyDos Posted August 9, 2012 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.40 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2012 AGH! that'll kill me I'm diabetic,used to love them when I was a kid. Only 10 cents ha ha.What are they now?I have no idea.I haven't had a chocalate bar in 9 years,but I really wish I could.Damn didabetes.I hate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_old_man Posted August 9, 2012 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Share Posted August 9, 2012 this is a gallery from the rovers camera click through them they are pretty awesome http://www.space.com...ing-photos.html Very cool, thanks for the link. Dark Asylumn and GorillaXI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DramaLlama Posted August 10, 2012 Member ID: 1443 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2299 Content Per Day: 0.45 Reputation: 3788 Achievement Points: 17866 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 05/24/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 8, 2023 Birthday: 02/19/1987 Device: Windows Share Posted August 10, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DramaLlama Posted August 10, 2012 Member ID: 1443 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2299 Content Per Day: 0.45 Reputation: 3788 Achievement Points: 17866 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 05/24/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 8, 2023 Birthday: 02/19/1987 Device: Windows Share Posted August 10, 2012 Curiosity killed the cat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Labob Posted August 12, 2012 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8270 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 5985 Achievement Points: 53653 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 LOL Heres my make up link. But still think they did this before - http://spinoff.nasa.gov/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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