We're (USA, USA, USA!) landing on Mars, bitches (term of endearment)!!

[islandman]

Go watch it live:

https://www.nasa.gov/content/live-landing-of-the-mars-2020-perseverance-rover

 

[Sean]

I just popped on to post that very link.

 

[islandman]

Atmospheric entry in 00:08:00.

 

[islandman]

I just popped on to post that very link.

Science!

 

[rockcasbah]

Do they send a second space vehicle to take those pictures of the first space vehicle?

Or is there a big selfy stick?

 

[islandman]

12,000 mph.............heat shields up!

 

[islandman]

Touchdown!

 

[spacekowboy]

That was pretty damn cool. Sciencey science!

 

[Sean]

How fucking cool was that?

 

[rockcasbah]

At what time does the Chinese orbiter infect the USA one with a space monkey virus?

 

[rosco rathbone]

When will Planetary Administrator Musk increase the oxygen ration??

 

[spacekowboy]

Matt Damon needs to remember to watch out for that flying antenna this time.

 

[spacekowboy]

See you at the pahty, Wictah!

 

[rockcasbah]

Is that Cohagen in the distance?

 

[islandman]

When do they deploy the helicopter?

 

[islandman]

When will Planetary Administrator Musk increase the oxygen ration??

Shit...........


...........Perseverance found Rosco............

 

[rosco rathbone]

Shit...........


...........Perseverance found Rosco............

Finally my amazon order gets here.

 

[RoryN]

When do they deploy the helicopter?

That'll be the best part.

It will take a few days to set up. First step is to make sure it's alive - could be checked tomorrow or this weekend.

 

[rockcasbah]

Why Rover and not Jeep?

 

[jaF0]

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/94/4d/9e/944d9e26607a66a46b2b990d3e310306--marvin-the-martian-movies.jpg

I think I'm gonna need more monsters.


https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ec/a8/16/eca816448ac15728ce9667aa7ebc5a96.jpg

 

[rockcasbah]

Oh good. More space garbage. When are you guys going to pick up all that artificial debris your 11 launches to Mars have already left behind. So far Americans and the Russians have the distinct honor of being the first and second respectively, Interplanetary litterers. Yay.

Didn't you leave garbage on the moon, too?

Devo predicted the space junk problem in their song Space Junk.

 

[spacekowboy]

It wouldn't be the first time a song was written about my dick.

 

[Chernosoth]

Oh good. More space garbage. When are you guys going to pick up all that artificial debris your 11 launches to Mars have already left behind. So far Americans and the Russians have the distinct honor of being the first and second respectively, Interplanetary litterers. Yay.

Didn't you leave garbage on the moon, too?

Using tons of fuel and rare materials to put a tin robot on a barren planet is a very reasonable use of billions of dollars.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

 

[islandman]

And his pet dog, AMEE:

http://pre01.deviantart.net/f14f/th/pre/i/2012/354/e/3/amee_on_the_red_planet_by_darth_biomech-d5oly2c.jpg