Great day to be a geek! Curiosity safely down on Mars!!

[The_Roadie]

I was watching in real time as the Eagle landed in the Sea of Tranquility, and Challenger exploded 73 seconds after lift-off. And again tonight my heart was racing as Curiosity descended, with full telemetry the entire time, and landed safely on Mars.

IMHO, this overshadows the Olympics.

'Tis a fine time to be a geek.

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[Wooluf1952]

I saw the Eagle land, I was at work when the Challenger exploded an forgot about Curiosity.

 

[kardain]

It's not shopped, promise

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Simply an amazing feat. Hopefully much is gained by this venture.

 

[harmless]

Quick!!! Someone call Fox Mulder!!!

I thought this ^^ is what they saw first?

 

[kardain]

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/b...ter-catches-pic-of-curiosity-on-its-way-down/

 

[rcam81]

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surprise... surprise...

 

[The_Roadie]

Un-fricking-believable! I knew they were going to *try*, but the MRO team pulled off what might be the picture of the year:

Mars orbiter catches pic of Curiosity on its way down! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine


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[kardain]

Stop motion video of the last 2.5 minutes

http://engadget.com/2012/08/06/nasa-curiosity-first-image-mount-sharp-descent-video/

And if that site is blocked for you at work, [video=youtube;UcGMDXy-Y1I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcGMDXy-Y1I&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/video]