Curiosity is on Mars!

[mabe54 17]

Amazing!

 

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19144464

 

Cheers,

[japascoe 98]

Yeah I just saw the live coverage from NASA, awesome moment.

[Clem Wu 28]

Congratulations and well done! Exciting moment.

[Matthew Kane 1,343]

I am looking forward to the discoveries that come out of this.

[Rocky_53 1,566]

Absolutely fantastic! i have just seen the news a few moments ago. I have to say, after watching a Horizon special on BBC HD last night about the whole project, I was very sceptical about the landing procedure. it seemed fanciful at best, but hey, a really great outcome. I got quite emotional when I saw the news footage of NASA control when Curiosity touched down. I will be watching Horizon on BBC tonight as the story continues to unfold. Congratulations to all the guys who made this incredible adventure (so far) succeed.

[JRMurray 214]

I was sorry to have missed the landing. I would have watched it, but I was playing hockey (ice hockey, that is). Congratulations to NASA on a job very well done!

[oldbear 33]

Yes, it's brilliant news. I can't begin to conceive of the effort involved.

 

Almost as big an achievement as a bloke running 100m in 9.63 seconds..... B)

[Kaly 22]

A great triumph for NASA!!

[Jacoba 55]

Watched it live on NASA TV and man was it ever intense!

[CoolP 283]

A whole planet without runways. Where is this going to end? :o

[tofupete 0]

A whole planet without runways. Where is this going to end? :o

 

a hella lotta off site landings and neck-breaking bushflying.

 

TBA: Blorbx MARS red - bushflyers paradise!

 

ontopic curve: watched it live on several ustream videos. great times!

[japascoe 98]

a hella lotta off site landings and neck-breaking bushflying.

 

TBA: Blorbx MARS red - bushflyers paradise!

 

ontopic curve: watched it live on several ustream videos. great times!

 

Of course the whole having to land at supersonic speeds thing adds to the challenge. Previous versions of X-Plane allowed you to fly on Mars, not sure if the current version still does.

[tofupete 0]

for those who have google earth installed. you can switch to MARS and then start the basic built-in flight sim.

Of course the whole having to land at supersonic speeds thing adds to the challenge. Previous versions of X-Plane allowed you to fly on Mars, not sure if the current version still does.

 

supersonic bushflying!

 

for a bit of fun if you have google earth installed: you can select MARS and then start the basic built-in flight simulator. :)

[Chuck_Jodry-VJPL 663]

Awesome ! , that was one tricky bit of flying to have been done by a computer, the safe landing at.6 mps an outstanding result , i am happy for science and for NASA , they added another very proud moment to a great many before.

[CoolP 283]

for a bit of fun if you have google earth installed: you can select MARS and then start the basic built-in flight simulator. :)

I almost forgot about that option. Thanks for the HU! Public science at its best!