Opportunity on Mars...

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » January 25, 2004, 2:15 am

2 for 2...Surviving the impact...still rolling a bit but it looks good...

Gratz NASA geeks...

Drolgin Steingrinder · January 25, 2004, 2:36 am

Damn, thought you meant Business Opportunity...I was all for opening the first Jack In The Box franchise up there!

Vetiria · Post by **Vetiria** » January 25, 2004, 3:31 pm

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/ ... d_part.jpg

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » January 26, 2004, 5:13 am

The large crater to the right looks like it will provide a great target for the rover to explore after it's done sampling the soil and rock outcrop in the mini crater it settled into.

WTF is in the bottom of that crater? Looks interesting with those two uniform lines. (the black dot to left of the large crater is the shadow of the parachute during descent.)

Drolgin Steingrinder · January 26, 2004, 2:36 pm

I think it's alien poo.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » January 26, 2004, 4:08 pm

OMGZ

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » January 26, 2004, 4:23 pm

Ahhh this explains Bush's desire to go to Mars!

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » January 26, 2004, 4:33 pm

actually Bush wants to go to the Moon before China does so they don't take over the moon. fucking commies.

also we are going to mine heavy Helium isotopes there and use that for nuclear fusion. This will be a very low cost fuel that will only be like one bazillion dollars per microliter once you factor in the transport fee ;p

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » January 26, 2004, 5:11 pm

And we can sell advertising space...think of the visibility from earth!

masteen · Post by **masteen** » January 26, 2004, 5:14 pm

What if the Chinese build a fucking missile base on teh moon before we do? You wouldn't be so sanguine then, would you Voronwe?!?

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » January 26, 2004, 5:21 pm

Could be the remains of that euro-probe. =p

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » January 26, 2004, 6:00 pm

masteen wrote:What if the Chinese build a fucking missile base on teh moon before we do? You wouldn't be so sanguine then, would you Voronwe?!?

hell fucking no i wont be so sanguine....at least till i look up the fucking word to find out what i means!

masteen · Post by **masteen** » January 26, 2004, 6:14 pm

See definition 4:

Main Entry: 1san·guine
Pronunciation: 'sa[ng]-gw&n
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English sanguin, from Middle French, from Latin sanguineus, from sanguin-, sanguis
1 : BLOODRED
2 a : consisting of or relating to blood b : BLOODTHIRSTY, SANGUINARY c of the complexion : RUDDY
3 : having blood as the predominating bodily humor; also : having the bodily conformation and temperament held characteristic of such predominance and marked by sturdiness, high color, and cheerfulness
4 : CONFIDENT, OPTIMISTIC
- san·guine·ly adverb
- san·guine·ness /-gw&n-n&s/ noun
- san·guin·i·ty /sa[ng]-'gwi-n&-tE, san-/ noun