New NASA Mars Rover

[Brazoo]

NASA is providing a live stream of the new Mars rovers construction.

Pretty cool:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ms...curiosity.html

[SeattleEd]

Nice.
Funny seeing them all just hanging out and standing there.
Wonder if anything silly will happen.

[Mikey]

They look like Ooompa-Loompas from the Mike TV part of Willy Wonka

[Brazoo]

I think I saw one of them empty a garbage can.

Silliness would be great!

[Mikey]

I think I saw one of them empty a garbage can.

Silliness would be great!

Shame thinking how much money each of them make

If that's NASA, is tax dollars paying them ? .... if so, they should shut off that web cam immediately and keep it off

[Brazoo]

Shame thinking how much money each of them make

If that's NASA, is tax dollars paying them ? .... if so, they should shut off that web cam immediately and keep it off

Yeah, but I wouldn't sweat it too much. After all the NASA budget slashing in recent years you're only paying a few pennies a year for the entire agency.

They're really working up a storm now! One guy rolled his chair across the room while listening to his ipod, and two guys screwed a couple of screws into a somethigorother!

[johnmiic]

This is not like Dancing With The Stars. Assembling a space probe is like Brain Surgery. They go slowly and meticulously to make sure they don't mess it up or contaminate it with germs or hair or even dead skin. I wish space probes were more rugged but the truth is they are delicate pieces of equipment.

[Mikey]

I love space as in watching sci fi movies and TV, but in reality it seems like a huge waste of money sending toys to other planets.

[Brazoo]

This is not like Dancing With The Stars. Assembling a space probe is like Brain Surgery. They go slowly and meticulously to make sure they don't mess it up or contaminate it with germs or hair or even dead skin. I wish space probes were more rugged but the truth is they are delicate pieces of equipment.

I wish it was a little bit more like "Pimp My Ride".

I love space as in watching sci fi movies and TV, but in reality it seems like a huge waste of money sending toys to other planets.

NASA is really not costing that much money these days. In all seriousness, I can't believe you'd be disinterested and unaffected if life was found on another planet. Just the fact that we have the ability to look is absolutely mind blowing to me.

[Brazoo]

Putting the cost in perspective, people of the world paid $2.8 billion dollars for the fantasy of going to other worlds when they watched "Avatar". For $2.3 Billion we're actually doing it.

[ctc]

>it seems like a huge waste of money sending toys to other planets

It does, 'cos the benefits are very long term and it's real difficult to get 'em.

Don C.