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360 degree Mars shot
2004-01-12, 3:22 PM #1
Don't think this one has been posted yet and oh baby is it worth a look:

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High res shot (1.9mb...but so worth it)

I suddenly really really want to re-read the Mars Trilogy.

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2004-01-12, 3:29 PM #2
Makes me want to watch Total Recall.

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2004-01-12, 3:33 PM #3
Hot. Very hot.
2004-01-12, 3:34 PM #4
Wow... that is unreal. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/eek.gif]
2004-01-12, 3:46 PM #5
Awesome. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif]

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2004-01-12, 3:51 PM #6
Would've been cooler if they'd landed somewhere a little more interesting... Ya know, edge of a volcano, peak of Olympus Mons, something like that. Still, impressive [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

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2004-01-12, 3:57 PM #7
Somebody make that into a skybox [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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2004-01-12, 3:59 PM #8
Is GBK wrong in saying that it is earth photoshoped?

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2004-01-12, 4:03 PM #9
Sweet

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2004-01-12, 4:15 PM #10
Looks like Arizona.

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2004-01-12, 4:25 PM #11
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Correction:
Somebody make that into a skybox [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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Exactly!

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2004-01-12, 5:58 PM #12
I wonder if the rover remembered to pack its Shovel and Pail?

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2004-01-12, 6:10 PM #13
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2004-01-12, 6:11 PM #14
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Vincent Valentine:
Looks like Arizona.

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My thoughts exactly. So where is the ice?

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2004-01-12, 6:24 PM #15
Unfortunately, you can't just land anywhere and get away with it. I mean, it's so damn hard to make it land and not totally destroy it. It bounces on airbags for a long time, bouncing up to or over 1 km of where it first hit. It makes it really hard to go anywhere but someplace smooth.

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2004-01-12, 6:36 PM #16
Actually, they said they were in a really good spot. NASA claimed that "this is exactly where they wanted to be". Or something. I can't wait until it's able to get off the landing pad.
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2004-01-13, 3:05 AM #17
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by fourwood:
Hot. Very hot.</font>


More like... cold. Very cold.

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2004-01-13, 3:55 AM #18
It looks tiny, the horizon's so close.

[edit] forgot to add - very, very cool! [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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2004-01-13, 4:03 AM #19
Its all fake those shots are photo chopped... the moon landing was fake this is fake NASA is fooling you all its a conpiracy!
2004-01-13, 4:05 AM #20
As a former space/Mars/planet-freak... COOL! [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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2004-01-13, 4:19 AM #21
What's with the different-colored rectangle thing on the horizon in the far left of the picture?
2004-01-13, 4:44 AM #22
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Emon:
Unfortunately, you can't just land anywhere and get away with it. I mean, it's so damn hard to make it land and not totally destroy it. It bounces on airbags for a long time, bouncing up to or over 1 km of where it first hit. It makes it really hard to go anywhere but someplace smooth.
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Yupp, that's how the ESA lost Beagle 2 on the Mars.

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2004-01-13, 5:01 AM #23
Yeah. We screwed up more than America for once! [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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2004-01-13, 5:24 AM #24
Took about 7 min to load on my parents comp and connection. But worth it. That was cool.

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2004-01-13, 6:06 AM #25
Maybe I've been playing games too much, but that looks like CGI to me.

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2004-01-13, 7:18 AM #26
Makes me want to read the book "Mars" by Ben Bova!

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2004-01-13, 7:25 AM #27
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Chaotic Ghost:
Maybe I've been playing games too much, but that looks like CGI to me.

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Well considering it has to be processed through a bunch of computers before they see the picture...it is. It's not like the lander can shoot back a roll of film for development. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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2004-01-13, 9:41 AM #28
OEMKEW, IS TAHT JEEKAY?!!!!444121391

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2004-01-13, 12:45 PM #29
Looks like CG, eh? When were you on Mars to know what it really looks like?

Honestly. Conspiracy? Gimme a break. They'd have to make sure hundreds of thousands of workers never got out a single word, and that's impossible. Someone always tells their wife, and then they tell their friend, and it just spreads. It only takes one person. All set up, fake? So yes, they filmed it all here on Earth, they ordered millions of dollars of parts and equipment...Or they just landed on Mars.

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2004-01-13, 1:36 PM #30
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Emon:
Looks like CG, eh? When were you on Mars to know what it really looks like?

Honestly. Conspiracy? Gimme a break. They'd have to make sure hundreds of thousands of workers never got out a single word, and that's impossible. Someone always tells their wife, and then they tell their friend, and it just spreads. It only takes one person. All set up, fake? So yes, they filmed it all here on Earth, they ordered millions of dollars of parts and equipment...Or they just landed on Mars.

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wait wait wait wait... Spending a few million dollars on photographs suddenly makes less sense than spending 820 million dollars on the real thing? Right.


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2004-01-13, 1:43 PM #31
Emon was being sarcastic. He was pointing out the ludicrous arguments for conspiracy.

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2004-01-13, 1:45 PM #32
no ****?

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2004-01-13, 2:10 PM #33
I meant something about parts for building what we've seen, but it doesn't really fit everything else.

But really, the sheer size of something and all the people involved, keeping them all quiet would be impossible. Just the nature of it being a hoax in the first place is rather ridiculous I think. It seems more realistic that they just actually did it.

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2004-01-14, 10:00 AM #34
So, uh...where are the Martians?

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2004-01-14, 10:09 AM #35
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2004-01-14, 3:31 PM #36
wrong planet :P

[http://www.dragg.net/users/pennywitt/marvin/marsprobe.jpg]

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2004-01-14, 3:34 PM #37
HAHA New desktop!

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2004-01-14, 7:23 PM #38
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Honestly. Conspiracy? Gimme a break. They'd have to make sure hundreds of thousands of workers never got out a single word, and that's impossible. Someone always tells their wife, and then they tell their friend, and it just spreads. It only takes one person. All set up, fake? So yes, they filmed it all here on Earth, they ordered millions of dollars of parts and equipment...Or they just landed on Mars.
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Maybe you should ask OJ about that...

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