Heads up: CURIOSITY about 20 minutes from landing
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It's already down, either intact or as a wreck. We're just waiting on the speed of light...
TOUCHDOWN CONFIRMED!
And Mission Control just turned into a madhouse.
And Mission Control just turned into a madhouse.
Great to end this weekend with a very uplifting news story. Well done NASA.
Anyone else think about this The West Wing scene tonight while watching the landing feed?
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHGK96-WixU[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHGK96-WixU[/yt]
Thank goodness it's down safely. Mars has a habit of eating visitors. I can't wait to see some new science coming in. 
Indeed, NASA even posted this in the gallery where the first images from today are:
(Oh, and after today there's one more point for Earth
)And of course there's this one:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjiGH9QNiU0[/yt]
More likely, the cat would attack the wires hanging down from the sky-crane and end up being swept away...
Those are fantastic. 
I love the one in the video that hits the ground and then releases its parachute. 
I love the one in the video that hits the ground and then releases its parachute.
^That is the one that makes me laugh every time I see it -I'm immediately saddened by the one that seems to be scraping the ground endlessly though...
I'm saddened that the little rover made it so far and then got flattened by the balloons.
At least it was quick, it didn't suffer long.
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