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Snaggy

Sir Snaggalot!
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5 		Icon 14 posted August 05, 2012 14:05      Profile for Snaggy   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
as to Curiosity?
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/

Cool how-does-it-land page:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/interactives/edlcuriosity/index-2.html


I can't wait until tonight! Good luck geeks!

Today I watching NASA TV and Adam Steltzner, the lead EDL engineer says they are "rationally confident, emotionally terrified".

[Cool] [cry baby]
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The Famous Druid

Gold Hearted SuperFan!
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*big sigh of relief*

That really was 7 minutes of terror, there were a lot of very relieved looks on the faces of the geeks in the control room when they got the touchdown signal.

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If you watch 'The History Of NASA' backwards, it's about a space agency that has no manned spaceflight capability, then does low-orbit flights, then lands on the Moon.
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TheMoMan
BlabberMouth, a Blabber Odyssey
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look for this in the tire marks

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this repeats with each rotation

JPL

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If it don't glow it ain't Ham Radio
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Snaggy

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