7 Minutes of Terror!

LateX'Dog · 18 Jul 2012 at 18:01

Not sure if this has been shared before, but this video is amazing!

StriderX · 18 Jul 2012 at 18:05

Misleading title.

mistercrabb · 18 Jul 2012 at 18:08

StriderX said:
Misleading title.

Lack of terror, and only 5 minutes long. Disappointing.

Edit: Actually watched it, that's pretty cool.

4T5 · 18 Jul 2012 at 18:09

Excellent vid, Cheers for sharing. :cool:

PermaBanned · 18 Jul 2012 at 18:11

There's also the full animation:

And if you haven't seen, Sod's law in action:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18861463

bitslice · 18 Jul 2012 at 18:13

That's an amazingly complicated landing sequence :eek:

StriderX · 18 Jul 2012 at 18:16

bitslice said:
That's an amazingly complicated landing sequence

Wait until you see the ISS' Toilet system. :eek:

EdGey · 18 Jul 2012 at 18:19

Piece of cake! :eek:

Edrof · 18 Jul 2012 at 18:23

We rock.

mejinks · 18 Jul 2012 at 19:52

There is a youtube thread for this sort of thing you know..

"andy" · 18 Jul 2012 at 20:28

pfffft well theyre not going to say its easy or they wouldnt have jobs

Barbie · 18 Jul 2012 at 20:37

EdGey said:
Piece of cake!

Exactly, it's not rocket science

lettucefire · 18 Jul 2012 at 21:18

awsome . .well it would be if it was more heath robinson .. that's just showing off

VoG · 18 Jul 2012 at 21:29

mejinks said:
There is a youtube thread for this sort of thing you know..

The spaceflight thread would be far better methinks.

Westie · 18 Jul 2012 at 21:52

mejinks said:
There is a youtube thread for this sort of thing you know..

Hush ya noise! I never check YouTube thread and am completely fascinated with anything to do with space so I wouldn't have found this! Seriously can't stand nit pickers u not got anything better to moan about?

Cheers OP cheers for sharing can't wait till landing day now!

4T5 · 18 Jul 2012 at 21:55

I agree with Westie, Youtube thread is for weak Lols where as this is epic & a point of discussion. Personally I wouldn't have seen the vid or spent an hour or so after following links & that's the best thing about forums/web/links etc
Thanks again Op & Permabanned.

bsoltan · 18 Jul 2012 at 21:59

What did they use previously and why isn't that still viable?

Narj · 18 Jul 2012 at 22:12

The people doing these jobs absolutely amaze me. It really makes me wish I was smarter or at least had worked harder and perhaps fulfilled some unrealised potential.

wesley · 18 Jul 2012 at 22:13

you cant really land 930KG with balloons on mars. way too heavy

Mik3 · 18 Jul 2012 at 22:40

I really cant wait till next month, I've been following this for years now, if it works its an incredible achievement.
Mars has a history of failed landings and this is by far the most complicated ever attempted.