[Islander7]

Over the next two years, Curiosity will drive over to a mountain rising from the crater floor, poke into rocks and scoop up rust-tinted soil to see if the region ever had the right environment for microscopic organisms to thrive. It’s the latest chapter in the long-running quest to find out whether primitive life arose early in the planet’s history.

[deoetdoctrinae]

OK, I'll be the first. "We can put an SUV sized explorer on Mars, but we can't cure the common cold." ☺

This is quite the technological achievement, and hopefully we will get some great results.

[beenaround]

Any live video of the landing?

[mountaineer1997]

Congratulations NASA and the United States. This was one of the most uplifting events of the year!

NASA TV streaming HD real time video was superb.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Very cool.
The USA can still git er done.

[Berlin_Freeper]

'Curiosity' - Mission to Mars

[Berlin_Freeper]

NASA Scientists: Mars Landing 'Beautiful'

[central_va]

As a kid I watched a whole series of documentaries about Martian life produced by Warner Bros.

[stinkerpot65]

I’m all for space exploration, but focusing on a “search for life” in a desperate attempt to prop up evolution theories is ridiculous.

[Uncle Chip]

Great technological achievement — but not sure it’s worth $2.5 billion — no matter how many rocks it turns up.

[djf]

Does anyone have a timetable on when we can expect more pics, anything related to when/where it will start to move, any stuff like that?

And please don’t just post a link to the NASA website. I HATE that website, every page is overloaded with Javascript and has at least a thousand other references other than what you are trying to find.

NASA seriously needs to hire a decent webmaster!

[The Sons of Liberty]

This is a great achievement, but Hussein must be disappointed - where is the muslim outreach?

/sarc

[Buckeye McFrog]

Why does the first picture from every Mars landing look like it was shot with a Kodak Brownie Box Camera through a peephole on Verichrome Pan?

[NVDave]

Well, I suppose it’s nice to see that NASA finally figured out how to either use only one measurement system, or they’ve learned how to successfully convert between them.