THE THREAD!!!

[Grollub]

Good night friends [>:]

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Historiker

Nice Leo!
When should I be where? [8D]

10 hours drive or so and I can join you! [&o]

Please beware that I am on the continent in the capital... no sea near by... [8D]


Leo "Apollo11"

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

NASA's "Curiosity" Mar rover safely "landed" on Mars early this morning! [:)]

NASA's New Mars Rover Sends Higher-Resolution Image

Curiosity's Surroundings
This is one of the first images taken by NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars the evening of Aug. 5 PDT (morning of Aug. 6 EDT).




PASADENA, Calif. - About two hours after landing on Mars and beaming back its first image, NASA's Curiosity rover transmitted a higher-resolution image of its new Martian home, Gale Crater. Mission Control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., received the image, taken by one of the vehicle's lower-fidelity, black-and-white Hazard Avoidance Cameras - or Hazcams.

The black-and-white, 512 by 512 pixel image, taken by Curiosity's rear-left Hazcam, can be found at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/m ... /msl5.html .

"Curiosity's landing site is beginning to come into focus," said John Grotzinger, project manager of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. "In the image, we are looking to the northwest. What you see on the horizon is the rim of Gale Crater. In the foreground, you can see a gravel field. The question is, where does this gravel come from? It is the first of what will be many scientific questions to come from our new home on Mars."

While the image is twice as big in pixel size as the first images beamed down from the rover, they are only half the size of full-resolution Hazcam images. During future mission operations, these images will be used by the mission's navigators and rover drivers to help plan the vehicle's next drive. Other cameras aboard Curiosity, with color capability and much higher resolution, are expected to be sent back to Earth over the next several days.

Curiosity landed at 10:32 p.m. Aug. 5, PDT, (1:32 a.m. EDT, Aug. 6) near the foot of a mountain three miles (about five kilometers) tall inside Gale Crater, 96 miles (nearly 155 kilometers) 7in diameter. During a nearly two-year prime mission, the rover will investigate whether the region has ever offered conditions favorable for microbial life, including the chemical ingredients for life.

The mission is managed by JPL for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The rover was designed, developed and assembled at JPL, a division of Caltech.

For more information on the mission, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/mars and http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl .

Follow the mission on Facebook and Twitter at
http://www.facebook.com/marscuriosity and http://www.twitter.com/marscuriosity

Leo "Apollo11"

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Ahhh... another 4th place four one of our skippers... Tonci Stipanovic didn't have luck in Men's Laser...


Leo "Apollo11"

[Onime No Kyo]

Morning tithe.

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Historiker

Bolt!

Indeed. I'm pretty sure I've seen slower bullets. I've definitely seen slower cars. [X(]

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Grollub

Phew. His comment was a result of the CR results below ... AS Otus is a heavily damaged (4 knots) remnant that was forced out of Manila when the Japs took it. I guess the captain of RO-33 soon will be asked to explain his actions to his ancestors [:D]

Submarine attack near Busuanga at 77,79

Japanese Ships
SS RO-33

Allied Ships
AS Otus, heavy damage



AS Otus is sighted by SS RO-33
SS RO-33 launches 2 torpedoes

... this happened twice [;)]

Targeting computer Mk. 1 (aka the abacus) forgot to carry the 1.

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Historiker

Just saw pictures of the super-heavyweight weightlifting of the women....

[X(][X(][X(]

She is impressive.

[Schanilec]

Good morning all.

[USSAmerica]

Good Monday morning - Tithe. [&o][&o][&o]

[Historiker]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Historiker

Nice Leo!
When should I be where? [8D]

10 hours drive or so and I can join you! [&o]

Please beware that I am on the continent in the capital... no sea near by... [8D]


Leo "Apollo11"

Why would anyone live in Croatia and not at the sea? That's like being a harem gatekeeper - and gay! [:D]

I want to see Zagreb anyhow [;)]

[Historiker]

It is amazing how much impact the "home advantage" seems to have for the Brits. Simply amazing performance.

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: Historiker

It is amazing how much impact the "home advantage" seems to have for the Brits. Simply amazing performance.

It's great to see, I don't think anyone expected such a performance.

It's also good to see some positive sporting role models for a change.

[sprior]

That's like being a harem gatekeeper - and gay!

Except your ghoolies were removed with a sharp knife...

[US87891]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

Ahhh... another 4th place four one of our skippers... Tonci Stipanovic didn't have luck in Men's Laser...


Leo "Apollo11"

J, 08/08/12 4:22 GMT

Shoot Leo, how do you think I feel? Chile is gasping for air at the back of the pack. I’m on the coach boat with Cristian Noe so we can see things and start screaming (I’m learning lots of new Spanish terms).

Your Croations are running real hot. Maybe not in medal country but definitely in sailing country. My best to all of you. And my sincere respects to your competitors.

[sprior]

[quote]It's also good to see some positive sporting role models for a change. [/quote

Yep.

[sprior]

Halt or I fire if it's environmentally safe to do so.

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Halt or I fire if it's environmentally safe to do so.

The US has been working on a "green bullet" for quite some time now. It's nearing the end of it's testing phase. http://www.army.mil/article/56157/green ... sistently/

[sprior]

Happy Birthday Jamaica, independent for 50 years today.