TOUCHDOWN !!!!!
 

Curiosity is on Mars and is alive and well.

:lifter :lifter :lifter :lifter

Link with landing and first pictures.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1772534025001/

Unfiltered by the Fourth Estate.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ma...ast/index.html

Another milestone reached. For those interested, National Geographic will air a show on Curiosity's initial journey from the drawing board to launch time - Thursday, 8/9, 10P.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...a-jpl-science/





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I wonder if Quaid managed to get the O2 generator started before Curiosity landed? :D

Richard :munchin

Vary cool. That was a room full of happy nerds for sure!:D
I was afraid it was going to be a yard dart. Good job. What a country!:D

I wonder if any of them are going to use Howard's pick up line on Big Bang- "

"Hey Baby, wanna drive a car on another planet?"

Looks as if he did.

Nyaaahyha !!!!!!!!

Amazing.

I hope I see a manned mission to Mars in my lifetime. I know there is talk of one in 2030's so we'll see.

If so it most likely won't be a U.S. only mission

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science...ver/56656270/1

Here's a shot of Curiosity under canopy, taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19150849

Very happy for the JPL nerds. There were 79 functions that had to perform flawlessly in order for Curiosity to land safely...and none of them had been pre-tested. If just one of them had failed it would have been crash & burn, and maybe not just for the spacecraft. There are quite a number of NASA people out of work in this state thanks to our CINC.

Very great news!

And the photos keep rolling in :D

They've found four Starbucks but no signs of intelligent life.