Mars Rover Curiosity: Landing Tonight! : Othor Games

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:48 pm

2 MINUTES TO ENTRY!!

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 1:32 pm

2 MINUTES TO ENTRY!!

It's entering the atmosphere

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:36 am

It's entering the atmosphere

it's actually already either crashed or successfully landed thanks to even light (radio) taking a few minutes to go from mars to earth and vice-versa :tongue:

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:06 pm

it's actually already either crashed or successfully landed thanks to even light (radio) taking a few minutes to go from mars to earth and vice-versa :tongue:

Starting to land now - they just said the parachute has deployed and it's starting to slow down.

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:47 am

Starting to land now - they just said the parachute has deployed and it's starting to slow down.

You don't seem to have understood what I said, by the time NASA gets new information it's already outdated due to the communication lag of a few minutes (up to 20 minutes, depending on Mar's position relative to Earth) between Earth and Mars. So while NASA's just getting the parachute deployed information, it's already all completed by now.

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:47 pm

You don't seem to have understood what I said, by the time NASA gets new information it's already outdated due to the communication lag of a few minutes (up to 20 minutes, depending on Mar's position relative to Earth) between Earth and Mars. So while NASA's just getting the parachute deployed information, it's already all completed by now.

Ah.. my mistake :facepalm:

That is one detail I forget about.

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:42 pm

WOOOOOOOOO!!!!

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:00 pm

Ah.. my mistake :facepalm:

That is one detail I forget about.

It's why the first colonists on Mars will never be able to play Online games against earthlings

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:09 pm

OMFG

how did I miss this

hope it does not get destroyed

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 1:49 pm

Yeah Yeah Yeah!!! Its safe on Mars!

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:22 pm

It's why the first colonists on Mars will never be able to play Online games against earthlings :tongue:

yah Mars servers are for noobs anyways

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:30 pm

Yeah Yeah Yeah!!! Its safe on Mars!

http://www.deque.com/padam/img/rage-guy-happy-face-tears-of-joy.jpg

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:32 pm

Wow, watching the live feed was intense.

It's why the first colonists on Mars will never be able to play Online games against earthlings :tongue:

Sure they could. It would just be a turn based game. :tongue:

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:55 pm

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:14 pm

It's why the first colonists on Mars will never be able to play Online games against earthlings :tongue:

Unless we can make some technology to reduce the delay of information :smile:

» Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:23 am

Unless we can make some technology to reduce the delay of information :smile:

Except that they are sending the info at the speed of light, and going faster than that is slightly problematic.

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:58 am

Im glad at last i got to see one successfully land and see images.

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:37 am

Except that they are sending the info at the speed of light, and going faster than that is slightly problematic.

What if we moved the light?

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:07 pm

What if we moved the light?

What if it IS the light!

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:24 pm

What if it IS the light!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOJqicM6x84

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Kyi0WNg40

My last post wasn't serious btw!

» Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:56 am

Now all they need to do is send up a second rover clean the lenses on the cameras.

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:33 am

Sure they could. It would just be a turn based game. :tongue:

The extreme latency would still most likely cause TCP meltdown

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:32 pm

Unless we can make some technology to reduce the delay of information :smile:

quantum entanglement

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:42 pm

Except that they are sending the info at the speed of light, and going faster than that is slightly problematic.

True enough, but who knows what kind of technology we'll have in the future. Of course it's all just speculation :smile:

^ Heard of it but not too familiar with it.

» Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:46 pm

Now all they need to do is send up a second rover clean the lenses on the cameras.

You would think they would have given those things windshield wipers by now...