# NASA Curiosity Rover- warning bearded nerd content

**URL:** <https://fixed.org.au/t/nasa-curiosity-rover-warning-bearded-nerd-content/58168>\
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**Created:** [August 5, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nasa-curiosity-rover-warning-bearded-nerd-content/58168 "2012-08-05T21:41:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![horatio](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/horatio/32/42_2.png) [@horatio](https://fixed.org.au/u/horatio)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nasa-curiosity-rover-warning-bearded-nerd-content/58168/21 "2012-08-05T22:51:38Z")

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> [@EzyLee](#):
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> ![](http://movieboozer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Exploding-Head.jpg)

Oh that’s good

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**Author:** ![chazhutton](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/chazhutton/32/196_2.png) [@chazhutton](https://fixed.org.au/u/chazhutton)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nasa-curiosity-rover-warning-bearded-nerd-content/58168/22 "2012-08-05T22:51:51Z")

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> [@Jelmer](#):
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> Similar chain of events here. The accountants around us are still wondering what the hell happened.

I assume there’s a bunch of NASA accountants having a similar party, celebrating the fact that 2.5 Billion dollars worth of equipment didn’t just disappear.

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**Author:** ![SteveZero](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/stevezero/32/480_2.png) [@SteveZero](https://fixed.org.au/u/SteveZero)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nasa-curiosity-rover-warning-bearded-nerd-content/58168/23 "2012-08-05T22:53:49Z")

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> [@chazhutton](#):
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> I assume there’s a bunch of NASA accountants having a similar party, celebrating the fact that 2.5 Billion dollars worth of equipment didn’t just disappear.

Until someone realises they left the lens cap on…

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**Author:** ![larfinboy](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/larfinboy/32/566_2.png) [@larfinboy](https://fixed.org.au/u/larfinboy)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nasa-curiosity-rover-warning-bearded-nerd-content/58168/24 "2012-08-05T22:55:47Z")

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Actual images.

[Mars Science Laboratory: Raw Images](http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/)

Seem to be having issues with the web servers and the amount of hits they are getting.

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**Author:** ![horatio](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/horatio/32/42_2.png) [@horatio](https://fixed.org.au/u/horatio)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nasa-curiosity-rover-warning-bearded-nerd-content/58168/25 "2012-08-28T00:20:05Z")

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How sick is this photo?

![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8438/7878695664_bc659e779d_b.jpg)

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**Author:** ![MikeD](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@MikeD](https://fixed.org.au/u/MikeD)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nasa-curiosity-rover-warning-bearded-nerd-content/58168/26 "2012-08-28T00:41:18Z")

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fully (sik)

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**Author:** ![schoolism](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/schoolism/32/623_2.png) [@schoolism](https://fixed.org.au/u/schoolism)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nasa-curiosity-rover-warning-bearded-nerd-content/58168/27 "2012-08-28T00:54:58Z")

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So keen to knock off work and go home to check the sound clip that’s been sent back.  
Hopefully they manage to find Kuato.

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**Author:** ![aeroBLOKE](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@aeroBLOKE](https://fixed.org.au/u/aeroBLOKE)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nasa-curiosity-rover-warning-bearded-nerd-content/58168/28 "2012-08-28T01:40:30Z")

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MASH SF would be all over bombing down those hills since they are now into CX. I look forward to a MASH X MARS Colabo.

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**Author:** ![nexus](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/nexus/32/13_2.png) [@nexus](https://fixed.org.au/u/nexus)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nasa-curiosity-rover-warning-bearded-nerd-content/58168/29 "2012-08-28T02:00:17Z")

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Wow… they sent a recumbant into space.

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**Author:** ![etomato](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/etomato/32/148_2.png) [@etomato](https://fixed.org.au/u/etomato)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nasa-curiosity-rover-warning-bearded-nerd-content/58168/30 "2012-08-28T05:17:33Z")

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![](http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/images/PIA16100_Mahaffy1-br2.jpg)

This image raises the nerd factor well beyond anything I ever thought imaginable.

Can anyone tell me what it means?

(in, like, 140 characters? if I had patience I’d be reading the NASA website.)

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**Author:** ![BrakeFree](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/brakefree/32/125_2.png) [@BrakeFree](https://fixed.org.au/u/BrakeFree)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nasa-curiosity-rover-warning-bearded-nerd-content/58168/31 "2012-08-28T05:22:34Z")

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> [@etomato](#):
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> Can anyone tell me what it means?

Vaporizes material to analyze the constituent elements and there relative abundance

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**Author:** ![etomato](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/etomato/32/148_2.png) [@etomato](https://fixed.org.au/u/etomato)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nasa-curiosity-rover-warning-bearded-nerd-content/58168/32 "2012-08-28T05:57:57Z")

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Wow, I didn’t think that was possible. 99 points.

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**Author:** ![mercury](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/mercury/32/594_2.png) [@mercury](https://fixed.org.au/u/mercury)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nasa-curiosity-rover-warning-bearded-nerd-content/58168/33 "2012-12-03T14:14:32Z")

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[Curiosity rover finds organic compounds, but are they from Mars? - Cosmic Log](http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/03/15645732-curiosity-rover-finds-organic-compounds-but-are-they-from-mars)

I’m no astro-biologist but from what I could get this is pretty interesting. Those nerds controlling this thing must be getting pretty bloody stoked about more organics to be found and analysed.

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