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- skcolb, on 10/31/2009, -0/+15The new rover is MUCH heavier -- landing it as before isn't practical.
- clawzkatt, on 10/31/2009, -1/+9curiosity killed the cat, you know
- jhails, on 10/31/2009, -0/+8James Cameron needs to cut a deal with NASA and get a serious hi res movie camera on this rig and do this project some justice.
- skcolb, on 10/31/2009, -0/+7It's Boeing's "Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator," developed for NASA. There's a non-technical rundown of such generators here:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/radioisot ... - TMLF, on 10/31/2009, -0/+7Just a radioisotope thermocouple, no nuclear reaction, just heat from natural decay. We've been using them in spacecraft since the 70's. (Pioneer, Viking, etc)
- ReisenInaba, on 10/31/2009, -1/+7Curiosity hates Martian cats ಠ_ಠ
- TMLF, on 10/31/2009, -3/+9As much as I love space exploration and NASA, this is why we shouldn't waste time and money on manned space flight beyond the moon.
Continue using (relatively) cheap probes and rovers until we figure out something better than chemical propulsion. - 3amMonkey, on 10/31/2009, -0/+5Rube Goldberg came up with an entirely new way to land a rover on Mars.
"I have a very bad feeling about this". - spookyttws, on 10/31/2009, -1/+5Curiosity? Sounds like we're just asking for it to become sentient and begin it's assault on us from Mars. Not to mention we outfitted it with a laser capable of vaporizing rocks.
- brandnewx, on 10/31/2009, -0/+3Vaporizing laser weapon. Cool... Time to teach martians a lesson.
- CATSCEO2, on 10/31/2009, -0/+3Don't forget Voyager!
- brandnewx, on 10/31/2009, -0/+2I call it nuclear battery. The heat generated by the decay provides the energy.
- ChrisAlbon, on 10/31/2009, -0/+2Nuclear powered? Sounds interesting. Anyone know where we can read more about its powerplant?
- skcolb, on 10/31/2009, -0/+2This is a rather complex task, even on Earth. Boring usually requires circulating fluid to cool the drill bit. Transporting such a volume of fluid is problematic.
- FaithclubDotNet, on 10/31/2009, -0/+2If there is one thing I like more than robots, its space exploration.
- Fallensun, on 10/31/2009, -1/+2Should be named Battletoad
- kd1s, on 10/31/2009, -0/+1We sort of have something better already, look up VASIMR.
You'd probably have to use a nuclear reactor to power it up, but once up it functions by essentially changing the phase of hydrogen. - noahgelman, on 10/31/2009, -0/+1It would be interesting to see a rover equipped with a powerful drill so we can analyze rock several meters deep.
- stuffradio, on 10/31/2009, -1/+2You know what they say about cats and curiosity.
- Chronoped, on 10/31/2009, -0/+1All the curiosity you could ever ask for!
Shhhh... Nobody mention cydonia or they'll get mad... - brandnewx, on 10/31/2009, -2/+3A good question that should never be buried.
- UberGeek404, on 10/31/2009, -0/+1Fricken' lasers! I guess their way to find life is to shoot first and ask questions later.
- chicagobiff, on 10/31/2009, -2/+3i saw that porno too!
- hereticoftruth, on 10/31/2009, -1/+2Hey, land that thing in my neighbor's back field Halloween night! He'd ***** a brick!
- skcolb, on 10/31/2009, -0/+1I hope we can get as excited over this as we do over kittehs. Not likely though.
- RiperSnifle, on 10/31/2009, -0/+1Everything should be named Colbert.
More material for WHO'S NOT HONORING ME NOW? - Gundersen, on 10/31/2009, -1/+1Hang on, is a nuclear powered robot, that descends using wires from a hovering craft, capable of "vaporizing rocks" with a laser from "up to 9 meters away", really such a good idea?
- fragMasterFlash, on 10/31/2009, -1/+1Curiosity? Are you saying the nerds at NASA kill kittens too?
- mark076h, on 10/31/2009, -4/+4Why have it land in a new fashion when the previous methods both worked perfectly.
- ftc08, on 10/31/2009, -1/+1Colbert will be pissed.
- xsecretfiles, on 10/31/2009, -1/+1Transformers?
- jawagas, on 10/31/2009, -3/+2Giant Bouncing Parachute is Bodacious.
- scuba7183, on 10/31/2009, -8/+3Should be named Colbert
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