Successful Mars probe landing

[Wht95Lightning]

I think it's pretty cool that we've got a new probe @ a previously unexplored portion of the planet. I'd like to think that we'll put a man on Mars someday, maybe even while I'm still alive.

Some of the pictures that've already been sent back are amazing. :icon_eek:

http://afp.google.com/media/ALeqM5gtzOlRUZHR0vZgPvapMRi2BEwXOw?size=m

http://afp.google.com/media/ALeqM5iJ5C_ghjJYRd6Id4hjdKvOK3LZqA?size=m


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/derek45/funny/marvinomars.jpg

:icon_mrgreen:

[Mark #2]

I think it is pretty cool.

The Phoenix is the first spacecraft in 32 years to gently settle on Mars, using 12 descent engines reminiscent of techniques pioneered by the Viking probes in the 1970s. NASA says the craft is safely resting on its three pads, tilted by only one-quarter of a degree. "In my dreams it couldn't have gone as perfectly," said Barry Goldstein, Phoenix project manager.

[dboat]

I think it is pretty cool.

The Phoenix is the first spacecraft in 32 years to gently settle on Mars, using 12 descent engines reminiscent of techniques pioneered by the Viking probes in the 1970s. NASA says the craft is safely resting on its three pads, tilted by only one-quarter of a degree. "In my dreams it couldn't have gone as perfectly," said Barry Goldstein, Phoenix project manager.

I need to talk with my father on this.. :ron:he worked for McDonnell Douglas at NASA and was project engineer on the Viking project.

Dana

[Sandman]

:rll:

[dboat]

:rll:

:confused:

[Mark #2]

:confused:
To the original post pictures, I'm sure, I thought it was very funny too.:icon_mrgreen:

[dboat]

To the original post pictures, I'm sure, I thought it was very funny too.:icon_mrgreen:

oh yeah, the last picture.. :icon_mrgreen:

[Sandman]

Yup, it was Marvin I found funny. Sorry Dana.

[L-Fever]

Cool stuffage! :cool: