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NASA Successfully Lands Perseverance Rover on Mars; Begins Transmitting Images Back to Earth

And open thread.

Interesting fact: this mission was accomplished only due to the selfless non-involvement of tens of thousands of Goucher College graduates.

There aren't pictures yet, or at least they're not sharing them. I guess there's a delay due to the distance.

This video from Real Engineering (great channel, btw) is about the rover's engineering (duh).

Thanks to illiniwek.

Posted by: Ace at 03:43 PM




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1 Bam

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2021 02:11 PM (kTF2Z)

2 Nanu Nanu.

Posted by: Some Martian at February 18, 2021 02:11 PM (SchQD)

3 Mars

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 18, 2021 02:11 PM (3H9h1)

4 I'll fetch the otters.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2021 02:11 PM (kTF2Z)

5 cool

Posted by: phoenixgirl at February 18, 2021 02:12 PM (CqHIp)

6 So we can send a rover to Mars, but my VPN is still down

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2021 02:12 PM (85Gof)

7 This can only be interpreted as a momentous event in the glorious history of islam.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 02:12 PM (guGkK)

8 The planet that made Matt Damon likeable.

Posted by: JTinKC at February 18, 2021 02:12 PM (kAdNb)

9 Interesting fact: this mission was accomplished only due to the selfless non-involvement of tens of thousands of Goucher College graduates.

=========

Don't forget the women who spend their days spitting on sexist shirts.

Their accomplishments should not go unheeded.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 02:12 PM (NWM+b)

10 There was no Mars before Joe was president.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2021 02:12 PM (kTF2Z)

11 Awesome

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2021 02:12 PM (Cxk7w)

12 Should have been a big moment for the POTUS-in-Exile

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 18, 2021 02:12 PM (Bmy3R)

13 Thanks Ace.

Posted by: AZ isolated deplorable at February 18, 2021 02:13 PM (gtatv)

14 >>> The planet that made Matt Damon likeable.
Posted by: JTinKC at February 18, 2021 02:12 PM (kAdNb)

======

Not even a little.

Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at February 18, 2021 02:13 PM (CKRdI)

15 The sensors on the vehicle have just confirmed that Mars does need women.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 02:13 PM (guGkK)

16 Ace calling his own nood is like Babe Ruth pointing out to centerfield.

Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 02:13 PM (jBRLB)

17 go JPL!

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 02:14 PM (euCiN)

18 I can't enjoy the space program after sexy Hawaiian shirt man showed me the white supremacy inherent in the system.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 18, 2021 02:14 PM (H5knJ)

19 The best part about Mars is no twitter.

Posted by: clutch cargo Now with tofu free gluten at February 18, 2021 02:14 PM (46GDR)

20 SPACE FORCE!!

Posted by: runner at February 18, 2021 02:14 PM (W8e/N)

21 Democrats in Congress put forth bill that bans twice-impeached Presidents from having any spacecraft or space bases named after them.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 18, 2021 02:14 PM (Bmy3R)

22 It's already landed. We are just about to find out if it worked properly.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 02:15 PM (euCiN)

23 -
The planet that made Matt Damon likeable.

Posted by: JTinKC at February 18, 2021 02:12 PM (kAdNb)

---------

It was the distance. I think he might be great on Neptune.

Posted by: irright at February 18, 2021 02:15 PM (SchQD)

24 I can't stand the commentators already.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 18, 2021 02:15 PM (jvt6t)

25 why are there no live pictures?

Posted by: ace at February 18, 2021 02:15 PM (5+1A/)

26 Stephanie is a bout to tell us what they are going to do with all of the samples.
One chick sounds like a combination of Gal Gadot and and Celine Dion.
All chicks so far.
Hmm..

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2021 02:15 PM (Rji+c)

27 Hey Ace, can you find out if there is anything from FEMA about the Texas freeze? I've looked and can't find anything. Cities like Fort Worth are struggling to find water to distribute since the beverage facilities in state are all down due to power outage. Seems like FEMA should have stepped up by now with out of state sourcing to help out Texas. This is a huge fail for the Biden "Administration" in that it has been a week and no FEMA response. Or could be pay back for going Trump

Posted by: scrub_oak at February 18, 2021 02:15 PM (aVkqY)

28 Whatever you do, steer clear of the PU-36 Space Modulator!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Biden Cheated at February 18, 2021 02:15 PM (qoNQ/)

29

Will it find Sheila Jackass-Lee's girdle?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:16 PM (s2VJv)

30 The planet that made Matt Damon likeable.
Posted by: JTinKC at February 18, 2021 02:12 PM (kAdNb)
======
Not even a little.
Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at February 18, 2021 02:13 PM (CKRdI)


But it did prove that Adam West wasn't infallible.

Posted by: clutch cargo Now with tofu free gluten at February 18, 2021 02:16 PM (46GDR)

31 Notice how I resisted the Uranus joke.

Posted by: irright at February 18, 2021 02:16 PM (SchQD)

32 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:16 PM (Zz0t1)

33 "We come in peace!"

Posted by: runner at February 18, 2021 02:16 PM (W8e/N)

34 25 why are there no live pictures?
Posted by: ace at February 18, 2021 02:15 PM (5+1A/)



Cause it's a dead planet.

Posted by: Buzzion at February 18, 2021 02:16 PM (LXiS2)

35 "In space, no one can hear you scream."

Well, hell, I'm moving.......

Posted by: John Weaver at February 18, 2021 02:16 PM (jvt6t)

36
"Uranus probe?!"

- - Sheppy

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:16 PM (s2VJv)

37 Let's hope they did the correct metric to imperial calculations this time.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2021 02:16 PM (kTF2Z)

38 L-A-N-D-E-D


N-E-E-D W-O-M-E-N

Posted by: NASA Perseverance at February 18, 2021 02:16 PM (KnJdm)

39 Put the mic in the fucking mask so the bitch doesn't sound like she's face down in the pillow......

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:16 PM (Zz0t1)

40 I hope NO ONE WEARS AN OFFENSIVE SHIRT!

Also - good to see the women are doing intensive engineering... no - they're the public affairs lackeys or figureheads, er, project managers.

Posted by: Ronchris at February 18, 2021 02:17 PM (8fkk9)

41 I think I just saw Arnold Schwarzenegger in the background.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 18, 2021 02:17 PM (Ve//x)

42 >>>Hey Ace, can you find out if there is anything from FEMA about the Texas freeze? I've looked and can't find anything. Cities like Fort Worth are struggling to find water to distribute since the beverage facilities in state are all down due to power outage. Seems like FEMA should have stepped up by now with out of state sourcing to help out Texas. This is a huge fail for the Biden "Administration" in that it has been a week and no FEMA response. Or could be pay back for going Trump

good question/point. I'll look into it.

Posted by: ace at February 18, 2021 02:17 PM (5+1A/)

43 33 "We come in peace!"
Posted by: runner at February 18, 2021 02:16 PM (W8e/N)


"They all say that."

- - Kamala

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:17 PM (s2VJv)

44 31 Notice how I resisted the Uranus joke.


.......aaaaaannnnndddd???

Posted by: Shep! at February 18, 2021 02:17 PM (jvt6t)

45 Will Sheila Jackson Lee get to see where Aldrin and Armstrong planted the flag in 69?

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at February 18, 2021 02:17 PM (DjiZK)

46 MAKE MARS GREEN!!!

Posted by: AOC at February 18, 2021 02:17 PM (88+cf)

47 how come everyone is female on this broadcast?

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 02:17 PM (euCiN)

48 Do they have a more interesting feed that is about the science and not some woman gladhanding her way around the facility?

Posted by: Thatch at February 18, 2021 02:17 PM (qWceQ)

49 "Alexa, steer the Mars Rover into the nearest Sarlacc."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 02:17 PM (guGkK)

50 lady says still 1.5 hours til actual landing

Posted by: McCool at February 18, 2021 02:17 PM (BqBIh)

51 The planet that made Matt Damon likeable.
Posted by: JTinKC at February 18, 2021 02:12 PM (kAdNb)


Unpossible.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:17 PM (Zz0t1)

52 Breaking: The Rover has tested positive for covid. Mars is shut down indefinitely.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2021 02:17 PM (kTF2Z)

53 Wish Rickl could give us an update. :-(

Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2021 02:18 PM (Qq3ZN)

54 why are there no live pictures?

Posted by: ace at February 18, 2021 02:15 PM (5+1A/)

Joking?

Posted by: 4 at February 18, 2021 02:18 PM (KnJdm)

55
"Goucher? Y'mean like moocher?"

"It's Goo-shay!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2021 02:18 PM (pNxlR)

56 I want dibs on the first commercial cleaners on Mars. I already have a name: Mars Needs Linen

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 18, 2021 02:18 PM (Bmy3R)

57 Apparently the landing will happen in 90 minutes. I guess the countdown was for the coverage from mission control to begin.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 18, 2021 02:18 PM (sWM8x)

58 I thought it was supposed to look like a giant railroad spike and talk to the Martian whales.

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at February 18, 2021 02:18 PM (RTm36)

59
Ace:

Here's the soundtracK:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9gOQgfPW4Y

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:18 PM (s2VJv)

60 On the Back Lot of Universal?

Posted by: Not on Dementia Joe's Watch at February 18, 2021 02:18 PM (+nWCH)

61 -
why are there no live pictures?

Posted by: ace at February 18, 2021 02:15 PM

-------

Mars is up to 12 minutes away at light speed.

Posted by: irright at February 18, 2021 02:18 PM (SchQD)

62 Countdown to when Biden takes credit for this?

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 18, 2021 02:18 PM (Ve//x)

63 Get your ass to Mars!

Posted by: Hauser at February 18, 2021 02:18 PM (wf5ik)

64 There was no Mars before Joe was president.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2021 02:12 PM (kTF2Z)


I can say that with Joe, it really is the Red planet.

Posted by: clutch cargo Now with tofu free gluten at February 18, 2021 02:18 PM (46GDR)

65 Terraform Mars first! We'll mine the other planets later!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2021 02:18 PM (Qq3ZN)

66 how come everyone is female on this broadcast?
That would be public relations.

Posted by: pep at February 18, 2021 02:19 PM (v16oJ)

67 62 Countdown to when Biden takes credit for this?

There was no Mars when I took office!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 18, 2021 02:19 PM (Bmy3R)

68 Mad made global warming killed Mars' water supply.

Posted by: runner at February 18, 2021 02:19 PM (W8e/N)

69 After that whole Santa Claus fiasco I wouldn't be surprised if the thing gets blasted before it even touches down.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 02:19 PM (guGkK)

70 I started the live feed and some chick is speaking Spanish...

Posted by: Tami at February 18, 2021 02:19 PM (cF8AT)

71 I want to see the astronaut flag.

Posted by: S J Lee at February 18, 2021 02:19 PM (2cfUo)

72 Lot's of sciencey womenz telling me sciencey thingz.

And WTF is up with that logo?

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 18, 2021 02:19 PM (3H9h1)

73 Fuckin spanish landing?

This is America Bitch

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2021 02:19 PM (85Gof)

74
The planet that made Matt Damon likeable.
Posted by: JTinKC


That's only because he was eating shit.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2021 02:19 PM (pNxlR)

75 Is that OJ standing on that hill to the left?

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 18, 2021 02:19 PM (Qm/Qo)

76 61 Mars is up to 12 minutes away at light speed.
Posted by: irright at February 18, 2021 02:18 PM (SchQD)

========

I can go that fast, I just don't wanna.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 02:19 PM (NWM+b)

77 It's all women!

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 18, 2021 02:19 PM (O+I8R)

78 Can someone reassure me that all these rovers we send to Mars won't tip the planet on it's side? None of that Spanish either, I only speak English.

Posted by: Hank Johnson at February 18, 2021 02:19 PM (euCiN)

79 In regards to a remark upthread.

There is a very good chance COVID will land on Mars before we do.

Posted by: Thatch at February 18, 2021 02:20 PM (qWceQ)

80 Fuckin spanish landing?

This is America Bitch

--

Yeah, that was highly irritating and completely unnecessary.

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 18, 2021 02:20 PM (O+I8R)

81 I'm done with the Spanish. Their contribution to the program was what? Street tacos?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 18, 2021 02:20 PM (03n3v)

82 Why did the banks red-line Mars?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:20 PM (YqDXo)

83 We shouldn't watch this.

It's white privilege in action!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 18, 2021 02:20 PM (k4dH2)

84 I have to say, this coverage is pretty fucking shitty so far.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 18, 2021 02:20 PM (sWM8x)

85 The Greys won't wear masks. They only have those tiny little mouth-holes to begin with.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 18, 2021 02:20 PM (Bmy3R)

86 Never mind about the landing. What kind of shirts are the engineers wearing?

Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 18, 2021 02:20 PM (CAJOC)

87 Chick in the red has some buck teeth, boy.

Give her a log.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:20 PM (Zz0t1)

88 If the women announcers were robots they wouldn't need masks

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2021 02:20 PM (Cxk7w)

89 The planet that made Matt Damon likeable.

Posted by: JTinKC



That's only because he was eating shit.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2021 02:19 PM (pNxlR)

lol, love this place.

Posted by: 4 at February 18, 2021 02:20 PM (KnJdm)

90
50-foot high Betty Page in the distance, all silver with torpedo tits bra...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:20 PM (s2VJv)

91 81 I'm done with the Spanish. Their contribution to the program was what? Street tacos?
Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 18, 2021 02:20 PM (03n3v)


To provide extra thrust, from those who ate them.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (YqDXo)

92 Fuckin spanish landing?

This is America Bitch

--

Yeah, that was highly irritating and completely unnecessary.
======

Now, now, now...we must prepare for our 30 million new and improved Americans

Posted by: bicentennialguy at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (vg8iE)

93 Fuck this broadcast. It;s all women talking happy shit in Spanish and referring to the teachers union.


Sound OFF.

Posted by: Hank Johnson at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (euCiN)

94 Typical shake and bake colony

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (DjiZK)

95 The rover resembles a lawn mower, so federal law requires the broadcast to be in Spanish.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (H5knJ)

96 I'm waiting for the guy in the Hawaiian shirt. At least he was interesting.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (jvt6t)

97 how come everyone is female on this broadcast?
That would be public relations.
Posted by: pep


Expect a crash landing.

Posted by: Guy Who Landed On A Moving Asteroid at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (Qq3ZN)

98 And WTF is up with that logo?
Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 18, 2021 02:19 PM (3H9h1)


We need to be shooting more all the monkeys into space.

Posted by: clutch cargo Now with tofu free gluten at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (46GDR)

99 Go to the "clean feed" from NASA if you don't want to listen to the clutter from the talking heads.

Posted by: (fly) at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (wQX0G)

100 Is that an Indian dot woman on the right?

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (O+I8R)

101 In DC they aren't calling it the Red Planet.

They're calling it the Fourth Planet From the Sun.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (Ve//x)

102 50-foot high Betty Page in the distance, all silver with torpedo tits bra...

That needs to be on a Musk-ship nose cone asap!

Posted by: Ronchris at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (8fkk9)

103 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI3gRQeg6V4

This one has less bullshitting...mostly just a feed from mission control

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (Q9lwr)

104 I'm done with the Spanish. Their contribution to the program was what? Street tacos?


Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 18, 2021 02:20 PM (03n3v)

Busty weather girls..

Posted by: 4 at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (KnJdm)

105 how come everyone is female on this broadcast?
Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 02:17 PM (euCiN)

I see you are awake from your coma. Good. Please understand many things have changed in the decade you were asleep.

Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (Gcdtg)

106 ========

I can go that fast, I just don't wanna.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 02:19 PM (NWM+b)


Don't I know.

Posted by: Your Penis at February 18, 2021 02:22 PM (Zz0t1)

107 100 Is that an Indian dot woman on the right?

Dusky Nipples.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 18, 2021 02:22 PM (Bmy3R)

108 Well, we Zimtokian-5ers have landed on that planet plenty of times. There's this annoying little spaceman who goes by the name Spiff that always seems to pop up whenever we're there.

Posted by: Blor Utar, from Zimtok-5 at February 18, 2021 02:22 PM (xxG/v)

109 The sensors on the vehicle have just confirmed that Mars does need women.

Once you go Martian
Your love life's upharsin
(Ok, it's a reach)

Posted by: pep at February 18, 2021 02:22 PM (v16oJ)

110 The rover resembles a lawn mower, so federal law requires the broadcast to be in Spanish.

Threadwinner....

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at February 18, 2021 02:22 PM (RTm36)

111 Now, now, now...we must prepare for our 30 million new and improved Americans
Posted by: bicentennialguy at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (vg8iE)


Maybe the Mars lander is scouting for a home for them.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:22 PM (YqDXo)

112 103
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (Q9lwr)


Well said.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:22 PM (s2VJv)

113 I will say the main female broadcaster has gorgeous hair. Like 1970 MTM wig hair.

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 18, 2021 02:22 PM (O+I8R)

114 Here's a different link that actually has some males in it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sty0e6l3Y3Y

Posted by: Lebron Horowitz at February 18, 2021 02:22 PM (UFgOG)

115 >>>how come everyone is female on this broadcast?


Mars has pull-through parking only.

Posted by: 4 at February 18, 2021 02:22 PM (KnJdm)

116 no live pictures ?

they have analysts making sure that the pictures don't contain anything that would Disrupt The Narrative before they release them

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 18, 2021 02:22 PM (h89VN)

117 Important question: Is the rover wearing a mask?

Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at February 18, 2021 02:22 PM (Gcdtg)

118 What's all the babbling for?

Posted by: Marcus Gravey at February 18, 2021 02:22 PM (IjWVx)

119 I thought I heard someone say it'll land in an hour and a half.

Posted by: dartist at February 18, 2021 02:23 PM (+ya+t)

120 107 100 Is that an Indian dot woman on the right?

Dusky Nipples.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 18, 2021 02:22 PM (Bmy3R)


I saw Dusky Nipples open for Dusty Springfield at the Coffee Cantata in '68.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:23 PM (s2VJv)

121 Will the rover be wearing a mask?

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 18, 2021 02:23 PM (Ve//x)

122 "Hey, it look like a Tesla crashed over there with some dummy sitting in it!"

Posted by: ShainS at February 18, 2021 02:23 PM (/YULP)

123 Fuck this broadcast. It;s all women talking happy shit in Spanish and referring to the teachers union.

****

Que Street is a pretty big voting bloc.

Posted by: Lysenko's Wonder Kulaks - Call your parents at February 18, 2021 02:23 PM (hsOar)

124 Wouldn't that be funny if it collided with the Tesla?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 02:23 PM (guGkK)

125 how come everyone is female on this broadcast?
Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 02:17 PM (euCiN)


How come every commercial has an interracial couple?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 18, 2021 02:23 PM (2JVJo)

126 how come everyone is female on this broadcast?
Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 02:17 PM (euCiN)


Because there's no parallel parking on Mars.

Yet.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:23 PM (YqDXo)

127 Which one of the womenz will park the rover, forgetting to set the brake?

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 18, 2021 02:23 PM (3H9h1)

128 113 I will say the main female broadcaster has gorgeous hair. Like 1970 MTM wig hair.

=


Lace Wigs!!!

- Lace Wigs

Posted by: runner at February 18, 2021 02:23 PM (W8e/N)

129 Why did the banks red-line Mars?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:20 PM (YqDXo)

==============
early candidate for thread winner, right there!

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 02:23 PM (euCiN)

130 >>>how come everyone is female on this broadcast?


Mars is having a sale on alien huaraches.

Posted by: 4 at February 18, 2021 02:23 PM (KnJdm)

131 The pictures must first be run through Chinese servers by decree of Proconsul Biden and his partner Donkey Kong.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at February 18, 2021 02:23 PM (Ndje9)

132 109 The sensors on the vehicle have just confirmed that Mars does need women.

Once you go Martian
Your love life's upharsin
(Ok, it's a reach)
Posted by: pep at February 18, 2021 02:22 PM (v16oJ)


Lost in Space episode featuring the chick in "the green mist."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:24 PM (s2VJv)

133 22 It's already landed. We are just about to find out if it worked properly.
----

I guess everything is fine. No problems here. Everything is great.

Posted by: All-Female NASA Team at February 18, 2021 02:24 PM (aex00)

134 I just think it's funny that

Posted by: All-Female NASA Team at February 18, 2021 02:24 PM (aex00)

135 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI3gRQeg6V4

This one has less bullshitting...mostly just a feed from mission control

--

Much better. It's 1 1/2 hrs til touchdown?

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 18, 2021 02:24 PM (O+I8R)

136 This is a huge fail for the Biden "Administration" in that it has been a week and no FEMA response. Or could be pay back for going Trump
Posted by: scrub_oak

Has the Governor asked for Federal aide? That has to happen first.

Posted by: Cheri at February 18, 2021 02:24 PM (oiNtH)

137 OK, here's the "clean feed" on YouTube. Not much happening right now.

http://bitly.ws/bP3T

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 18, 2021 02:24 PM (sWM8x)

138 121 Will the rover be wearing a mask?

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 18, 2021 02:23 PM (Ve//x)

-----

Burqa.

Posted by: ShainS at February 18, 2021 02:24 PM (/YULP)

139 Almost unwatchable. Muting helps.

Posted by: Marcus Gravey at February 18, 2021 02:24 PM (IjWVx)

140 Did some sassy black women do the math?

Posted by: steevy at February 18, 2021 02:24 PM (qlQ1E)

141 So what kind of ordnance is this thing equipped with?

Does it have a flame thrower?

Posted by: clutch cargo Now with tofu free gluten at February 18, 2021 02:24 PM (46GDR)

142 how come everyone is female on this broadcast?

You should already know. Everything's fine.

Posted by: pep at February 18, 2021 02:25 PM (v16oJ)

143 115 >>>how come everyone is female on this broadcast?


Mars has pull-through parking only.
Posted by: 4 at February 18, 2021 02:22 PM (KnJdm)


If the rover has to parallel park after landing its fucked.

Posted by: Buzzion at February 18, 2021 02:25 PM (G2zl5)

144 Well said.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:22 PM (s2VJv)

If Pixy says my comment is spam, I just cut it, then post the empty comment box and paste into the system. Yes, one of the perks of being a coblogger!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 02:25 PM (Q9lwr)

145 If you want to know why NASA is so expensive and gets nothing done just look at all of the dross in this broadcast.

If any of those chicks didn't come to work ever again there would be zero effect on whether the mission gets accomplished or not. In fact, it would probably speed things up.

Posted by: Thatch at February 18, 2021 02:25 PM (qWceQ)

146 It's already landed. We are just about to find out if it worked properly.

***

I shouldn't have to tell you that. If it mattered to you then you'd already know.

Posted by: Lysenko's Wonder Kulaks - Call your parents at February 18, 2021 02:25 PM (hsOar)

147 139 Almost unwatchable. Muting helps.
Posted by: Marcus Gravey at February 18, 2021 02:24 PM (IjWVx)


It's an NFL game, essentially.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:25 PM (s2VJv)

148
To provide extra thrust, from those who ate them.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara


The footpads on the lander are shaped like little sombreros!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2021 02:25 PM (pNxlR)

149 Here's a feed that is less annoying than the women giving a tour of the new building and pointing out the draperies.

https://youtu.be/THPTxq32fW0

Here's a clean feed.

https://youtu.be/kPrbJ63qUc4

Posted by: Michael the Texan at February 18, 2021 02:25 PM (9IdCK)

150 22 It's already landed. We are just about to find out if it worked properly.
----

I guess everything is fine. No problems here. Everything is great.
Posted by: All-Female NASA Team at February 18, 2021 02:24 PM (aex00)



Hey, what's this big red button do?

Posted by: Rep. Eleanor Holmes-Norton at February 18, 2021 02:25 PM (guGkK)

151 OMG why is there some filthy white man here mansplaining about life on Mars. #triggered #literallyshaking

Posted by: Cave Johnson at February 18, 2021 02:25 PM (aex00)

152 144 Well said.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:22 PM (s2VJv)

If Pixy says my comment is spam, I just cut it, then post the empty comment box and paste into the system. Yes, one of the perks of being a coblogger!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 02:25 PM (Q9lwr)


I wouldn't know, considering I still can't access my fucking privileges as such!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:25 PM (s2VJv)

153 I thought it happens at 3:55 pm EST today?

I don't think they've landed yet.

Posted by: Cate at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (gF9Dm)

154 Boring is probably better.

I was watching the last SpaceX test and it was boring for like 20 minutes until out of nowhere the ship came into frame and exited in a huge fireball.

Quite the jump scare.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (Ve//x)

155 how come everyone is female on this broadcast?
Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 02:17 PM (euCiN)


The mission is being run by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of CalTech.

At least back in the day, students at CalTech were not clear that there were two sexes.

"Who's that guy who's all lumpy and shit?"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (YqDXo)

156
It's an NFL game, essentially.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton


NASA hired Joe Buck in the off season?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (pNxlR)

157 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI3gRQeg6V4



This one has less bullshitting...mostly just a feed from mission control

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (Q9lwr)

==================
thank you!

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (euCiN)

158 The footpads on the lander are shaped like little sombreros!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2021 02:25 PM (pNxlR)


Cultural appropriation, scrub the mission, stat!

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (F0JZc)

159 152 I wouldn't know, considering I still can't access my fucking privileges as such!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:25 PM (s2VJv)

=========

What you talking about, OpenBlogger?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (NWM+b)

160 I guess everything is fine. No problems here. Everything is great.
Posted by: All-Female NASA Team at February 18, 2021 02:24 PM (aex00)


Oh shit. Look out.

Posted by: Busted Can of Biscuits at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (2cfUo)

161 Guess what guys ?! We found more red dirt !

Posted by: NASA fast at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (M+Lyo)

162 That Mars logo thing reminds me of the symbols found on the side of the Rendelsham Incident alien craft.

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (O+I8R)

163 Sure. send a dog up to do a man's job...

Posted by: Astro at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (BDQo0)

164 You know how modern sports shows want to do these deep dives on all the athletes and the people involved in the ancillary activities of preparing the games but don't seem that interested in the actual competition... That's how I feel this Perseverence coverage is going.

Posted by: f2000 at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (IIUCn)

165 So what kind of ordnance is this thing equipped with?

Does it have a flame thrower?
Posted by: clutch cargo


No. Copyright infringement. Elon Musk has the patent.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (Qq3ZN)

166 How come every commercial has an interracial couple?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 18, 2021 02:23 PM (2JVJo)

We must eliminate the gingers.

Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (Gcdtg)

167 154 Boring is probably better.

I was watching the last SpaceX test and it was boring for like 20 minutes until out of nowhere the ship came into frame and exited in a huge fireball.

Quite the jump scare.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (Ve//x)


"I wish I was a Fireball..."

- - Gerry & Sylvia Anderson, 1964

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (s2VJv)

168 Is the ship going to land and declare the planet for Chairman Xiden and world?

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (Cxk7w)

169 Is there Life on Mars?

Posted by: Zombie David Bowie at February 18, 2021 02:27 PM (dR6lV)

170 My best friend's son interned with NASA working on this last summer. He is a senior Mechanical engineering student. Pretty cool stuff.

Posted by: Timon at February 18, 2021 02:27 PM (q4X5T)

171 97 how come everyone is female on this broadcast?


NASA is the WNBA of SpaceX's

Posted by: x4 at February 18, 2021 02:27 PM (oA+QO)

172 The Goucher space program is second to none, good sir.

Posted by: Jonah at February 18, 2021 02:27 PM (H3r/x)

173 I want the Rover to travel to the caves that supposedly exist . Theory is they can be used like in Total Recall and sealed and oxygenated.

Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 02:27 PM (2DOZq)

174 This morning on Newsmax they had on one of the NASA women engineers who was explaining the new Mars rover. She was in a room by herself talking to the computer screen .....wearing a mask.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 18, 2021 02:27 PM (kQOtv)

175 So what kind of ordnance is this thing equipped with?



Does it have a flame thrower?

Posted by: clutch cargo

Freeze Gun named Cleopatra

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at February 18, 2021 02:27 PM (DjiZK)

176 So what kind of ordnance is this thing equipped with?



Does it have a flame thrower?

Posted by: clutch cargo


Mean tweets of mass destruction.

Posted by: 4 at February 18, 2021 02:27 PM (KnJdm)

177 NASA Live Official Stream of NASA TV's Media Channel seems to have a more technical feed without annoying talking heads. No idea if it will have actual video of landing. Appears to be the control room.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2021 02:27 PM (2lndx)

178

Watch Bugs Bunny pop up and declare this doesn't look like Pismo Beach...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (s2VJv)

179 If there are no women on Mars who brings your afternoon pudding, and changes your diaper?

Posted by: Sundown Joe Biden at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (euCiN)

180 Reporter: "Does the President have a position on the future of NASA and how to build on the Mars Rover landing?"

Psaki: "NASA has women working there."

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (Ve//x)

181 Ah... just spotted CBD's link. Thanks

Posted by: f2000 at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (IIUCn)

182 Yeah there's a LONG delay from Mars. Depending on what frequency and how far the relative positions of Mars and Earth are, you're looking at somewhere around a 30 minute delay to get any transmission back, +- 15 minutes depending on variables.

And of course you have to give them enough time to photoshop the alien cities out of the pictures.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (52QgA)

183 140 Did some sassy black women do the math?
Posted by: steevy at February 18, 2021 02:24 PM (qlQ1E)


This just in: the Mars lander has inexplicably just crashed into Venus! Developing ...

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (YqDXo)

184 140 Did some sassy black women do the math?
_______________

Not if it worked like it was supposed to.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (k4dH2)

185

"I wish I was a Fireball..."

- - Gerry & Sylvia Anderson, 1964
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (s2VJv)


You asked for it......

https://youtu.be/cmXZOI7cM0M

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (Zz0t1)

186 > Wouldn't that be funny if it collided with the Tesla?

If the Tesla is still in the same orbital path, it's not supposed to do a Mars flyby until October or so.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (UW2ZS)

187 127 Which one of the womenz will park the rover, forgetting to set the brake?

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 18, 2021 02:23 PM (3H9h1)

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"Houston, we have a problem. A tire on the rover went flat, and no one here knows how to fix it ..."

Posted by: ShainS at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (/YULP)

188 I've just picked up a fault in the AE-35 unit.

Posted by: HAL 9000 at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (guGkK)

189 Ack! Ack-ack! Aaaaaccccckkkk!

Posted by: Michael the Texan at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (9IdCK)

190
If any of those chicks didn't come to work ever again there would be zero effect on whether the mission gets accomplished or not. In fact, it would probably speed things up.
Posted by: Thatch


Diversity - It's the Gorilla Glue in the Machinery of Progress!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (pNxlR)

191 thank you!


Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (euCiN)


Michael The Texan found an even better one.


https://youtu.be/kPrbJ63qUc4

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 02:29 PM (Q9lwr)

192 Could you gals grab a broom and clean up some of the red dirt?

Posted by: Joey "Junk Without Trunks" Biden, Esther Williams Lifeguard of the Year, 1962 at February 18, 2021 02:29 PM (Ndje9)

193 Come back Rover

Posted by: Scooby Doo at February 18, 2021 02:29 PM (BDQo0)

194 Lost in Space episode featuring the chick in "the green mist."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:24 PM (s2VJv)


Who's hotter? Athena (People of Green Mist): Lost In Space
or
Orion Dancing Girl: Star Trek

I gotta at least give fashion props to LiS.

Posted by: clutch cargo Now with tofu free gluten at February 18, 2021 02:29 PM (46GDR)

195 The historic first trans sexual rover to reach Mars

Posted by: steevy at February 18, 2021 02:29 PM (qlQ1E)

196 162 That Mars logo thing reminds me of the symbols found on the side of the Rendelsham Incident alien craft.
Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 18, 2021 02:26 PM (O+I8R)

Ah yes, written in the language of the Last of the Meketrex Supplicants.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2021 02:29 PM (bxPTJ)

197 190
Diversity - It's the Gorilla Glue in the Machinery of Progress!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (pNxlR)


What glue, that's jism.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:29 PM (s2VJv)

198 How long before Mars is deemed to be racist?

Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 18, 2021 02:29 PM (H3r/x)

199 Rover. You're on your own...

Posted by: Lassie at February 18, 2021 02:29 PM (BDQo0)

200 Okay, what's the origin of all the Goucher College and Brow-Knitting Emporium jokes?

I feel left out.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 18, 2021 02:29 PM (dWwl8)

201
Which one of the womenz will park the rover, forgetting to set the brake?

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag


Not just parking - parallel parking!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2021 02:30 PM (pNxlR)

202 This thing is going to end up like Prometheus with more abortion and more pain.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 18, 2021 02:30 PM (03n3v)

203 I guess everything is fine. No problems here. Everything is great.
Posted by: All-Female NASA Team at February 18, 2021 02:24 PM (aex00)


"You bitch!"

"Fine!"

"Whatever!"

"Tell it to the hand!"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:30 PM (YqDXo)

204 194 Lost in Space episode featuring the chick in "the green mist."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:24 PM (s2VJv)

Who's hotter? Athena (People of Green Mist): Lost In Space
or
Orion Dancing Girl: Star Trek

I gotta at least give fashion props to LiS.
Posted by: clutch cargo Now with tofu free gluten at February 18, 2021 02:29 PM (46GDR)


Nothing beats Gabrielle Drake in the purple wig and silver mini-skirt moonbase uniform on "UFO."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:30 PM (s2VJv)

205 198 How long before Mars is deemed to be racist?
_______________

Never. It's red, and the official position of the left is that only whiteness is raaaaaacist.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 18, 2021 02:30 PM (k4dH2)

206 I get restricted errors on all the links other than the one with the flapping yentas on it.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:30 PM (Zz0t1)

207 Red?

I thought we were supposed to say Native American.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 18, 2021 02:30 PM (Ve//x)

208 "Boring is probably better."


used to tell (mostly younger) cow-orkers "the day will come when you will pray to have boring back"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 18, 2021 02:30 PM (h89VN)

209 If I see James Brolin's face being transmitted, with beaded sweat forming on his brow, I'll know this is all phony!

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 18, 2021 02:31 PM (O+I8R)

210 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (Q9lwr)

How dare they use an American flag in the control room? It should be a UN flag to celebrate equity amongst nations!

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 02:31 PM (F0JZc)

211 The delay can only mean we found aliens, who will be voting democrat.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at February 18, 2021 02:31 PM (6/LtX)

212 205 198 How long before Mars is deemed to be racist?
_______________

Never. It's red, and the official position of the left is that only whiteness is raaaaaacist.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 18, 2021 02:30 PM (k4dH2)

=========

Well, unless we find out that Mars voted Trump. Then it's multi-racial whiteness which is super problematic.

Mars probably has MAGA written on it somewhere.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 02:31 PM (NWM+b)

213 Wouldn't that be funny if it collided with the Tesla?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 02:23 PM (guGkK)

-----

Horde mind.

Posted by: ShainS at February 18, 2021 02:31 PM (/YULP)

214 206 I get restricted errors on all the links other than the one with the flapping yentas on it.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:30 PM (Zz0t1)


I saw the Flapping Yentas open for the Flying Lizards at CBGB in '79.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:31 PM (s2VJv)

215 Christian Veanderbrouk sneers at the Mars Rover and says "it wouldn't last five minutes in the Intellectual Fight Club that is the Bulwark"

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 02:31 PM (euCiN)

216
MARS: The Red Native American Planet


FIFYR*


*Fixed it for you racists!!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at February 18, 2021 02:31 PM (dWwl8)

217 This just in: the Mars Lander has found the Statue of Liberty lying on it side, half covered by sand!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:31 PM (YqDXo)

218 Wait a tic.......Is that Slim Whitman I hear in the background??

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 18, 2021 02:31 PM (jvt6t)

219 198 How long before Mars is deemed to be racist?

Light red in front, dark reds in back...

Posted by: Don Rickles at February 18, 2021 02:31 PM (BDQo0)

220 Logo looks a bit like the middle finger. Probably by design.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 18, 2021 02:31 PM (3H9h1)

221 Trump wants to land on Mars.
The Bidens want to land on Uranus.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 02:31 PM (W+kMI)

222 This just in: The rover has found 200 thousand more votes for Joe Biden

Posted by: steevy at February 18, 2021 02:31 PM (qlQ1E)

223 Amazing science since Uncle Joe is now President. There must be an international award he can get for what he has done. I hope they name the landing site for him. President Biden (and Kamala) historic site.

Posted by: Colin at February 18, 2021 02:32 PM (+Pwev)

224 used to tell (mostly younger) cow-orkers "the day will come when you will pray to have boring back"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 18, 2021 02:30 PM (h89VN)

Time for another Milking already?

Posted by: Cows at February 18, 2021 02:32 PM (dR6lV)

225 Jonah Goldberg went to Goucher which is one of those colleges that accepts anyone with a pulse. Jonah fancies himself an elite smart intellectual.

Hence the jokes.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 18, 2021 02:32 PM (H3r/x)

226 "174 This morning on Newsmax they had on one of the NASA women engineers who was explaining the new Mars rover. She was in a room by herself talking to the computer screen .....wearing a mask.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 18, 2021 02:27 PM (kQOtv) "


probably felt she needed to set a good example for all of us non-scientists.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 18, 2021 02:32 PM (h89VN)

227 > This just in: the Mars lander has inexplicably just crashed into Venus! Developing ...

Like the 1998 - 1999 Mars Climate Orbiter.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 18, 2021 02:32 PM (UW2ZS)

228 Bob Dole has stage IV lung cancer.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 18, 2021 02:32 PM (cyXD6)

229 20 SPACE FORCE!!
--------
WE'RE READY FOR THE GAMILONS NOW!!

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 02:32 PM (W+kMI)

230 Double masks galore

Posted by: (fly) at February 18, 2021 02:33 PM (wQX0G)

231 221 Trump wants to land on Mars.

The Bidens want to land on Uranus.



Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 02:31 PM (W+kMI)

And Sec of Transportation Buttigieg whats to run trains. On all of us.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 18, 2021 02:33 PM (N39Ws)

232 227 > This just in: the Mars lander has inexplicably just crashed into Venus! Developing ...

Like the 1998 - 1999 Mars Climate Orbiter.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 18, 2021 02:32 PM (UW2ZS)


Frankie Avalon hardest hit...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:33 PM (s2VJv)

233
True Mission Fact: this rover, at OSHA's insistence, has a beeper installed for when it backs up.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2021 02:33 PM (pNxlR)

234 Observation: Mao thousands, millions with actual attacks that killed people, and yet the NYT was more respectful of him than Rush.

Objection: WHATABOUTISM!

Posted by: Axeman at February 18, 2021 02:33 PM (FYe3W)

235 How dare they use an American flag in the control room? It should be a UN flag to celebrate equity amongst nations!
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 02:31 PM (F0JZc)


And a rainbow flag! H8ters!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:33 PM (YqDXo)

236 "Boring is probably better."

used to tell (mostly younger) cow-orkers "the day will come when you will pray to have boring back"


Every time I do a software release, I pray the next day will be boring.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 18, 2021 02:33 PM (UW2ZS)

237 Never. It's red, and the official position of the left is that only whiteness is raaaaaacist.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 18, 2021 02:30 PM (k4dH2)

=============
It's not red, it's indigenous you racists.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren, POw-Wow Chow Contributor at February 18, 2021 02:33 PM (euCiN)

238 217 This just in: the Mars Lander has found the Statue of Liberty lying on it side, half covered by sand!

Damn You... Damn you all to hell...

Posted by: Charlton Heston at February 18, 2021 02:33 PM (BDQo0)

239 > Nothing beats Gabrielle Drake in the purple wig and silver mini-skirt moonbase uniform on "UFO."

SHADO

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 18, 2021 02:33 PM (3H9h1)

240 Ah, well...

Late to the "red" joke.

*Shakes fist at everyone above in thread*

Posted by: naturalfake at February 18, 2021 02:33 PM (dWwl8)

241 Redo:
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Observation: Mao attacked thousands, millions with actual attacks that killed people, and yet the NYT was more respectful of him than Rush.

Objection: WHATABOUTISM!

Posted by: Axeman at February 18, 2021 02:34 PM (FYe3W)

242 228 Bob Dole has stage IV lung cancer.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 18, 2021 02:32 PM (cyXD6)


If I had that at 96, I don't think I'd really give a shit.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:34 PM (s2VJv)

243 NASA vs. SpaceX live web programs is no comparison, SpaceX does this so much better

Posted by: Trippy64 at February 18, 2021 02:34 PM (8olCs)

244 UFOFU

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:34 PM (Zz0t1)

245 Nothing beats Gabrielle Drake in the purple wig and silver mini-skirt moonbase uniform on "UFO."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:30 PM (s2VJv)


Seven of nine ?

Posted by: NASA fast at February 18, 2021 02:34 PM (M+Lyo)

246 At least all those dumb freezing Texans will want to wear masks now. Am I right? Chuck Todd

Posted by: steevy at February 18, 2021 02:34 PM (qlQ1E)

247 The lack of diversity to achieve this feat, especially the absence of a trans Pacific Islander, renders the accomplishment meaningless.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at February 18, 2021 02:34 PM (puu6v)

248 Bob Dole has stage IV lung cancer.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 18, 2021 02:32 PM (cyXD6)
---
The tap-dancing does not have to stop for the libs.

Just a change of venue.

Posted by: Axeman at February 18, 2021 02:34 PM (FYe3W)

249 Frankie Avalon hardest hit...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:33 PM (s2VJv)

Ah, well. Martian Beach Party was a no-go anyway. No beaches.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 18, 2021 02:34 PM (Bmy3R)

250 227 > This just in: the Mars lander has inexplicably just crashed into Venus! Developing ...



Like the 1998 - 1999 Mars Climate Orbiter.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 18, 2021 02:32 PM (UW2ZS)

Wasn't that the mission where they got metric vs english imperial units of measure mixed up?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 18, 2021 02:34 PM (N39Ws)

251 But is this Mars-Mars

Posted by: Whoopi at February 18, 2021 02:34 PM (BDQo0)

252 You think a woman alone in a mask is retarded? I saw an ad with a woman alone in a room talking without a mask. And there was a disclaimer at the bottom of the screen that Covid 19 protocols were used while filming the commercial. We have to be at peak stupid right? How much worse can it get.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 18, 2021 02:34 PM (H3r/x)

253
If I had that at 96, I don't think I'd really give a shit.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:34 PM (s2VJv)


This.

Roll with it. You're done soon anyway.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:35 PM (Zz0t1)

254 And of course you have to give them enough time to photoshop the alien cities out of the pictures.
Posted by: DudeAbiding at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (52QgA)


Thank goodness NASA has perfected the green screen CGI effects.

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 02:35 PM (F0JZc)

255 198 How long before Mars is deemed to be racist?
--------
How long does it take a Twatter fairy to find and read/look at the cover of A Princess of Mars?

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 02:35 PM (W+kMI)

256 Amazing science since Uncle Joe is now President. There must be an international award he can get for what he has done. I hope they name use the landing site for him. President Biden (and Kamala) historic site.
Posted by: Colin at February 18, 2021 02:32 PM (+Pwev)

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:35 PM (YqDXo)

257 We have to be at peak stupid right? How much worse can it get.

There are questions that are best left unasked.

Posted by: pep at February 18, 2021 02:35 PM (v16oJ)

258
They found strange writing that translates as "Remember to drink your Ovaltine."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:35 PM (s2VJv)

259 Looks like JPLRAW has a live feed of the control room too that is even more basic.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2021 02:35 PM (2lndx)

260 Shocked Biden has allowed Trumps choice of Perserverance to remain as the rovers name. Was not that name submitted by a racist white kid?

Posted by: Jen the original at February 18, 2021 02:35 PM (kQOtv)

261 I started the live feed and some chick is speaking Spanish...
Posted by: Tami at

They speak Spanish on Mars ?

Who knew ?

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2021 02:35 PM (arJlL)

262 Actually, it lands starting at 12:55 Pacific time.

Posted by: MW at February 18, 2021 02:36 PM (gWtVa)

263 Ted Cruz is in Cancun riding out the Texas Deep Freeze. What the fuck is wrong with him?

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 18, 2021 02:36 PM (sWM8x)

264 254 And of course you have to give them enough time to photoshop the alien cities out of the pictures.
Posted by: DudeAbiding at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (52QgA)

Thank goodness NASA has perfected the green screen CGI effects.
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 02:35 PM (F0JZc)

==========

"In my day, we did it all on intricately designed practical sets with large painted backdrops, and we liked it!"
-Stanley Kubrick

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 02:36 PM (NWM+b)

265 The landing process will start a bit earlier.

Posted by: MW at February 18, 2021 02:36 PM (gWtVa)

266 * hic *

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 18, 2021 02:36 PM (BDQo0)

267 253
If I had that at 96, I don't think I'd really give a shit.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:34 PM (s2VJv)

This.

Roll with it. You're done soon anyway.

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I'd like a pack of Benson & Hedges gold, please.

Posted by: Bob Dole at February 18, 2021 02:36 PM (jvt6t)

268 The planet that made Matt Damon likeable.

MATT DAMON

Posted by: Matt Damon star of Team America: World Police at February 18, 2021 02:36 PM (Vu7A1)

269 Ted Cruz is in Cancun riding out the Texas Deep Freeze. What the fuck is wrong with him?
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 18, 2021 02:36 PM (sWM8x)


Blackout dates.

I don't really care. What's he gonna do from here?

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:36 PM (Zz0t1)

270 A rat done bit my sister Nell.
wit Whitey on de Mars....

Posted by: BluesFish at February 18, 2021 02:36 PM (WQZ1O)

271 bonhomme, exactly !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (h89VN)

272 228 Bob Dole has stage IV lung cancer.
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Thought he would've died of Viagra-related issues some time ago.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (W+kMI)

273 Did China have the chance to steal the Perseverance designs before it was launched.

Posted by: Mitch McConell, Taipan Of The Senate at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (euCiN)

274 Nood!

Gay fauci on the loose!

Look out!!!

Posted by: Loki at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (KqiMr)

275 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 02:21 PM (Q9lwr)

How dare they use an American flag in the control room? It should be a UN flag to celebrate equity amongst nations!
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 02:31 PM (F0JZc)

Did you note in The Martian it was China that was our only hope in sending a rescue mission until the original crew decided to attempt the rescue based on the black genius's calculations?

Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (2DOZq)

276 Is that OJ standing on that hill to the left?
Posted by: Hairyback Guy

Somebody should tell him they don't need dead women on Mars.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (arJlL)

277 Don't let the Spanish near the Rover. They'll put Christmas lights and religious statues all over the damn dashboard.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (Bmy3R)

278 Shocked Biden has allowed Trumps choice of Perserverance to remain as the rovers name. Was not that name submitted by a racist white kid?

--

I'm damned shocked it wasn't changed to Black Lives Matter.

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (O+I8R)

279 SpaceX does this so much better
Posted by: Trippy64 at February 18, 2021 02:34 PM (8olCs)


The SpaceX people WORK for a living!

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (F0JZc)

280 They found strange writing that translates as Remember to drink your Ovaltine"Epstein Didn't Kill Himself."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:35 PM (s2VJv)

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (YqDXo)

281 248. As do most 97 year olds.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (kQOtv)

282 How long before Mars is deemed to be racist?
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How soon can we land somebody to give the right-handed A-OK?

Heck, a NASA figure in front of a picture of Mars giving the right-handed A-OK is probably more than enough.

We found out comets were exclusionary to women because of that guy's shirt.

Posted by: Axeman at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (FYe3W)

283 > Wasn't that the mission where they got metric vs english imperial units of measure mixed up?

Yep.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (UW2ZS)

284 Oops.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (YqDXo)

285
"In my day, we did it all on intricately designed practical sets with large painted backdrops, and we liked it!"
-Stanley Kubrick
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 02:36 PM (NWM+b)


And Nicole Kidman's tits!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (Zz0t1)

286
Nothing beats Gabrielle Drake in the purple wig and silver mini-skirt moonbase uniform on "UFO."

***

Buy the DVD set for that series and watch it on a current hi def flat screen.

It's a good thing we didn't have that technology as a kid. A lot of us would have died of exhaustion before age 18.

Posted by: Azathoth at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (zpzoX)

287 269 Blackout dates.

I don't really care. What's he gonna do from here?
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:36 PM (Zz0t1)

========

He has no direct say in how FEMA operates. He's a federal senator, not a state one. The only reason he should be in Texas is for optics reasons, and I think it's about time to stop giving a shit about optics.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (NWM+b)

288 Nothing beats Gabrielle Drake in the purple wig and silver mini-skirt moonbase uniform on "UFO."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:30 PM (s2VJv)


If we're on strictly fashion, that show is damned hard to beat on a few levels. That shit never would have made the cut on USA TV in the mid 60's - even 1970. The Brits were always on the cutting edge in that regard.

And I got a thing for go-go boots.

Posted by: clutch cargo Now with tofu free gluten at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (46GDR)

289 First images coming back. Science babes are not going to be happy.


https://tinyurl.com/yz5ryvtz

Posted by: 4 at February 18, 2021 02:38 PM (KnJdm)

290
Wouldn't that be funny if it collided with the Tesla?

Naturally the only two moving, man-made objects for a brazillion miles around and they'd run into each other. Sheesh...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 18, 2021 02:38 PM (HaL55)

291 Willowed...

536 {{{Hrothgar}}}

It's so good to have you back.
Posted by: creeper at February 18, 2021 02:19 PM (XxJt1)

Posted by: creeper at February 18, 2021 02:38 PM (XxJt1)

292 I'm your venus!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2021 02:38 PM (W2Pud)

293 Epstein Didn't Kill Himself

Posted by: Marvin The Martian at February 18, 2021 02:38 PM (BDQo0)

294 Shocked Biden has allowed Trumps choice of Perserverance to remain as the rovers name. Was not that name submitted by a racist white kid?

Should've named it "Reparations."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:38 PM (YqDXo)

295 Ted Cruz is in Cancun riding out the Texas Deep Freeze. What the fuck is wrong with him?

--

Ridin' the Storm Out
Waitin' for the Fall Out...

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 18, 2021 02:38 PM (O+I8R)

296 osted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (YqDXo)

Fail.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:38 PM (Zz0t1)

297 In the movie 'Mars Attack' the martins are invited to talk before the US Congress and zap them with their ray guns and wipes out congress. Best thing that happened in the movie.

Posted by: Colin at February 18, 2021 02:38 PM (+Pwev)

298 I don't really care. What's he gonna do from here?
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He's reinforcing the perception that elected leaders are far removed from the people they govern. It's fucking ridiculous for him to have gone ahead with his vacation. What a GD idiot.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 18, 2021 02:38 PM (sWM8x)

299 Bob Dole has stage IV lung cancer.

If you have Stage IV lung cancer longer than 4 hours, call your doctor.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 18, 2021 02:39 PM (dWwl8)

300 263 Ted Cruz is in Cancun riding out the Texas Deep Freeze. What the fuck is wrong with him?
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You mean he's dodging Little Chucky Schumer's phone calls in a place where he's not cold, can look at babes in bikinis, and not suffer power outages caused by dunderheaded Green policies? How terrible!

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 02:39 PM (W+kMI)

301 Um why is this thread being stomped before the landing?

Posted by: Jen the original at February 18, 2021 02:39 PM (kQOtv)

302 253
If I had that at 96, I don't think I'd really give a shit.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 18, 2021 02:34 PM (s2VJv)

This.

Roll with it. You're done soon anyway.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt

jump Snake River canyon

Posted by: x4 at February 18, 2021 02:39 PM (oA+QO)

303 I'd like a pack of Benson & Hedges gold, please.
Posted by: Bob Dole at February 18, 2021 02:36 PM (jvt6t)


Dude: Romeo y Julieta

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 02:39 PM (F0JZc)

304 How long before Mars is deemed to be racist?
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One mention of Mars to Joy Reid.

Posted by: Axeman at February 18, 2021 02:39 PM (FYe3W)

305 Will Ray Walston be thee to greet the rover, or is waiting for the SpaceX expedition?

Posted by: Mitch McConell, Taipan Of The Senate at February 18, 2021 02:39 PM (euCiN)

306 277 Don't let the Spanish near the Rover. They'll put Christmas lights and religious statues all over the damn dashboard.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (Bmy3R)


And dingleballs around the portholes, and hydraulic lifters on the landing struts.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:39 PM (YqDXo)

307
He has no direct say in how FEMA operates. He's a federal senator, not a state one. The only reason he should be in Texas is for optics reasons, and I think it's about time to stop giving a shit about optics.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (NWM+b)


Agreed. He's got a pen and a phone. With both, he can't really do shit for Texas anyway.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:39 PM (Zz0t1)

308 What is Cruz going to do? Ask Biden to send the NG?

Posted by: Jen the original at February 18, 2021 02:40 PM (kQOtv)

309 297 In the movie 'Mars Attack' the martins are invited to talk before the US Congress and zap them with their ray guns and wipes out congress. Best thing that happened in the movie.
Posted by: Colin at February 18, 2021 02:38 PM (+Pwev)
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We've still got 2 branches of government and that ain't bad!
-President Jack Nicholson

Posted by: zmdavid at February 18, 2021 02:40 PM (xqRaG)

310 Posted by: creeper at February 18, 2021 02:38 PM (XxJt1)

There I was talking to myself because no one had the courtesy to nood!

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 02:41 PM (F0JZc)

311 yes, I think 3:55 Eastern is the touchdown ... and (I guess) it will be 11 minutes after that when we get the confirmation of success. ... the other countdown, was to begin a new countdown? ha, or for coverage to begin, idk. The landing events are like seven minutes I think.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 18, 2021 02:41 PM (Cus5s)

312 296 osted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (YqDXo)

Fail.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:38 PM (Zz0t1)
----

Hangs head, and nods.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:41 PM (YqDXo)

313 What is Cruz going to do? Ask Biden to send the NG?
Posted by: Jen the original at February 18, 2021 02:40 PM (kQOtv)


To busy staving off insurrection!!!!

You're on your own, Texas!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:41 PM (Zz0t1)

314 yes, I think 3:55 Eastern is the touchdown

So it'll be 6-0 then, 7-0 if they make the PAT.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:42 PM (YqDXo)

315
Hangs head, and nods.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:41 PM (YqDXo)


A for effort. F- for execution.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:42 PM (Zz0t1)

316 And dingleballs around the portholes, and hydraulic lifters on the landing struts.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:39 PM (YqDXo)


And Day-Glo lighting under the struts!

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 02:42 PM (F0JZc)

317 295 Ted Cruz is in Cancun riding out the Texas Deep Freeze. What the fuck is wrong with him?

--

Ridin' the Storm Out
Waitin' for the Fall Out...
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Speedwagon hailed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVFgEBq0EKM

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 02:42 PM (W+kMI)

318 - Gerry & Sylvia Anderson, 1964
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

She dumped Mickey ?

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2021 02:42 PM (arJlL)

319 314 yes, I think 3:55 Eastern is the touchdown

So it'll be 6-0 then, 7-0 if they make the PAT.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:42 PM (YqDXo)

==========

Perseverance always fakes the PAT in the first quarter. Be on the watch out for a two point attempt.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 02:42 PM (NWM+b)

320 Will Ray Walston be thee to greet the rover, or is waiting for the SpaceX expedition?
Posted by: Mitch McConell, Taipan Of The Senate at February 18, 2021 02:39 PM (euCiN)


Moose with a sign that says Closed for Renevations.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:43 PM (Zz0t1)

321 Or Renovations. Either way.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:43 PM (Zz0t1)

322 I see the media is following the basic DISASTER protocol--
When the President is Democrat and the Governor is Republican, it's the GOVERNOR'S fault, a switch from the Trump years and Hurricane Katrina

Posted by: JoeF. at February 18, 2021 02:44 PM (dR6lV)

323 I'm sure Cruz made his Cancun vacation plans way before this winter event.

Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 02:44 PM (2DOZq)

324 321 Or Renovations. Either way.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:43 PM (Zz0t1)


Names of upcoming landers:

1. Reparations
2. Renovations
3. Free Shit

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:44 PM (YqDXo)

325 This just in: the Mars lander has inexplicably just crashed into Venus! Developing ...

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (YqDXo)

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@Deplorable Jay

Just finished a fascinating audiobook that I figured you (and perhaps others) would enjoy if you're not already familiar with E.O. Heinrich from century ago (can't believe I never heard of him before) -- especially with your personal and perhaps professional associations with UC Berkeley.

[There's also a famous case discussed about a death (murder or accidental?) in Palo Alto, which interested me as a Stanford Grad.]

"American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI" by Kate Winkler Dawson.

Posted by: ShainS at February 18, 2021 02:44 PM (/YULP)

326 I'm your venus!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2021 02:38 PM (W2Pud)

================
you can be my bundle of joy!

Posted by: Mitch McConnell, Taipan Of The Senate at February 18, 2021 02:44 PM (euCiN)

327 I'm sure Cruz made his Cancun vacation plans way before this winter event.
Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 02:44 PM (2DOZq)


NO! He RAN AWAY! Because he's a PUSSY and is SCARED OF BIDEN!!!!!!

- Every Libfuck on twatters

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:45 PM (Zz0t1)

328 Names of upcoming landers:

1. Reparations
2. Renovations
3. Free Shit
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:44 PM (YqDXo)


USS Graft

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:45 PM (Zz0t1)

329 4. Porkulus

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 18, 2021 02:46 PM (cyXD6)

330 "American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI" by Kate Winkler Dawson.
Posted by: ShainS at February 18, 2021 02:44 PM (/YULP)


Thanks, I'll check it out!

I've got one for you: the story of the Harvard chemistry professor who was hanged for murder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_White_Webster

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:46 PM (YqDXo)

331 I'm your venus!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2021 02:38 PM (W2Pud)


You asked for it......

https://youtu.be/d4-1ASpdT1Y

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)

332 327 I'm sure Cruz made his Cancun vacation plans way before this winter event.
Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 02:44 PM (2DOZq)
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He's just campaigning to future Americans.

Posted by: zmdavid at February 18, 2021 02:47 PM (xqRaG)

333 -----------
He's just campaigning to future Americans.
Posted by: zmdavid at February 18, 2021 02:47 PM (xqRaG)


Because it worked so well for Beto.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)

334
I've got one for you: the story of the Harvard chemistry professor who was hanged for murder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_White_Webster
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:46 PM (YqDXo)


Obviously for flaunting his White privilege.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:49 PM (Zz0t1)

335 Just got my second Chinese crud shot out in the snow. Parking lot of the local hospital. Felt sorry for the nurses, but they were dressed for it, mask, face shield and a smile. I was wondering if the nurse could hold the needle still in the cold, but she did well.

Posted by: Colin at February 18, 2021 02:49 PM (+Pwev)

336 Fifteen days to slow the spread of Faucis legs

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at February 18, 2021 02:50 PM (qoNQ/)

337 Obviously for flaunting his White privilege.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 02:49 PM (Zz0t1)


Maybe flunked a minority student.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:51 PM (YqDXo)

338 Looking at all these young scientists, I feel so old.

Wife: You are old! Older than dirt.

Posted by: JM in Florida at February 18, 2021 02:55 PM (HCeRP)

339 Kinda funny hearing commercials for get always like it's 2018
Come to ____, enjoy the sun and all the fun things to do
But make sure you have immunization papers and bring you masks!

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2021 02:55 PM (Cxk7w)

340 Wasn't that the mission where they got metric vs english imperial units of measure mixed up?

Yep.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 18, 2021 02:37 PM (UW2ZS)

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Wasn't the metric vs English units also an issue in the manufacture of the Hubble Space Telescope mirror manufacturing process -- and they had to subsequently do a retrofit?

Posted by: ShainS at February 18, 2021 02:57 PM (Fiwz/)

341 Psaki: There's a woman directing the project.

Contingency announcement, if it fails

Psaki: The project is directed by a straight white guy who is old. And male. And straight

Posted by: JM in Florida at February 18, 2021 02:58 PM (HCeRP)

342 340

Yes that was it. Never trust a metric design!

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 02:59 PM (F0JZc)

343 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_White_Webster

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 18, 2021 02:46 PM (YqDXo)

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Thanks, will check out later -- currently mobile.

Posted by: ShainS at February 18, 2021 03:00 PM (/YULP)

344 I can comment but then have to restart video.
Timer saying 50 minutes to go

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2021 03:05 PM (Cxk7w)

345 Can't listen to virtue-signaling mask mouth.

Posted by: Valiant at February 18, 2021 03:35 PM (3MiF8)

346 Here, fixed it:

"Let me put myself in their glory hole. If I were in their position, what would I be doing?"

Posted by: Judge Holden at February 18, 2021 03:37 PM (p5xuW)

347 Greetings:

Last interplanetary thing I heard was that some progressivefied space agency is looking to recruit "disabled" astronaut and the mouthpiece said a disabled person could be the best astronaut in the world.

Just take the money down to the beach and throw it in the ocean, please.

Posted by: 11B40 at February 18, 2021 03:44 PM (evgyj)

348 Friendly reminder:

David Hogg was involved in this Mars landing in exactly the same way he survived the school shooting.

Posted by: Lysenko's Wonder Kulaks - Call your parents at February 18, 2021 03:44 PM (hsOar)

349 It's already landed, we just haven't heard it yet.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 03:44 PM (naEeR)

350 Sure is great Chairman Xi lets us watch this stuff

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 03:44 PM (euCiN)

351 Last interplanetary thing I heard was that some progressivefied space agency is looking to recruit "disabled" astronaut and the mouthpiece said a disabled person could be the best astronaut in the world.

***

Someone with no arms, hopefully.

Posted by: Lysenko's Wonder Kulaks - Call your parents at February 18, 2021 03:45 PM (hsOar)

352 When I saw the mission was controlled by women, I knew the landing would be late.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2021 03:45 PM (kTF2Z)

353 FIRST!

Oh, wait...

Posted by: JayInAmes at February 18, 2021 03:46 PM (yGu6h)

354 When I saw the mission was controlled by women, I knew the landing would be late.

***

Oh shit!

Wait, the landing? Oh, okay. Whew!

Posted by: Lysenko's Wonder Kulaks - Call your parents at February 18, 2021 03:46 PM (hsOar)

355 Last interplanetary thing I heard was that some progressivefied space
agency is looking to recruit "disabled" astronaut and the mouthpiece
said a disabled person could be the best astronaut in the world.

================
Sounds like a job for Joe Biden

Posted by: President-For-Life Barack Obama I at February 18, 2021 03:46 PM (euCiN)

356 Ladies, we need to land the Rover.

Ok, just give a minute to get ready.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2021 03:46 PM (kTF2Z)

357 If it weren't for the pioneering steps like this, the glorious future of Prometheus and Covenant wouldn't be possible.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 18, 2021 03:46 PM (DMUuz)

358 To endure all this waiting as a member of the team. For months.

Posted by: JM in Florida at February 18, 2021 03:47 PM (HCeRP)

359 Start the interface Hal.

Sorry Dave, I can't do that.

Posted by: WisRich at February 18, 2021 03:47 PM (qKfc+)

360 https://tinyurl.com/ycplraxl

NASA TV in case no one else put it up

Posted by: Gref at February 18, 2021 03:47 PM (AMIL/)

361 don't worry I'll have another post up just like in ten minutes after this thing finally lands and we see some pictures

Posted by: ace at February 18, 2021 03:47 PM (5+1A/)

362 Is that chick a push start Indian or is that a mole?

Posted by: Tree of Liberty Landscaping at February 18, 2021 03:48 PM (DB16e)

363 They do realize that if they tried this using Woke Math we'd have been lucky the payload got off the launch pad. Probably not even out the factory door.

There is a point where they reveal that they are talking nonsense.

The Dems have crossed that point long ago. Unfortunately there are too many who believe that nonsense can be true.

Posted by: jakee308.com at February 18, 2021 03:48 PM (LyEz9)

364 don't worry I'll have another post up just like in ten minutes after this thing finally lands and we see some pictures
Posted by: ace at February 18, 2021 03:47 PM (5+1A/)

***

Pictures on the internet?

Aww yeah

Posted by: Lysenko's Wonder Kulaks - Call your parents at February 18, 2021 03:48 PM (hsOar)

365 This reminds me of a visit to 7-11. Someone should tell that woman talking that she has a big "dot" painted on the center of her forehead.

Posted by: Sundown Joe Biden at February 18, 2021 03:48 PM (euCiN)

366 Is that an imperial probe droid in the background.

Posted by: LTCHAM at February 18, 2021 03:48 PM (yHJ+E)

367 When I saw the mission was controlled by women, I knew the landing would be late.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2021 03:45 PM


OMG! What if they have to parallel park the rover?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 18, 2021 03:48 PM (DMUuz)

368 My friend is at Home Depot and said the plumbing aisle is 75 deep with others waiting to get in.

Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 03:49 PM (2DOZq)

369 Feelings!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2021 03:49 PM (2lndx)

370 Stunning video. It looks someone's gonna set a new record on Asteroids!

Posted by: Arcade Asst Mgr at February 18, 2021 03:49 PM (j8yCO)

371 My math says it takes about 11 minutes to get a signal from Mars to the earth.

So, did whatever happened happen already?

Posted by: JM in Florida at February 18, 2021 03:49 PM (HCeRP)

372 Am I the only one who finds it a bit amusing that the person at the "Attitude Control" desk appears to be a dame?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 18, 2021 03:49 PM (UZVEt)

373 This game sucks. When do I get to shoot something?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 18, 2021 03:49 PM (1ISKN)

374 I hate that they broadcast KM/Second. I unconsciously do the conversion in my head every time. Just save me the trouble, JPL, and broadcast Miles PS

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 03:50 PM (euCiN)

375 So, did whatever happened happen already?
Posted by: JM in Florida at February 18, 2021 03:49 PM (HCeRP)
++++
Probably, yes. We're seeing what comes back.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 18, 2021 03:50 PM (UZVEt)

376 Do they know that thing is on fire?

Posted by: Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Queen of Queens at February 18, 2021 03:50 PM (euCiN)

377 Let's hope the Martians at long last have resigned themselves to conquest. Also, "Red Dust" has Jean Harlow naked in a barrel.

Posted by: Long gpCoin at February 18, 2021 03:50 PM (qpX6U)

378 This game sucks. When do I get to shoot something?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 18, 2021 03:49 PM (1ISKN)



Ssssshh. If things go well we may get some rocks out of it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 03:50 PM (guGkK)

379 Yes! Everyone is wearing at least 2 masks!

Posted by: Mask Nazi at February 18, 2021 03:50 PM (j8yCO)

380 16 km out.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 18, 2021 03:51 PM (UW2ZS)

381 Yes! Everyone is wearing at least 2 masks!
Posted by: Mask Nazi at February 18, 2021 03:50 PM (j8yCO)
++++
There are a large number of real scientists and engineers there. I wonder what's going through their minds.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 18, 2021 03:51 PM (UZVEt)

382 Joe Biden's Amerikka:

https://tinyurl.com/1ncg0o3l

/yep, parts of the USA are now third world.

Posted by: shibumi at February 18, 2021 03:51 PM (tjZg/)

383 This thing better slow down, or it'll royally piss off the Martians.

Posted by: Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Queen of Queens at February 18, 2021 03:52 PM (euCiN)

384 Look at all those nerds. Stupid nerds.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 18, 2021 03:52 PM (1ISKN)

385 Rover: Houston, we have a problem. Houston? Houston?

Mission Control: IM NOT TALKING TO YOU!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2021 03:52 PM (kTF2Z)

386 In the movie Passengers a message to earth took 19 years and a reply 36 years.

Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 03:52 PM (2DOZq)

387 "11 minutes to get a signal from Mars to the earth.
So, did whatever happened happen already?"

they are talking like it is live, but I'm assuming touchdown in 3 minutes won't be confirmed for another 11. But maybe they adjusted, and it happened already ...

Posted by: illiniwek at February 18, 2021 03:52 PM (Cus5s)

388 fantastic simulation. Can't wait for the actual video to be transmitted.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 03:52 PM (euCiN)

389 Parachute deployed and functional.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 18, 2021 03:53 PM (UW2ZS)

390 Ssssshh. If things go well we may get some rocks out of it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 03:50 PM


So, Mars gets its rocks off?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 18, 2021 03:53 PM (DMUuz)

391 367 When I saw the mission was controlled by women, I knew the landing would be late.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2021 03:45 PM



OMG! What if they have to parallel park the rover?

hey, guys, i've seen stories pointing out that the seismometers already present on mars will be listening for the "thump" when it lands.

Posted by: Comrade Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at February 18, 2021 03:53 PM (v3pYe)

392 five miles above the surface. Subsonic.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 03:53 PM (euCiN)

393 50 years since the man on the moon and we're just now landing search robots on Mars.

We really need to be in outer space asap. If anyone asks what the benefit would be tell them that we might be able to survive as a species if a meteor of the right size hits the earth such as what wiped out the Dinosaurs.

We were on our way but then Nixon got the boot and Carter spent the money on welfare and it took Reagan 8 years to recover from that then Bush flushed it all away with his New World Order and Clinton and his harpy got into the White House.

We're frittering our time away. Soon it will run out.

Posted by: jakee308.com at February 18, 2021 03:53 PM (LyEz9)

394 Does this chute make my ass look big?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 03:54 PM (guGkK)

395 they just said confirmation parachute deployed, so the real even must be over.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 18, 2021 03:54 PM (Cus5s)

396 What is the time delay on broadcasts from Mars?

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at February 18, 2021 03:54 PM (LWu6U)

397 Endeavor To Persevere, little rover.

Posted by: Eromero at February 18, 2021 03:54 PM (gjvwR)

398 So, Mars gets its rocks off?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 18, 2021 03:53 PM (DMUuz

---------

I guess mars doesn't need women then.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2021 03:54 PM (kTF2Z)

399 protein pills taken

Posted by: x4 at February 18, 2021 03:54 PM (oA+QO)

400 363 They do realize that if they tried this using Woke Math we'd have been lucky the payload got off the launch pad. Probably not even out the factory door.

There is a point where they reveal that they are talking nonsense.

The Dems have crossed that point long ago. Unfortunately there are too many who believe that nonsense can be true.
Posted by: jakee308.com at February 18, 2021 03:48 PM (LyEz9)


The instructions call for me to assemble these components using machine M5 screws. Screws are a sexist, phallic symbol of the patriarchy and I refuse to support the engineering department's narrative! AaaAAaAaa, triggered!!1!

Posted by: CppThis at February 18, 2021 03:54 PM (zcf1k)

401 What!?!?!

They're using parachutes to land it?

Lame.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 18, 2021 03:55 PM (8FYLQ)

402 What is the time delay on broadcasts from Mars?

Around fifteen minutes.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 03:55 PM (naEeR)

403 What!?!?!

They're using parachutes to land it?

Lame.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 18, 2021 03:55 PM (8FYLQ)
++++
UNtil the skycrane kicks in

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 18, 2021 03:56 PM (UZVEt)

404 381 Yes! Everyone is wearing at least 2 masks!
Posted by: Mask Nazi at February 18, 2021 03:50 PM (j8yCO)
++++
There are a large number of real scientists and engineers there. I wonder what's going through their minds.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 18, 2021 03:51 PM (UZVEt)


I can tell you what is going through this engineer's mind. My office is a face diaper free zone, unless you pull a paycheck from the government. In that case you are required to wear 3 face diapers while I wear none. Haven't had the opportunity yet to enforce that, but I'm chomping at bit to try it.

Posted by: moon_over_vermont at February 18, 2021 03:56 PM (fkBoc)

405 Touchdown!

Posted by: dartist at February 18, 2021 03:56 PM (+ya+t)

406 Touchdown confirmed. Awesome.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 18, 2021 03:56 PM (UZVEt)

407 Safe Touchdown confirmed

Posted by: illiniwek at February 18, 2021 03:56 PM (Cus5s)

408 Mission control uptalk is the new normal.

Posted by: BluesFish at February 18, 2021 03:56 PM (WQZ1O)

409 COngratulations JPL!

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 03:56 PM (euCiN)

410 We really need to be in outer space asap. If anyone asks what the benefit would be tell them that we might be able to survive as a species if a meteor of the right size hits the earth such as what wiped out the Dinosaurs.

A robust space program makes it more likely we'd detect those threats early and stop them.

In a sane world the Space Force would handle day to day space ops, including asteroid defense, while NASA focused on mapping all objects in the solar system, exploration, and research.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at February 18, 2021 03:56 PM (jOcSX)

411 So, Mars gets its rocks off?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

I guess mars doesn't need women then.
Posted by: Duke Lowell


Never did. No one loves you more than yourself.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2021 03:56 PM (Qq3ZN)

412 Hmm, the atmosphere of Mars is 95% CO2. Seems like it should be a fiery inferno.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM (1ISKN)

413 Now it'll be a few hours until they start getting pictures and video.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM (naEeR)

414 Let's party

Posted by: WisRich at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM (qKfc+)

415 Touchdown confirmed. This really is quite a feat.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM (sWM8x)

416 I'm gonna go take a shit.

Posted by: Mission Control Rick at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM (j8yCO)

417 What are the odds that all those people are in the mission control room purely for show and all the real work is being done by a pasty nerd with a tablet?

Posted by: PunchBowlPariah at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM (W7jWg)

418 So, they're cheering because they killed the guy with the sexist shirt, right?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM (NWM+b)

419 why are there no live pictures?

Posted by: ace


They sent a team of Palestinian stringers to set up cameras to catch the landing live, but those guys immediately claimed Mars for Islam, then started building bombs, and BOOM!

Class dismissed.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM (8FYLQ)

420 Merica!

Posted by: dartist at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM (+ya+t)

421 I love these science achievements, but I sure don't enjoy the scenes of the technicians - all dressed in identical shirts, clapping in unison, all wearing masks like dodos. Oh, the rover just landed and they're so excited they're touching each other! I miss the messy old days of the Apollo program, when all the men smoked like chimneys.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM (MEetW)

422 Now, put people on Mars NASA. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Well, I mean as soon as the muslim outreach is done.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM (jvt6t)

423 How do you call for a time out on another planet!

Posted by: Andy Reid at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM (LXiS2)

424 A robust space program makes it more likely we'd detect those threats early and stop them.

In a sane world the Space Force would handle day to day space ops, including asteroid defense, while NASA focused on mapping all objects in the solar system, exploration, and research.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile


I've seen those movies. No bueno.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM (Qq3ZN)

425 Hmm, the atmosphere of Mars is 95% CO2. Seems like it should be a fiery inferno.

CO2 isn't flammable. Besides, the pressure is a tiny fraction of Earth's.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM (naEeR)

426 We should be getting video soon, I hope

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM (euCiN)

427 Touchdown confirmed. This really is quite a feat.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM (sWM8x)
++++
Like the last one. I stayed up until the wee hours to watch that. A skycrane putting a car down on a foreign planet is pretty freaking awesome thing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 18, 2021 03:58 PM (UZVEt)

428 And the nerds go wild!
Seriously fantastic achievement again.

Posted by: Archer at February 18, 2021 03:58 PM (gmo/4)

429 Slow Joe not-aBiden:

"If you know anything about Chinese history, it has always been, the time when China has been victimized by the outer world is when they haven't been unified at home," Biden began. "So the center--well, vastly overstated--the central principle of Xi Jinping is that there must be a united, tightly controlled China. And he uses his rationale for the things he does based on that."
From WZ.

IOW, it's okay for China to be communist and even fascist because otherwise they cannot do their world domination thing. This fuckstick is not only an idiot, he is obviously so, and an absolute embarrassment.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at February 18, 2021 03:58 PM (okGHj)

430 The Dr and I have planned a mission to Uranus...

Bend over and say ahhhhhh

Posted by: Mayor Pete at February 18, 2021 03:58 PM (BDQo0)

431 Excited crowd

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 18, 2021 03:58 PM (Ks/+3)

432 Engineers should design a mask you can talk through clearly.

If you HAVE to wear the d*mned things

Posted by: JM in Florida at February 18, 2021 03:58 PM (HCeRP)

433 Worth noting that we're getting a glimpse into why leftists think that they can out law gas and oil and someone will invent a new battery technology by 2035. They look at our first trip to the moon in that same way disregarding costs or reliability or scale.

Just say we need it in 15 years and poof there it is.

Posted by: Lysenkos Bagged Lettuce, 100% abortion free and only tested for safety using abortions at February 18, 2021 03:58 PM (1+b9Z)

434 Just now at Lowes getting birdseed and they had a Briggs n' Stratton 6250 watts for $800.Started to buy it but Mrs. E said ixnay. She gives the Yamaha 2600 the highest accolades, by the way.

Posted by: Eromero at February 18, 2021 03:58 PM (gjvwR)

435 [Repeating from a previous thread]

Sammy Hagar - Marching to Mars
https://youtu.be/ulwWMoal27k

Posted by: Doof at February 18, 2021 03:58 PM (mZUr4)

436 Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 18, 2021 03:49 PM (1ISKN)

I know what you mean.

There was a video game out from Microsoft. It was travel through the solar system using actual physics and real time. It was boring as hell.

The only good part was too difficult to actually do that was to meet up with a space station in geo sync orbit and then dock to an air lock.

It was very hard to do given the placement on the ship for the docking air lock. They had a cheat you could get the computer to take over and dock while you watched. It was amazing and I realize I could never do that and shit canned the game.

Posted by: jakee308.com at February 18, 2021 03:58 PM (LyEz9)

437 I love these science achievements, but I sure don't enjoy the scenes of the technicians - all dressed in identical shirts, clapping in unison, all wearing masks like dodos. Oh, the rover just landed and they're so excited they're touching each other! I miss the messy old days of the Apollo program, when all the men smoked like chimneys.

They were apparently passing around peanuts -- a tradition that apparently dates back to Apollo.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 03:58 PM (naEeR)

438 Hey, what's that thing over there?

Posted by: Red Shirted Crewman at February 18, 2021 03:59 PM (qAR6u)

439
*waves and gives thumbs up to rickl*

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2021 03:59 PM (sy5kK)

440 I miss the messy old days of the Apollo program, when all the men smoked like chimneys.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM (MEetW)

And wore skinny ties.

Posted by: Robert at February 18, 2021 03:59 PM (1Yy3c)

441 I stand corrected -- they're already getting pictures.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 03:59 PM (naEeR)

442 Until the skycrane kicks in

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)



I'm completely spoiled by watching Space X do their powered landings.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 18, 2021 03:59 PM (8FYLQ)

443 Is there anything President Biden can't do?

Posted by: clutch cargo Now with tofu free gluten at February 18, 2021 03:59 PM (46GDR)

444 I hate the metric system

Posted by: Gref at February 18, 2021 03:59 PM (AMIL/)

445 428 And the nerds go wild!
Seriously fantastic achievement again.


Posted by: Archer at February 18, 2021 03:58 PM (gmo/4)

Well done. And it was all done with racist math (Take that Bill Gates).

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 18, 2021 03:59 PM (N39Ws)

446 Here come the pictures, Ace.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 18, 2021 03:59 PM (sWM8x)

447 All NASA engineers should be required to have flattop haircuts. Even the women.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at February 18, 2021 03:59 PM (jOcSX)

448 SpaceX would probably have landed cameras a couple of days before so you could see live video, and Perseverance would look like a Tesla

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 03:59 PM (euCiN)

449 I miss the messy old days of the Apollo program, when all the men smoked like chimneys.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM (MEetW)

And mission control wore an awful vest.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at February 18, 2021 03:59 PM (okGHj)

450 Hmm, the atmosphere of Mars is 95% CO2. Seems like it should be a fiery inferno.

===

CO2 isn't flammable.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM


No, but the cow farts that produced it are!

Posted by: AOC at February 18, 2021 04:00 PM (DMUuz)

451 Pity it's such a dump, though.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2021 04:00 PM (2lndx)

452 How cool! Thinking how excited rickl would be right now

Posted by: My life is insanity at February 18, 2021 04:00 PM (Z/jzm)

453 Daaaamn... 430+ comments in 15 mins.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 18, 2021 04:00 PM (0WKYs)

454 Trump didn't land any rovers on Mars. It is nice to have a president in office who values science!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 18, 2021 04:00 PM (dNzKv)

455 Touchdown???

Another microagression from the patriarchy

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 18, 2021 04:00 PM (BDQo0)

456 Right away, they should make that thing do a wheelie.

And a couple of doughnuts.

Let Mars know who's the Boss. And No, that ain't a reference to that nickelfucking Bruce Slimesnot.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 18, 2021 04:00 PM (F0YaR)

457 OT:

It made me giggle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAxMjG7Y2ic

Christopher Reeve Restores the Snyder Cut

"It may not be better, but at least Superman's face isn't fucked."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 04:00 PM (NWM+b)

458 It sends a selfie or it didnt happen.

Posted by: BluesFish at February 18, 2021 04:00 PM (WQZ1O)

459 There's the picture! Oh wait, that's Suzy's ultrasound.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at February 18, 2021 04:00 PM (MEetW)

460 Take it video in a short while couple hours maybe.
Hope Rickl does get front row seat.

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2021 04:00 PM (Cxk7w)

461 Holy Crap! The Martians only have black and white TV!

Posted by: Joey Biden at February 18, 2021 04:00 PM (r+sAi)

462 Posted by: jakee308.com at February 18, 2021 03:53 PM (LyE

You think Bush 41 shut down his hometown's most famous business? He was one of NASAs biggest proponents.

Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 04:00 PM (2DOZq)

463 Hey, what's that thing over there?

Posted by: Red Shirted Crewman




If you've never read "Red Shirts" by John Scalzi, you should. Very, very good sci fi novel in which that trope plays center stage.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 18, 2021 04:00 PM (8FYLQ)

464 436 Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 18, 2021 03:49 PM (1ISKN)

I know what you mean.

There was a video game out from Microsoft. It was travel through the solar system using actual physics and real time. It was boring as hell.

The only good part was too difficult to actually do that was to meet up with a space station in geo sync orbit and then dock to an air lock.

It was very hard to do given the placement on the ship for the docking air lock. They had a cheat you could get the computer to take over and dock while you watched. It was amazing and I realize I could never do that and shit canned the game.
Posted by: jakee308.com at February 18, 2021 03:58 PM (LyEz9)


Look into Kerbal Space Program.

Posted by: Andy Reid at February 18, 2021 04:01 PM (LXiS2)

465 How cool! Thinking how excited rickl would be right now
Posted by: My life is insanity

---

I'm sure he has a front-row seat.

Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 04:01 PM (toBA3)

466 CO2 isn't flammable.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 03:57 PM

I know CO2 isn't flammable. It's used in fire extinguishers. I was talking about scurry global warming.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 18, 2021 04:01 PM (1ISKN)

467 444 I hate the metric system
Posted by: Gref at February 18, 2021 03:59 PM (AMIL/)

=========

A couple of years ago I made a concerted effort to watch all of Star Trek, and I found a website by some guy who had reviewed literally every episode. It was a decent guide, but he was a smarmy shit at the same time. Every time someone mentioned feet or inches in the show, he'd have some comment about how it was inaccurate.

Made me hate the metric system even more.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 04:01 PM (NWM+b)

468 Touchdown??!!?

I love watching the END zone celebrations...

Posted by: Dr Fauci at February 18, 2021 04:01 PM (BDQo0)

469 there's an image

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 04:01 PM (euCiN)

470 Thinking how excited rickl would be right now

Posted by: My life is insanity



Is.

rickl is watching.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 18, 2021 04:02 PM (8FYLQ)

471 I see rocks.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 04:02 PM (guGkK)

472 Biden got to Mars in a month??? WTF was Space Force doing under Trump?!?!?121?!!??

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at February 18, 2021 04:02 PM (6/LtX)

473 Cool stuff man.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 18, 2021 04:02 PM (Ks/+3)

474 JPL team is gonna get laid tonight!

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 04:02 PM (euCiN)

475 Posted by: Sharkman at February 18, 2021 04:00 PM (8FYLQ)

Lefty soiboy Scalzi is a hack.

Posted by: Norm at February 18, 2021 04:02 PM (MU7cN)

476 We've calling to notify you your car's warranty will soon expire.

Posted by: First message from Mars at February 18, 2021 04:02 PM (j8yCO)

477 471 I see rocks.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 04:02 PM (guGkK)

=========

I love lamp.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 04:02 PM (NWM+b)

478 Right now, Joe is asking Jen Psaki how long until he talks to the astronauts to congratulate them

Posted by: Gref at February 18, 2021 04:02 PM (AMIL/)

479 I was born at the dawn of the space age. I watched/followed the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo etc. I really thought/knew I see men on Mars before I was 60. It would have happened I'm sure if congress didn't cut the budget for NASA in the early 1970's. I'm going on 65 now. I'm having doubts about living to see that.

Posted by: Archer at February 18, 2021 04:02 PM (gmo/4)

480 Low res images so far.

Posted by: dartist at February 18, 2021 04:02 PM (+ya+t)

481 The heavens unfold
And a new star is born
Space and time makin' love

Posted by: x4 at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (oA+QO)

482 Biden got to Mars in a month??? WTF was Space Force doing under Trump?!?!?121?!!??
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at February 18, 2021 04:02 PM (6/LtX)
++++
I hope that was sarcastic, but the mission launched last year.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (UZVEt)

483 I wonder if it's green "down there" on Martian women?

Posted by: Capt James T Kirk at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (qAR6u)

484 Is NASA still a thing? I thought we turned it all over to Elon Musk.

Posted by: creeper at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (XxJt1)

485 Right away, they should make that thing do a wheelie.

And a couple of doughnuts.


They already drew a dong on Mars, what more do you want?

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (naEeR)

486 Missed it. I was outside in TEXAS shoveling snow so it doesn't melt and cover my driveway and walk with a solid sheet of ice later tonight.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (JUOKG)

487 Privileged white male speaks about landing on Mars.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (guGkK)

488 My wife (a minority, and more sensitive) would be counting the POCs in the room.

Posted by: just wondering at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (HCeRP)

489 Suck on that, Elon Musk!!

Posted by: NASA Mars Rover Team at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (5IiOq)

490 "This is what NASA does."

It's really what they did before they got turned into a propaganda arm for the Obama administration. It'd be nice if they actually worried about space again, instead of climate change.

Posted by: clutch cargo Now with tofu free gluten at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (46GDR)

491 486 Missed it. I was outside in TEXAS shoveling snow so it doesn't melt and cover my driveway and walk with a solid sheet of ice later tonight.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (JUOKG)

=========

Ted Cruz really should have been there doing that for you.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (NWM+b)

492 I know CO2 isn't flammable. It's used in fire extinguishers. I was talking about scurry global warming.

Well... the Martian ice caps were in retreat a few years ago.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (naEeR)

493 Always see Mars pictures and think it could be western USA

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (Cxk7w)

494 don't worry I'll have another post up just like in ten minutes after this thing finally lands and we see some pictures
Posted by: ace

Pictures on the internet?

Aww yeah
Posted by: Lysenko's Wonder Kulaks



Yay!!! Martian breasteses!!!
martianpronhub dot com

Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (Qq3ZN)

495 So what was that dude rambling on about? Was it woke? I'm busy engineerinen'

Posted by: banana Dream at February 18, 2021 04:04 PM (zPCVJ)

496 .

G E T

O F F

M Y

L A W N
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.
.

Posted by: Marvin The Martian at February 18, 2021 04:04 PM (BDQo0)

497 Can we get these NASA engineers to work on our Texas power grid now?

Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 04:04 PM (2DOZq)

498 My wife (a minority, and more sensitive) would be counting the POCs in the room.
Posted by: just wondering

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Sad.

Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 04:04 PM (toBA3)

499 How cool! Thinking how excited rickl would be right now
Posted by: My life is insanity


Pretty excited, I would say.

I was thinking about him today, with the rover landing on Mars.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative ....Living on the prison planet at February 18, 2021 04:04 PM (vcOmj)

500 Is NASA still a thing? I thought we turned it all over to Elon Musk.
Posted by: creeper at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (XxJt1)
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Eventually it will probably all be private, as NASA returns to its core mission of Islamic outreach and various other social programs.

But to do this requires bigger rockets than Tesla has at the moment. Their big rocket that they're testing (Starship) will be able to do it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 18, 2021 04:04 PM (UZVEt)

501 I see rocks.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 04:02 PM (guGkK)

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I love lamp.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 04:02 PM (NWM+b)

I don't get it

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 18, 2021 04:04 PM (uxJPn)

502 NASA guy - This is what we can do if we all work together!
Me - Yes sir! I'm ready to help! What can I do?
NASA guy - Give us your money.
Me - Oh.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at February 18, 2021 04:04 PM (MEetW)

503 182 Yeah there's a LONG delay from Mars. Depending on what frequency and how far the relative positions of Mars and Earth are, you're looking at somewhere around a 30 minute delay to get any transmission back, +- 15 minutes depending on variables.

And of course you have to give them enough time to photoshop the alien cities out of the pictures.
Posted by: DudeAbiding at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (52QgA)
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Seriously. There are people who ask me why I come back here again and again. And then I show them comments like this, and they just nod. They also back away slowly as they nod. I'm good with it.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2021 04:05 PM (sy5kK)

504 Right away, they should make that thing do a wheelie.

And a couple of doughnuts.

They already drew a dong on Mars, what more do you want?
Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (naEeR)


Run over a cat.

Posted by: clutch cargo Now with tofu free gluten at February 18, 2021 04:05 PM (46GDR)

505 Love the LED blue light touches on the work stages. Very nice shout-out to the Mexican cartels.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 18, 2021 04:05 PM (euCiN)

506 Great question, Landon!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 04:05 PM (guGkK)

507 480 Low res images so far.
Posted by: dartis
_________________________________________
I would genuinely freak out if something like that landed on my lawn and the first thing I see is a camera moving around.

Posted by: 496 at February 18, 2021 04:05 PM (U1eOr)

508 479 I was born at the dawn of the space age. I watched/followed the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo etc. I really thought/knew I see men on Mars before I was 60. It would have happened I'm sure if congress didn't cut the budget for NASA in the early 1970's. I'm going on 65 now. I'm having doubts about living to see that.
Posted by: Archer at February 18, 2021 04:02 PM (gmo/4)


NASA will not do it, but private money will. You aren't the only one with that dream, but some have the wherewithal to make it happen.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at February 18, 2021 04:05 PM (okGHj)

509 Who's hotter? Athena (People of Green Mist): Lost In Space
or
Orion Dancing Girl: Star Trek
Posted by: clutch cargo Now with tofu free gluten at February 18, 2021 02:29 PM (46GDR)

Orion Dancing Girl by a green mile

First one was Susan Oliver, second crazy as batshit one was Yvonne Craig

Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2021 04:05 PM (qAR6u)

510 Instant Martins - Just add water.

Posted by: Archer at February 18, 2021 04:05 PM (gmo/4)

511 Do you see Nicole's real killer???

Posted by: Orenthal James at February 18, 2021 04:06 PM (BDQo0)

512 490 "This is what NASA does."



It's really what they did before they got turned into a
propaganda arm for the Obama administration. It'd be nice if they
actually worried about space again, instead of climate change.

Posted by: clutch cargo at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (46GDR)

Or muzzie outreach..

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 18, 2021 04:06 PM (N39Ws)

513 >>>Interesting fact: this mission was accomplished only due to the selfless
non-involvement of tens of thousands of Goucher College graduates.

Oh, I thought you were joking. I thought it was a made up school like Faber College or something.

Posted by: 4 at February 18, 2021 04:06 PM (KnJdm)

514 rickl is watching.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 18, 2021 04:02 PM (8FYLQ)


Yup.

Times like this are when I miss rickl the most. But he's keeping an eye on 'em for sure.

Posted by: creeper at February 18, 2021 04:06 PM (XxJt1)

515 501 I love lamp.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 04:02 PM (NWM+b)

I don't get it
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 18, 2021 04:04 PM (uxJPn)

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I guess the commenter who did Ben Roethlisberger most just isn't around anymore. Sad...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 04:06 PM (NWM+b)

516 In a sane world the Space Force would handle day to day space ops, including asteroid defense, and blowing up Chinese space capsules with pneumatic weapons while NASA focused on mapping all objects in the solar system, exploration, and research.
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Edit to add

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at February 18, 2021 04:06 PM (7Fj9P)

517 Ok. Now what? Put all of those sciency types on the street. Nothing but bureaucrats.

Posted by: klaftern at February 18, 2021 04:06 PM (RuIsu)

518 Well, the only feed I can see is a typical government look. Three guys working and 12 others standing around shooting the shit.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 18, 2021 04:07 PM (axyOa)

519 Where is Rachel Nichols when we need her? (Green girl from Star Trek)

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 18, 2021 04:07 PM (N39Ws)

520 Their big rocket that they're testing (Starship) will be able to do it.

Nah. It'll be Starship and Super Heavy. What they're testing now is the upper stage; Super Heavy will be even bigger and will carry a Starship almost all the way to orbit.

Apparently Starship *could* make it to orbit, but not with any cargo or fuel left over.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 04:07 PM (naEeR)

521 So they've got an RC rover on a Martian soundstage, what's the big deal?

*Runs like hell*

Posted by: Robert at February 18, 2021 04:07 PM (1Yy3c)

522 I guess the commenter who did Ben Roethlisberger most just isn't around anymore. Sad...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 18, 2021 04:06 PM (NWM+b)

Guess so. I hate dealing with socks, personally. My admiration to those who have mastered that form of blog comedy.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 18, 2021 04:07 PM (uxJPn)

523 It was amazing and I realize I could never do that and shit canned the game.

Posted by: jakee308.com

Buzz Aldrin was picked for the Space Program in large part due to the thesis he wrote in 1963 that earned him a Doctor of Science Degree from MIT was called: Line-of-Sight Guidance Techniques for Manned Orbital Rendezvous.

The concepts and math involved in matching orbits (especially higher to lower and vice versa) and successfully docking are mind-blowingly difficult.

His thesis is here if you'd like to physically damage your brain by trying to understand it:

http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/12652

Posted by: Sharkman at February 18, 2021 04:07 PM (8FYLQ)

524 518 Well, the only feed I can see is a typical government look. Three guys working and 12 others standing around shooting the shit.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 18, 2021 04:07 PM (axyOa)

Didn't see any of the engineer monitors surfing porn, so that is a plus

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 18, 2021 04:07 PM (N39Ws)

525 They already drew a dong on Mars, what more do you want?

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (naEeR)

A mural on the side of it like those '70s love vans.

Posted by: 4 at February 18, 2021 04:08 PM (KnJdm)

526 One small step for NASA... One giant leap for the People's Republic of China

Posted by: C. Fang at February 18, 2021 04:08 PM (BDQo0)

527 Wait, Ted Cruz successfully landed on the surface of Mars?

Posted by: Biden at February 18, 2021 04:08 PM (5IiOq)

528 That chick has a widows peak like Count Chocula.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 18, 2021 04:08 PM (1ISKN)

529 Loopy Louie Hays landed a modified '59 Coupe De Ville back in the NASSA days.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 18, 2021 04:08 PM (JMkM+)

530 Nah. It'll be Starship and Super Heavy. What they're testing now is the upper stage; Super Heavy will be even bigger and will carry a Starship almost all the way to orbit.

Apparently Starship *could* make it to orbit, but not with any cargo or fuel left over.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 04:07 PM (naEeR)
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Ah, okay. I thought that Starship was going to go to the Moon and beyond. I didn't realize it was a complex including the second part.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 18, 2021 04:08 PM (UZVEt)

531 Mars you say? What is the gay bathhouse situation? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Dr Fauci at February 18, 2021 04:08 PM (wSnAv)

532 Well, the only feed I can see is a typical government look. Three guys working and 12 others standing around shooting the shit.



Posted by: Diogenes at February 18, 2021 04:07 PM (axyOa)

They aren't paid to work. They are paid to be there if there is work to ignore while surfing porn. Such is government employment.

Posted by: 4 at February 18, 2021 04:09 PM (KnJdm)

533 The web broadcast is like NASA and The View had a retarded child

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at February 18, 2021 04:09 PM (DjiZK)

534 Apparently Starship *could* make it to orbit, but not with any cargo or fuel left over.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 04:07 PM (naEeR)

This is what happens when you build your city on Rock and Roll and not Rocket Fuel.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 18, 2021 04:09 PM (uxJPn)

535 If you want to hear William Shatner recording a bumper to entice you into listening to him talk about the future and getting into a spirited debate with his producer, I have you covered:
https://youtu.be/XMV1bwXyi54

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 18, 2021 04:09 PM (UZVEt)

536 There's way too many women involved in their broadcast.

Oh, I punned...

Posted by: Tami at February 18, 2021 04:10 PM (cF8AT)

537 Should have had tablet charging, raiding out

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2021 04:10 PM (Cxk7w)

538 The concepts and math involved in matching orbits (especially higher to lower and vice versa) and successfully docking are mind-blowingly difficult.

Faster-higher-slower. Slower-lower-faster.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 04:10 PM (naEeR)

539 Well, the only feed I can see is a typical government look. Three guys working and 12 others standing around shooting the shit.
Posted by: Diogenes

Didn't see any of the engineer monitors surfing porn, so that is a plus
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed


Cut them some slack. They're downloading the porn as fast as a 28.8 modem can. That's why the others are standing around.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2021 04:10 PM (Qq3ZN)

540 Hey... Capricorn One... I'm in this one, with James Brolin... you know, the guy p*ssywhipped by Barbara Streisand

Posted by: Orenthal James at February 18, 2021 04:10 PM (BDQo0)

541 Right away, they should make that thing do a wheelie.

And a couple of doughnuts.
They already drew a dong on Mars, what more do you want?
Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (naEeR)

Run over a cat.
Posted by: clutch cargo Now with tofu free gluten at February 18, 2021 04:05 PM

***
Pulls up to a toll sign: To Continue, Please pay
3 Guzxeks.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 18, 2021 04:11 PM (axyOa)

542 They aren't paid to work. They are paid to be there if there is work to ignore while surfing porn. Such is government employment.

*

Why do you hate Science and minorities?

Posted by: Lysenkos Bagged Lettuce, 100% abortion free and only tested for safety using abortions at February 18, 2021 04:11 PM (1+b9Z)

543 I was born at the dawn of the space age. I watched/followed the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo etc. I really thought/knew I see men on Mars before I was 60. It would have happened I'm sure if congress didn't cut the budget for NASA in the early 1970's. I'm going on 65 now. I'm having doubts about living to see that.
Posted by: Archer

NASA will not do it, but private money will. You aren't the only one with that dream, but some have the wherewithal to make it happen.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief

I know, I was born then too. Watched Alan Shepard go up in the first Mercury sub-orbital flight.
Waiting a lifetime for us to reach Mars.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative ....Living on the prison planet at February 18, 2021 04:11 PM (vcOmj)

544 Posted by: Sharkman at February 18, 2021 04:07 PM (8FYLQ)

It's a shame he ended up promoting time shares . He should have been given a million dollar a year pension as should have had all the Right Stuff guys.

Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 04:11 PM (2DOZq)

545 Pulls up to a toll sign: To Continue, Please pay
3 Guzxeks.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 18, 2021 04:11 PM (axyOa)
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Someone's gotta go back intoto town and get a shitload of Guzxeks!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 18, 2021 04:11 PM (UZVEt)

546 Star Trek matte paintings of Vulcan look remarkably like the pictures of the Martian surface

Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2021 04:11 PM (qAR6u)

547 Pulls up to a toll sign: To Continue, Please pay
3 Guzxeks.


Shit! Somebody go back and get a shitload of guzxeks!

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 04:12 PM (naEeR)

548 Is this that part where they put on the shirts with hot babes printed all over them?

Posted by: f'd at February 18, 2021 04:12 PM (+y8uL)

549 How long does it take to get to Mars? And, would an orbital launch platform considerably shorten the travel, or just use less fuel?

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at February 18, 2021 04:12 PM (7Fj9P)

550 Someone's gotta go back intoto town and get a shitload of Guzxeks!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 18, 2021 04:11 PM (UZVEt)

LOL!!

Posted by: Tami at February 18, 2021 04:12 PM (cF8AT)

551 538 The concepts and math involved in matching orbits (especially higher to lower and vice versa) and successfully docking are mind-blowingly difficult.

Faster-higher-slower. Slower-lower-faster.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 04:10 PM (naEeR)

Orbital maneuvering sounds kind of hot.

Posted by: Robert at February 18, 2021 04:12 PM (1Yy3c)

552 >>> The concepts and math involved in matching orbits (especially higher to lower and vice versa) and successfully docking are mind-blowingly difficult.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 18, 2021 04:07 PM (8FYLQ)

fast is up, slow is down

Two years into my aeronautical eng. degree WSU added two spaceflight mechanics classes, changed our degree program to aero!!SPACE!! eng. and upped our tution by $15/hr. Still 90s state tuition so 29+ me can't complain.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 18, 2021 04:12 PM (zPCVJ)

553 Notice that the NASA engineer didn't tell the little girl that Perseverence stays alive with nuclear power (actually a radioisotope thermoelectric generator using plutonium)?

Gotta stay woke!

Posted by: Gref at February 18, 2021 04:12 PM (AMIL/)

554 I have just signatured a Laxative Order to self destruct the, you know the thing, that just landed on Mervyns.

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 18, 2021 04:12 PM (wSnAv)

555 >>> 363 They do realize that if they tried this using Woke Math we'd have been lucky the payload got off the launch pad. Probably not even out the factory door.
There is a point where they reveal that they are talking nonsense.

Don't worry, plenty of Woke math will be used to build our non-binary bridges and green energy buildings here on Earth! Regular math can stay out in space.

Posted by: Your Future at February 18, 2021 04:12 PM (5IiOq)

556 Guzxeks, grass, or ass, no one rides for free.

Posted by: Lysenkos Bagged Lettuce, 100% abortion free and only tested for safety using abortions at February 18, 2021 04:12 PM (1+b9Z)

557 RRRAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!

Translation: Get off my lawn!

Posted by: The Gorn at February 18, 2021 04:13 PM (qAR6u)

558 The Twilight Zone - The Invaders

Posted by: Archer at February 18, 2021 04:13 PM (gmo/4)

559 Are these women all issued the same hair?

Posted by: Tami at February 18, 2021 04:13 PM (cF8AT)

560 Didn't see any of the engineer monitors surfing porn, so that is a plus
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed


Cut them some slack. They're downloading the porn as fast as a 28.8 modem can. That's why the others are standing around.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2021 04:10 PM


So, NASA porn is worth the wait?

Posted by: Diogenes at February 18, 2021 04:13 PM (axyOa)

561 How long does it take to get to Mars? And, would an orbital launch platform considerably shorten the travel, or just use less fuel?

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin


It varies, depending on orbital positions etc. Orbital platforms would use less fuel, notwithstanding the fact you still need to get the fuel up to the platform.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Time to sign on with the Crimson Permanent Assurance at February 18, 2021 04:14 PM (OUMaO)

562 So, NASA porn is worth the wait?
Posted by: Diogenes at February 18, 2021 04:13 PM (axyOa)
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Green alien sex? It'll be exotic if nothing else.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 18, 2021 04:14 PM (UZVEt)

563 Dr Fauci... are you watching... no. not the mars landing...

Posted by: Dr. Zachary Smith at February 18, 2021 04:14 PM (BDQo0)

564 I hope that was sarcastic, but the mission launched last year.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 18, 2021 04:03 PM (UZVEt)


Well, they launched the rocket, but Trump had no plan on how to get it to Mars. Joe Biden got into office and had to plan the mission from scratch. It was his idea to put a rover on it and drive it around the surface.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 18, 2021 04:14 PM (dNzKv)

565 Well... the Martian ice caps were in retreat a few years ago.

Posted by: Rob Crawford




When the reports were coming out a few years ago that GoreBull Warmening (tm) was also occurring as far out as Saturn's moons, that should have been the World's first clue that the SUN and the various planets'/moons' respective Milankovitch Cycles have something to do with atmospheric and surface temperatures.

But sadly, nobody in the "scientific" community has figured it out yet.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 18, 2021 04:14 PM (8FYLQ)

566 They aren't paid to work. They are paid to be there
if there is work to ignore while surfing porn. Such is government
employment.



*



Why do you hate Science and minorities?

Posted by: Lysenkos Bagged Lettuce, 100% abortion free and only tested
for safety using abortions at February 18, 2021 04:11 PM (1+b9Z)

Returning the favor.

Posted by: 4 at February 18, 2021 04:15 PM (KnJdm)

567 479 I was born at the dawn of the space age. I watched/followed the
Mercury, Gemini, Apollo etc. I really thought/knew I see men on Mars
before I was 60. It would have happened I'm sure if congress didn't cut
the budget for NASA in the early 1970's. I'm going on 65 now. I'm having
doubts about living to see that.
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Me too. Very exciting to watch as a kid. Also part of a team that fired a Pershing missile from Cape Canaveral in the Army. I felt like John Glenn.

Posted by: dartist at February 18, 2021 04:15 PM (+ya+t)

568 Now where is Dr. Goodhead???

Posted by: Bond. James Bond at February 18, 2021 04:15 PM (BDQo0)

569 Any guesses as to how long some media outlet explains why this Mars mission is "problematic"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 18, 2021 04:15 PM (dNzKv)

570 But sadly, nobody in the "scientific" community has figured it out yet.

Nah, they're aware of it, but, sadly, saying that will mean all their funding is cut off.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 04:16 PM (naEeR)

571 So, NASA porn is worth the wait?
Posted by: Diogenes


Green alien sex? It'll be exotic if nothing else.
Posted by: Joe Mannix


Three breasted wimmins.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2021 04:16 PM (Qq3ZN)

572 I bet rickl has the best view.

Posted by: Lysenkos Bagged Lettuce, 100% abortion free and only tested for safety using abortions at February 18, 2021 04:16 PM (1+b9Z)

573 They're going to fly a little drone around? So cool.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 18, 2021 04:16 PM (UW2ZS)

574 482. Of course it was. I thought it was obvious, but consider this a post-post /s.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at February 18, 2021 04:17 PM (6/LtX)

575 Three breasted wimmins.

The best bang since the big one.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 04:17 PM (naEeR)

576 538 The concepts and math involved in matching orbits (especially higher to lower and vice versa) and successfully docking are mind-blowingly difficult.

Faster-higher-slower. Slower-lower-faster.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 04:10 PM (naEeR)


Docking maneuver ops from ~500 feet to contact really aren't that difficult, believe it or not. I worked docking more than a bit at JSC in Houston. Orbital maneuvering, including getting the docking chaser vehicle to that 500 ft range are pretty darned hard to do right.

Posted by: Gref at February 18, 2021 04:17 PM (AMIL/)

577 In all seriousness, I bet psaki and Biden take credit for this.

Posted by: Lysenkos Bagged Lettuce, 100% abortion free and only tested for safety using abortions at February 18, 2021 04:17 PM (1+b9Z)

578 I was born at the dawn of the space age. I watched/followed the

Mercury, Gemini, Apollo etc. I really thought/knew I see men on Mars

before I was 60. It would have happened I'm sure if congress didn't cut

the budget for NASA in the early 1970's. I'm going on 65 now. I'm having

doubts about living to see that.


My first GI Joe was the guy in a spacesuit in the mid 60s. I played space missions with that guy for years while I watched every space mission launch I could on TV.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 18, 2021 04:18 PM (JUOKG)

579 Three breasted wimmins.

The best bang since the big one.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 04:17 PM



20 Guzxeks, same as in town.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 18, 2021 04:18 PM (axyOa)

580 This is Wright Brothers, Columbus, Magellan or Vespucci-level shit. Well done.

(Watching space scientists geek out on TV is hilarious.)

Posted by: Java Joe at February 18, 2021 04:18 PM (F2LA2)

581
As I just opined to my sister, NASA once again has successfully SUCKED EVERY SHRED OF EXCITEMENT out of space exploration.

What's the media budget? What they can squeeze out of the coffee fund? And what the hell was that ginormous
antique camera that guy had? My Sony Betamax genuine news guy camera was smaller than that thing.
Audio was utter crap and whoever directed was apparently on a break.

Posted by: Gooshy at February 18, 2021 04:19 PM (s5Rfz)

582 Now where is Dr. Goodhead???
Posted by: Bond. James Bond


Arguing with Nurse Smellipits.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2021 04:19 PM (Qq3ZN)

583 577 In all seriousness, I bet psaki and Biden take credit for this.
Posted by: Lysenkos Bagged Lettuce, 100% abortion free and only tested for safety using abortions at February 18, 2021 04:17 PM (1+b9Z)

That's gonna be tough...it launched last July.

Posted by: Tami at February 18, 2021 04:19 PM (cF8AT)

584 But sadly, nobody in the "scientific" community has figured it out yet.
=========================
Oh, I've figured it out. That's why I plan to put up an array of solar blocking panels in space. If I control the f^*king sun, I control EVERYTHING!!!!

Posted by: Dr. Billy Gates, PhD in GUI at February 18, 2021 04:20 PM (7Fj9P)

585 I am just happy they got the english/metric conversions and gravitational direction right.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 18, 2021 04:20 PM (dNzKv)

586 Posted by: DudeAbiding at February 18, 2021 02:28 PM (52QgA)
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Seriously. There are people who ask me why I come back here again and again. And then I show them comments like this, and they just nod. They also back away slowly as they nod. I'm good with it.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2021 04:05 PM (sy5kK)
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Who asks you such a question? Folks who've ventured into the comments around here are either keepers who already know why you/we come back because they come back themselves -- or they are better to be cast aside and never spoken to or even thought of again!

Posted by: Doof at February 18, 2021 04:20 PM (mZUr4)

587 >>> 577 In all seriousness, I bet psaki and Biden take credit for this.
Posted by: Lysenkos Bagged Lettuce, 100% abortion free and only tested for safety using abortions at February 18, 2021 04:17 PM (1+b9Z)


Crap, if this at been in the age of Barry* there would already be photos of him with a tiny mars in the background.


* This is the dawning of the age of Abarryous (just popped into my head, sorry)

Posted by: banana Dream at February 18, 2021 04:20 PM (zPCVJ)

588 That's gonna be tough...it launched last July.
Posted by: Tami

*

They don't care.

See also: COVID

Posted by: Lysenkos Bagged Lettuce, 100% abortion free and only tested for safety using abortions at February 18, 2021 04:21 PM (1+b9Z)

589 Docking maneuver ops from ~500 feet to contact really aren't that difficult, believe it or not. I worked docking more than a bit at JSC in Houston. Orbital maneuvering, including getting the docking chaser vehicle to that 500 ft range are pretty darned hard to do right.

I've managed to dock things in Kerbal, but never managed an orbital rendezvous. Even with MechJeb.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 04:21 PM (naEeR)

590 Now where is Dr. Goodhead???
===================
She jumped Kamaltoe out back at the Naval Observatory. They're slap fighting.

Posted by: Dr. Billy Gates, PhD in GUI at February 18, 2021 04:21 PM (7Fj9P)

591 That's gonna be tough...it launched last July.
Posted by: Tami at February 18, 2021 04:19 PM (cF8AT)


Only because Joe Biden told them to get it right. he said "Listen here braniac jacks, you get that Mars Rover launched right now, or I'm gonna show you what an irishman is made of, take that to the bank!"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 18, 2021 04:22 PM (dNzKv)

592 Trump always gave credit where it was do. I expect we will get at lot of "we" from Joe.

Posted by: f'd at February 18, 2021 04:22 PM (+y8uL)

593 due not do

Posted by: f'd at February 18, 2021 04:22 PM (+y8uL)

594 Off, Gates sock.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at February 18, 2021 04:22 PM (7Fj9P)

595 Nood

Posted by: Tami at February 18, 2021 04:23 PM (cF8AT)

596 I've managed to dock things in Kerbal, but never managed an orbital rendezvous. Even with MechJeb.



Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 04:21 PM (naEeR)

MechJeb - please clap

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at February 18, 2021 04:23 PM (DjiZK)

597 Do, not do. A true Zen saying.

Posted by: f'd at February 18, 2021 04:23 PM (+y8uL)

598 >>> 575 Three breasted wimmins.

The best bang since the big one.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 04:17 PM (naEeR)


Three boobs are kind of the uncanny valley for me boob wise. Never been a fan of the Tritatatops.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 18, 2021 04:24 PM (zPCVJ)

599 Loopy Louie Hays landed a modified '59 Coupe De Ville back in the NASSA days.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat



Yes, he did.

https://tinyurl.com/Dat-Old-Negro-Space-Program

Posted by: Sharkman at February 18, 2021 04:24 PM (8FYLQ)

600 This is my America. Not that other crap.

Posted by: GuyFromNH at February 18, 2021 04:25 PM (Gs5TH)

601
In all seriousness, I bet psaki and Biden take credit for this.
Posted by: Lysenkos Bagged Lettuce, 100% abortion free and only tested for safety using abortions at February 18, 2021 04:17 PM (1+b9Z)

Biden called it a lid at 8:00 AM today.
So he'll what a briefing tomorrow on the progress at the candy bar factory.

Posted by: YIKES! at February 18, 2021 04:27 PM (t6XCL)

602 Begins Transmitting Images Back to Earth
.......

I bet there were no women visible.

Posted by: Edmund Emil Kemper at February 18, 2021 04:39 PM (v0R5T)

603 Lets see...what will biden say about this?

donald trump had no plan to land perseverance on mars.

before my administration there was no perseverance lander.

Posted by: Tim Riggins at February 18, 2021 04:43 PM (5Bw0D)

604 Why did that fuck have to make politcal statements after it landed? What a fucking douche.

Defund NASA.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 04:55 PM (Zz0t1)

605 LAST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 18, 2021 04:55 PM (Zz0t1)

606 Did this thing blow the doors off of Elon's gay-ass Tesla roadster on the way by?

Posted by: johnd01 at February 18, 2021 04:56 PM (ukNFU)

607 I want to go to Europa.

Now to read all the comments before otters are called.

Posted by: Goatweed at February 18, 2021 05:05 PM (90fhE)

608 This kind of stuff used to get me excited, but then I realized that 95% of the NASA staff high-fiving are extreme liberal Democrats...

Posted by: BlackJackShellacque at February 18, 2021 05:53 PM (ipgjL)

609 Let's not forget that China has an orbiting orb.

no doubt to suck data from the JPL mission.

Coincidence?...not likely.

Our Space program is shot full of CHI-COMS these days.

Thanks Barry...Uncle Joe will carry on now.

Posted by: Daywatch at February 18, 2021 09:00 PM (u1WYs)

610 Congrats!

Posted by: Biden's Dog at February 19, 2021 12:59 AM (MSTJr)

611 Marvin,K-9 and those Instant Martians JUST ADD WATER

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 19, 2021 02:22 AM (FLiOE)

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