[ale] [OT] Mars Lander!

[Jim Kinney]

http://www.uahirise.org/releases/msl-descent.php

Image from the HiRise project showing the decent with the parachute and 
a second study of the image showed the heat shield falling away.



On 08/06/2012 10:43 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> I can go ask one of my buddies who helped build it....
>
> -derek
>
> Sent from my HTC smartphone
>
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> From: "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
> Subject: [ale] [OT] Mars Lander!
> Date: Mon, Aug 6, 2012 10:32 AM
>
>
> Once again, America has enforced it's view of all things our way by
> depositing an SUV on Mars as a harbinger of the impending urban sprawl
> on Earth.
>
> I was up late at GaTech for the landing party and got so see this live
> (well, with a 7 minute delay from Mars and an apparent 2 minute delay
> from NASA).
>
> 7 minutes of terror was an apt name for the decent.
>
> Need to find out how much Linux there was involved in this thing.
>
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> James P. Kinney III
>
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