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[Bauglir]

I don't think you could remote drill that, and I really don't think nuking Mars to make a hole will go over well with anyone.

Nonsense. Dig deeper! What could possibly go wrong? I'm sure there's not a Space Balrog locked in the core....

I hope not. These guys hate getting woken up during hibernation.

[10ebbor10]

Apparently some of Curiosities wind sensors got damaged. Well, not everything can go right .

[RedKing]

Gentlemen....the rover. It roves.

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36 million miles and $2.5 billion to get there, and they're doing donuts in the sand. I heartily approve.

[sluissa]

I think they were just trying to scare the rock.

[Loud Whispers]

It's even more beautiful than I imagined.

[kaijyuu]

One of the wheels is coming right toward me! I feel so small and helpless.

I don't know if these twitters are cute or creepy.

[RedKing]

My daughter has been somewhat unimpressed by all this. Her only question is "Can we go there next summer?" Since the answer is no, she's all "Whatever....gonna go watch cartoons."

It's difficult to convey to a 5-year old that this is a Big Deal^TM because we're only 55 years removed from getting anything into space to begin with. To her, that's 11 lifetimes.

[MaximumZero]

My daughter has been somewhat unimpressed by all this. Her only question is "Can we go there next summer?" Since the answer is no, she's all "Whatever....gonna go watch cartoons."

It's difficult to convey to a 5-year old that this is a Big Deal^TM because we're only 55 years removed from getting anything into space to begin with. To her, that's 11 lifetimes.

I hear ya, bro. I'm trying not to be depressed over it, but man.

[sluissa]

To be fair, and I'm not saying it's not a big thing, but we've been sending these robots to other rocks for a good long while now as well. Yeah, they've gotten better(We've put wheels on them now!), and it is nice to have better and better pictures of these places, but at some point you want to stop mapping out the trip and you just want to go.

[MaximumZero]

If it weren't for my daughter, I'd happily volunteer to go to Mars and never come back. Provided A) They continually send me some form or another of food [Fire me a shipping container of frozen pizzas, pop tarts,  every now and again and I'll be good for a long, long while.] and B) I have basic necessities (solar panels, stuff to cook with, an internet connection, etc.)

That'd be pretty awesome, methinks.

[kaijyuu]

Hope you don't mind a really horrible latency on that internet connection. By the time bay12's forums load, 8 more posts will have been made.

[Aklyon]

Hope you don't mind a really horrible latency on that internet connection. By the time bay12's forums load, 18 more posts will have been made.

[Scelly9]

Hope you don't mind a really horrible latency on that internet connection. By the time bay12's happy thread loads, 38 more posts will have been made.

[MaximumZero]

No, I don't mind. Besides, Mars needs Ninjas.

[MaximumZero]

Those periods of no internet is when I would sleep. Or...you know, actually do work.