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« on: August 06, 2012, 12:54:56 am »
Folks this is not easy !%@$. Glad all went well.
Lot's could be said but I'll leave it at the USA rocks!
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« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2012, 07:12:33 am »
Me too.  Amazing technology
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« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2012, 07:54:17 am »
In 125 years we have gone from Edison putting out a viable recording system of audio to transmitting video from the surface of Mars to earth and broadcasting it around the world.... What will the next 125 years bring???
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« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2012, 08:12:10 am »
Cool. And I heard it on SMC first!
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« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2012, 03:30:00 pm »
Really cool to watch the live feed from the NASA JPL control room last night.  Pretty incredible that they could land it within a few meters of the intended spot, lower it down from a hovering crane, and have it beam back pictures within 10 minutes...all from 150 million miles away!
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« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2012, 06:37:22 pm »
Quote from: MaineT on August 06, 2012, 07:54:17 am
In 125 years we have gone from Edison putting out a viable recording system of audio to transmitting video from the surface of Mars to earth and broadcasting it around the world.... What will the next 125 years bring???

Beam me up Scotty.
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« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2012, 09:25:07 am »
The newest images of Mars....   biggrin laugh biggrin laugh

In all honesty this is some really cool complex stuff that had to go right the first time in every stage to make this happen.
Awesome job folks!  

So sorry world if we are a little behind in the Medal count at the Olympics… we been busy!
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