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Does anyone have an idea of when this will occur? This article says 15:31, but provides no timezone. The wikipedia page says 05:31 UTC. I assumed the article is
by Pfhreak 14y ago
Does anyone have an idea of when this will occur? This article says 15:31, but provides no timezone. The wikipedia page says 05:31 UTC. I assumed the article is written by someone at NASA from the author tag "JULY 11, 2012 by WILLIAM in NASA" which suggests they are putting times in ETC...
Edit: Further research shows the JPL saying 'just after ten pm, PST' which is in line with the 05:31 UTC touchdown.
- ChuckMcM 14y agoNote that it lands on August 6th "GMT" but it lands just after 10PM on the west coast on Sunday the 5th. That's why I'm having a "Welcome to Mars!" party that day. Drinks, snacks, and we'll watch the landing live on big screen TV courtesy of the NASA TV channel.
- capnrefsmmat 14y agoJust after 10PM? Wikipedia gives the landing time as approximately 05:31 UTC August 6th, which is 1:31 AM EDT. I'd like to be wrong, since I'd like to stay up and watch, but I have work in the morning :( Also, I expect there will be quite some delay between actual landing and confirmation received by NASA, given Mars' distance from Earth.
- ChuckMcM 14y agoAye, sorry that your EDT, in PDT its 10:31 PM, and the 'fun' starts just after 10 (as in I believe the last big retro burn is around 10 and the final descent begins) now the telemetry from that maneuver will let us know if there is a chance it will make it (did you say 3000 "feet" per second or "meters" per second?)
- littlesparkvt 14y agoThere's a countdown timer on the JPL page if that helps. http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/ http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/