I'm invious. The XBox live folks with kinect got a game to land curiosity. I stayed up to watch it land. Just a little taste, I suppose, of what it was like to watch the moon landing, not as huge, by a longshot, but still hyped up, pretty exciting, certainly new and scary.
Go Curiosity. Signed: Dakotah Rickard On 8/8/12, Ron Kolesar <kolesar16...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > How can we help out? > Now also, how about a space shuttle simulator as well? > Ron who would love to have been the first blind astronaut. > Now if I only could take a swim in the NBL swimmingpool. > It will be the closest I'll ever get to the space station. > > > > Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states > "that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week." > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Vlasak > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 6:52 PM > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: [Audyssey] Curiosity Mars rover game > > Games We'd like to play. > by Phil Vlasak > > Curiosity Mars rover game. > NASA secretly put you inside the rover to help guide it down to the surface > of Mars. > > As it enters the atmosphere, you need to uncover the heat shield so it will > start slowing down. > It will reach about 10 gravities of acceleration. You must decide when to > deploy the supersonic parachute, followed by when to ignite the > rocket-powered sky crane, to help slow the rover's speed from more than > 13,000 miles per hour to zero in only seven minutes. [ > Once the crane is hovering 25 feet from the surface, you have the task of > lowering the rover on three tethers and an electrical umbilical cord until > it sets its wheels down on the Red Planet. > You need to wait 2 seconds to confirm that you are on solid ground by > detecting the weight on the wheels and you have to fire several small > explosive devices activating cable cutters on the bridle and umbilical > cords > to free itself from the descent stage that flies off to crash land. > Then the fun begins. As you travel around in the science Laboratory, along > with the parachute and Sky Crane wreckage, you discover a army of Martian > zombies digging out of the soil, all commanded to destroy you. Armed with a > telescope and laser weapon, you must explore the planet while fighting off > the metal hungry zombies. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
