Rube Goldberg Planetary Exploration

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  • CoderGuy
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    That is really interesting, I look forward to seeing the outcome. Thanks for posting!

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  • lxskllr
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    Rube Goldberg Planetary Exploration

    On August 5, NASA's Mars Curiosity rover will touch down on the surface of the Red Planet. Or that's what we all hope, because it will be the craziest landing in the history of space exploration.

    The landing sequence alone requires six vehicle configurations, 76 pyrotechnic devices, the largest supersonic parachute ever built, and more than 500,000 lines of code. It's such an intense undertaking that the scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, call it The Seven Minutes of Terror.
    http://gizmodo.com/5920588/why-nasas...bsolute-terror

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