Live streaming Mars landing right now on the NASA website .... scheduled
to land at 3pm EST.

On 11/26/2018 2:42 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

Live streaming Mars landing right now on the NASA website .... scheduled
to land at 3pm EST.


WOW! They successfully landed it on Mars.

On 11/26/18 2:54 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/26/2018 2:42 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

Live streaming Mars landing right now on the NASA website ....
scheduled to land at 3pm EST.


WOW!Â* They successfully landed it on Mars.

All I saw was a bunch of people in a control room wearing maroon shirts...

On 11/26/2018 2:56 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 11/26/18 2:54 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/26/2018 2:42 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

Live streaming Mars landing right now on the NASA website ....
scheduled to land at 3pm EST.


WOW!Â* They successfully landed it on Mars.

All I saw was a bunch of people in a control room wearing maroon shirts...



You should have offered to hitch a ride on the spacecraft so you could
watch it land in person.

On 11/26/18 2:58 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/26/2018 2:56 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 11/26/18 2:54 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/26/2018 2:42 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

Live streaming Mars landing right now on the NASA website ....
scheduled to land at 3pm EST.


WOW!Â* They successfully landed it on Mars.

All I saw was a bunch of people in a control room wearing maroon
shirts...



You should have offered to hitch a ride on the spacecraft so you could
watch it land in person.



I was going to, but I heard that the Orange Menace was onboard...

On 11/26/2018 3:02 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 11/26/18 2:58 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/26/2018 2:56 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 11/26/18 2:54 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/26/2018 2:42 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

Live streaming Mars landing right now on the NASA website ....
scheduled to land at 3pm EST.


WOW!Â* They successfully landed it on Mars.

All I saw was a bunch of people in a control room wearing maroon
shirts...



You should have offered to hitch a ride on the spacecraft so you could
watch it land in person.



I was going to, but I heard that the Orange Menace was onboard...


It's really an amazing feat considering all the challenges.
Long range communications have certainly improved since the
earlier landings on Mars. They had an image within a few minutes
after landing.

On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:56:53 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 11/26/18 2:54 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/26/2018 2:42 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

Live streaming Mars landing right now on the NASA website ....
scheduled to land at 3pm EST.


WOW!Â* They successfully landed it on Mars.

All I saw was a bunch of people in a control room wearing maroon shirts...

What, you long for the days when they all wore white shirts with a
skinny tie and a cigarette in their mouth?

On Monday, November 26, 2018 at 5:01:52 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:56:53 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 11/26/18 2:54 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/26/2018 2:42 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

Live streaming Mars landing right now on the NASA website ....
scheduled to land at 3pm EST.


WOW!Â* They successfully landed it on Mars.

All I saw was a bunch of people in a control room wearing maroon shirts....

What, you long for the days when they all wore white shirts with a
skinny tie and a cigarette in their mouth?

The last time I was at Cape Canaveral, they had a recreation of the Apollo mission control room, complete with the ash trays and a couple packs of Lucky Strikes laying around. That was a proper rocket! Wish I could have seen the launch of one. Had to settle for a shuttle launch. Still pretty cool, but the ground doesn't shake.

On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 15:06:28 -0800 (PST), Its Me
wrote:

On Monday, November 26, 2018 at 5:01:52 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:56:53 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 11/26/18 2:54 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/26/2018 2:42 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

Live streaming Mars landing right now on the NASA website ....
scheduled to land at 3pm EST.


WOW!Â* They successfully landed it on Mars.

All I saw was a bunch of people in a control room wearing maroon shirts...

What, you long for the days when they all wore white shirts with a
skinny tie and a cigarette in their mouth?

The last time I was at Cape Canaveral, they had a recreation of the Apollo mission control room, complete with the ash trays and a couple packs of Lucky Strikes laying around. That was a proper rocket! Wish I could have seen the launch of one. Had to settle for a shuttle launch. Still pretty cool, but the ground doesn't shake.

I watched STS 6 (first flight of the Challenger) from that little
campground on US1 near Cocoa Beach (not sure if it is even still
there). It was pretty spectacular. I thought stuff was shaking enough
for me when they fired the SRBs.
I slept in my old van all night and it went off first thing in the
morning. No chance of sleeping through it. When I got there the place
was pretty empty. By sun up there was no parking and barely a place to
stand. People were bumping into the truck milling around. I ended up
climbing on the roof of my truck. I let a couple little kids sit up
there with me.
When it was out of sight and I could get out I drove to DC.

We could see the shuttle from here in Ft Myers most of the time. I
remember when the Challenger blew up. We weren't sure what happened
but we knew it wasn't good.
It was strange watching the first and last launch. It took a while for
me to put that together.

On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 15:06:28 -0800 (PST), Its Me wrote:

On Monday, November 26, 2018 at 5:01:52 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:56:53 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 11/26/18 2:54 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/26/2018 2:42 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

Live streaming Mars landing right now on the NASA website ....
scheduled to land at 3pm EST.


WOW!* They successfully landed it on Mars.

All I saw was a bunch of people in a control room wearing maroon shirts...

What, you long for the days when they all wore white shirts with a
skinny tie and a cigarette in their mouth?

The last time I was at Cape Canaveral, they had a recreation of the Apollo mission control room, complete with the ash trays and a couple packs of Lucky Strikes laying around. That was a proper rocket! Wish I could have seen the launch of one. Had to settle for a shuttle launch. Still pretty cool, but the ground doesn't shake.

I was working at Cape Canveral when two Saturns were launched in early 1965. We lay down on the roof
of our office (US Coast and Geodetic Survey) and had a great view. Yes, the ground shook, but we
were right there on the base.