Sorry Barry! I don't do pastels. I like my colors bright and true.
Posted on 08/05/2012 10:37:15 PM PDT by Trueblackman
Wheels down, Curiosity has made it to the surface of Mars.
Bravo!
Just got the first images- awesome piece of engineering. Looks like Skycrane is the way to go when humans land there.
Congratulations to the men and women at JPL!
Aerojet here in Sac built the rockets that carried curiosity to Mars and also the rockets that landed Curiosity on the surface. Congrats to Aerojet and everyone else who helped. This is spectacular!
I’m still watching the stream. Unbelievable planning. Incredible success.
Well done.
“It’s a wheel! It’s a wheel! We’ve got wheels on Mars.”
The NASA feed was fantastic. That was a fast 7 minutes. The powered descent and the skycrane maneuver seemed like they lasted only a few seconds. Fabulous.
Well, I hope it moves!
Fantastic
Must have been nerve-wracking for those guys to know that by the time they got the telemetry from entry the thing was already on the surface for five minutes.
>> Good work to the JPL.
Seriously? JPL didn’t build that.
Good work. to JPL, and all the contractors that made the pieces of Curiosity.
USA! USA! USA!
-THEY- BUILT IT, MR. PRESIDENT!
-THEY- DESIGNED IT, MR. PRESIDENT!
-THEY- PROVED THAT IT WORKED, MR. PRESIDENT!
Way to go JPL!!! Awesome job!!!
Sorry Barry! I don't do pastels. I like my colors bright and true.
Have they found any Muslims there yet?
There are roads and bridges on the way to Mars?
I turned on Coast to Coast AM briefly to hear what was being said.
Understandably, there was an air of celebration for the successful landing itself, but there was also giddy speculation that an announcement of confirmed life on Mars was to be Obomba’s October surprise, and that would “put him over the top” for the election.
What a way to ruin a great event. Radio off.
With government funding provided from US taxpayers. No doubt some how the ONE will take credit for this success, even though he was not there and had nothing to do with it.
Has it started beaming back Obama campaign commercials yet?
I fell asleep on C2C and missed that nugget.
How did he think that an announcement of confirmed life on Mars would help Hussein the election?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.