Curiosity: Who's gonna be watching?

[Orius]

Watching NASA TV now.....

7 Minutes of terror starting now...

I tuned into the live stream around the same time. Wasn't much to see really until about 1:30, but it was good to see a successful landing.

I had confidence in NASA anyway. They have a very good track record of landing things on Mars.

 

[Umbran]

I had confidence in NASA anyway. They have a very good track record of landing things on Mars.

Well, "very good" is somewhat relative. NASA's got a batting record of around .780 with respect to Mars, if I recall correctly. I think the rest of the world is down in the .300s. I don't remember where I saw the statistics, though.

 

[El Mahdi]

Well, "very good" is somewhat relative. NASA's got a batting record of around .780 with respect to Mars, if I recall correctly. I think the rest of the world is down in the .300s. I don't remember where I saw the statistics, though.

Well, comparing it to baseball, even the .300's is respectable, and .780 is phenomenal.

But in baseball, a strikeout doesn't cost the batter or team millions to billions of dollars...usually.

 

[Fast Learner]

Knock knock

Who's there?

Mars Polar Lander

Mars Polar Lander who?

...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Well, comparing it to baseball, even the .300's is respectable, and .780 is phenomenal.

But in baseball, a strikeout doesn't cost the batter or team millions to billions of dollars...usually.

NASA also doesn't have relief pitchers or the designated hitter rule.

Hmmmm...I may have lost myself in the analogy!

 

[El Mahdi]

NASA also doesn't have relief pitchers or the designated hitter rule...

Yeah, but they might have astroturf...