Author Topic: LIVE: MSL Curiosity Rover ENTRY, DESCENT, LANDING - Aug 5-6, 2012  (Read 275418 times)

Offline Ford Mustang

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Congratulations to all.  Had to jump on while I'm on lunch at work.

An amazing achievement, and everyone at JPL is just going wild.  Much deserved.

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This is incredible, congratulations JPL/NASA and contractors.

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I wish we could start a NEW countdown, today:

"Mr President; T-minus 12 years and counting for the first Human Landing..."

Go on - I Dare you...  :)
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Offline HKS

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Congrats everyone!

Very impressive landing!

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Awesome :)
Such a complex maneuver, almost can't believe it went smoothly.

Congrats to NASA!

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Was tense!

Offline aquanaut99

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Fantastic, and congrats to all involved. Was biting my nails there.

Now, let's just hope the rover works as well as its predecessors.

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And she sticks the landing!!!!

Thanks for the coverage!

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Congrats! :)

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That's simply amazing! I just hope I'll see human beings landed there just as perfect as this one did one day...

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I cannot believe they did that.    Very intense.

Congratulations to NASA / JPL.   They are the best at this.

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Congratulations, that was an awesome EDL.  Looking forward to seeing what she discovers.

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Superb!

Amazingly everything worked!


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Wow! And now I'm supposed to get to sleep? ;)

They have the current location, too. "If anyone is on... you should watch this fly-through." meanwhile, everyone is hugging and kissing everyone.
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2012 may be the best year for spaceflight in decades.

Offline wintermuted

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Wow! amazing!  The folks at JPL did an awesome job.  I have to admit originally being a little  skeptical of the landing scheme, but it appears to have worked perfectly, showing what good work was put into it.  Congrats!!!

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Amazing.

Greatest achievement in planetary science so far.

Amazing.

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Amazing stuff, congrats to NASA/JPL, and thanks to Chris/NSF for great coverage as ever.

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That was so Awesome. Congrats!!

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Blown away.  Awsome. Fan_bloody_tastic.  Congrats all involved. :)
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