The Mars rover Curiosity will be landing at 5:31am GMT
Here's the NASA stream for anyone that'll be awake.
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mr.dogshit The world's premier anthropomorphic canine faeces, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 18:40,
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That's 06:31 British Summer Time.
With a 14 minute delay on a signal to Mars currently, I'll be getting up at about 6 to catch the start.
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Lord Keeps meaning to procrastinate., Sun 5 Aug 2012, 18:47,
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What if the Martian birds walk round topless, what will you do then?!
OH NO!
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everyone knows there are 3 titted whores on mars.
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skeltonator Needs some new daps., Sun 5 Aug 2012, 20:18,
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Earth slime!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiylTqSAiaM
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 20:33,
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I'll be watching that
until I go to work at 6.35. If it's not landed by then it's not likely to ever get down in one piece.
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Hoagie, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 18:48,
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True, but by 6:35, we won't even know whether it's started descent yet.
06:10 - NASA sends command to begin descent
06:24 - Curiosity receives signal, begins descent, and informs Earth
06:31 - Curiosity lands or crashes; informs Earth if it's capable of doing so
06:38 - Earth receives 'begun descent' signal
06:45 - Earth might receive 'landed safely' signal
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Lord Keeps meaning to procrastinate., Sun 5 Aug 2012, 19:07,
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Will it be in 3D HD smell-o-vision?
I want to smell the martian's armpits
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taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 19:30,
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since when did GMT
become known as 'Universal'?
You'd think Nasa would know better...
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JeremyBeadlesHands, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 19:05,
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Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the baseline atomic-clock-following standard
GMT only happens to be equal to UTC±0 by arbitrary choice (because it was the baseline before UTC was designed).
By the same technique, BST is not GMT+1, it is UTC+1.
Every timezone in the world is defined as UTC plus or minus something. GMT is no different.
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Lord Keeps meaning to procrastinate., Sun 5 Aug 2012, 19:11,
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Oh, sorry, I didn't answer your question
"since 1972"
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Lord Keeps meaning to procrastinate., Sun 5 Aug 2012, 21:28,
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Because Greenwich mean time is mean, and bullies all the other time zones.
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taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 19:31,
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Still got my fingers crossed that there are fucking cats on mars.
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skeltonator Needs some new daps., Sun 5 Aug 2012, 19:15,
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Cats are on the moon
not Mars, silly.
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Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 20:41,
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Makes sense
them clangers look like tasty titbits
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 20:44,
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We all know it's going to be rock-cannon-cobras
See?: www.metacafe.com/watch/mv-tPWr/on_the_surface_of_mars/
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Sun 5 Aug 2012, 23:20,
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A good explanation of the trials of landing the damn thing
www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=146903741
Crazy complex. Will it work? For me there are too many elements to the landing.
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magnum, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 19:36,
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I am reminded of this Python nonsense:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXEgRGvfOwE
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