Curiosity Descent Video

[umadog]

Here's the first part of the video of Curiosity's descent:

How cool is that?!

There are only about 300 frames there. Eventually there will be about 1500 and they will be of higher resolution.

[Darkstar_1]

Neat, can't wait for full vid

[skywatcher250]

they reckon that to get the full HD downloaded to Earth would take a week or something like that ! crazy stuff

[bullettooth]

they reckon that to get the full HD downloaded to Earth would take a week or something like that ! crazy stuff

i think a week is still pretty fast considering the distance it has to travel. aint technology brilliant!

Amazing video. roll on a weeks time hey?

[SamAndrew]

Amazing ! Looked like it was coming in too fast

But where's the sound ?

[skywatcher250]

i know when you think about how far data can and does travel... its unreal ! so yeah i guess your right

[kirkster501]

Wow, amazing, thanks for sharing