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Old 08-05-2012, 11:34 PM   #41
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This is so cool. I have chills.
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:34 PM   #42
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I had never heard of this before tonight, but that was pretty sweet to "watch".
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:34 PM   #43
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Awesome!
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:35 PM   #44
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We've got thumbnails!
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:36 PM   #46
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This feels like a movie... waiting for the tense moment when it is either blown up by an alien or an alien is seen running across the screen.
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Launch a device using a rocket at a moving target 225 million km's away, slow down from 14000 km per hour to .75 meters per second while executing a 5 stage landing process.

God damn awesome NASA.
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I feel like such a nerd for enjoying this.
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:38 PM   #49
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Doesn't get much cooler than live pictures from Mars...
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:38 PM   #50
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That was very neat to watch. Thanks for giving the heads-up!
Kind of weirds me out that a robot made by man just landed on Mars a few minutes ago after getting launched from Earth. Awesome!
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Images will show up here when available: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ma...ages_mars.html
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:38 PM   #52
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Bums...they missed their landing site by 2.2 meters
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:39 PM   #53
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Awesome. I saw them building the rover at JPL, and now it is on Mars!
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That was so amazing, I'm in awe. Neil deGrasse Tyson had a great tweet yesterday:

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The day we stop exploring is the day we commit ourselves to live in a stagnant world, devoid of curiosity, empty of dreams.
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/wipes tear

Amazing achievement. NASA made that look easy.
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:44 PM   #57
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Amazing and inspiring.

I loved watching all the NASA nerds in the control room yelling "the 256!!! the 256!!!"
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Awesome, sitting in the lobby of a hotel on vacation, had to stay up to watch this.
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