http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/ Engadget Comments for NASA successfully tests autonomous lunar lander navigation system, codename GENIE (video) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 3rd 2010 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/
+1 for Futurama
-1 for Apple]]>Jul 3rd 2010 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 3rd 2010 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/
NASA engineers have been watching way too much pr0n.]]>Jul 3rd 2010 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/
BALLS!]]>Jul 3rd 2010 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/
You know you want the eyephone]]>Jul 3rd 2010 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/tomtom]]>Jul 4th 2010 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 4th 2010 5:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 4th 2010 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 3rd 2010 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 4th 2010 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 3rd 2010 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 3rd 2010 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 4th 2010 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/
Only problem, I don't think the GPS will work on the Moon, being a different globe and all.]]>Jul 3rd 2010 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 4th 2010 4:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/
I don't think the Moon has a magnetic north pole either... at least the laser will work.]]>Jul 4th 2010 4:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 4th 2010 5:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/
Yeah, I misheard the bit about it detecting the poles with the 'Inertial Measurement Unit'. I guess these 'rocket scientists' are pretty smart after all ;0)

I didn't mean to be negative, I love stuff like this...

I wish the world would put more money into things like this, instead of finding more and more ways of killing each other.]]>Jul 4th 2010 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/
Ed
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This is just the prototype. The stuff that actually goes into space is built in a clean room.]]>Jul 3rd 2010 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 4th 2010 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 3rd 2010 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 3rd 2010 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 3rd 2010 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 3rd 2010 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 4th 2010 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/
Oh wait...]]>Jul 4th 2010 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/
That's ok. NASA can work on other developments for the next 2 years. Then things will go back to normal.]]>Jul 6th 2010 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 3rd 2010 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/There's a set of hard strict rules on what they post on a blog?

I mean, even if it is called Engadget, they could probably make a post about a taco and it'd fly.]]>Jul 4th 2010 4:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Their Design Is Really... Ummm.... Busty...
Unless It's Meant To Mesmerize Male Aliens... LOL]]>Jul 3rd 2010 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 3rd 2010 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 3rd 2010 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 3rd 2010 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 4th 2010 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/lolz. Same here.]]>Jul 4th 2010 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 4th 2010 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/
Might as well tell them to call back the rest of the spies they have here in that field since we're just going to give them our intelligence from now on...]]>Jul 4th 2010 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Lol idiot, Armadillo is a commercial venture, we russians can go directly to Carmack and negotiate a deal which will be good for both sides, should we need that specific propulsion system.
And inertial navigation stuff has been here like forever, so again, it can easily be bought, taken from military or whatever.
Now return to KFC and never ever get out of there.]]>Jul 4th 2010 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 4th 2010 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/If they paired it with a roomba and some invisible fence then I might never have to snow-blow my driveway again.
That would be awesome!]]>Jul 4th 2010 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 4th 2010 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/
It's Texas. It gets hot here.]]>Jul 4th 2010 6:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 4th 2010 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/]]>Jul 4th 2010 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/
Since when does a Harrier fly itself?]]>Jul 4th 2010 6:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 4th 2010 7:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/Jul 4th 2010 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/nasa-successfully-tests-autonomous-lunar-lander-navigation-syste/
Well, I'd probably be more into hamburgers if my talents were completely wasted. Those engineers are never going to take part in a spectacular mission. And yes, space flight is ALL about the spectacles. Nobody gives a damn what moon dust and meteorites are made of.]]>Jul 4th 2010 9:29AM