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TOUCHDOWN!!! backscatter712 Aug 2012 #1
Happy dance! pokerfan Aug 2012 #50
Six points to Team Earth! sakabatou Aug 2012 #58
Robot Power! Baclava Aug 2012 #82
That really puts the landers/rovers into persepective sakabatou Aug 2012 #83
Woo Hoo!! Control-Z Aug 2012 #2
What a bunch of happy excited people there. VERY cool uppityperson Aug 2012 #3
incredible! Former NASA guy is very proud! -n/t lapfog_1 Aug 2012 #4
that was exciting! Kaleva Aug 2012 #5
Yahoo! Those people know what they are doing! Kablooie Aug 2012 #6
AMAZING! morningfog Aug 2012 #7
Tears in my eyes! frogmarch Aug 2012 #8
Wow and a picture already! Kablooie Aug 2012 #9
Higher resolution image now! Hissyspit Aug 2012 #13
pic pokerfan Aug 2012 #22
Cool! Better pic then what I could see on the NASA site. Kaleva Aug 2012 #25
Stealing that for my LBN thread. Hissyspit Aug 2012 #33
First images already in! morningfog Aug 2012 #10
THAT... Was Fucking Amazing !!! WillyT Aug 2012 #11
Hey!!! Ain't that one of them big govmint programs BlueStreak Aug 2012 #12
Yea! Guvmit never accomplished anything. Kablooie Aug 2012 #14
You are both spelling it wrong. It's Gub 'Mint. AllyCat Aug 2012 #37
Blimey, Guvna. Ya moi be roit! Kablooie Aug 2012 #42
The speaker on the NASA channel just said this mission only cost lob1 Aug 2012 #55
Was that guy crying? Control-Z Aug 2012 #15
Very cool! johnnie Aug 2012 #16
I was hooked at three or so nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #26
My dad worked for NASA back then, too ... actually, 40+ years ago now. Blue_In_AK Aug 2012 #40
Way to go...NASA and JPL.... CherokeeDem Aug 2012 #17
That was awesome. Richard D Aug 2012 #18
I just admire their brains....... a kennedy Aug 2012 #19
Those are some happy people. Kablooie Aug 2012 #20
USA! USA! USA! girl gone mad Aug 2012 #21
CORRECT!!!!!!!!! Skittles Aug 2012 #44
+1 Poll_Blind Aug 2012 #45
+1! uponit7771 Aug 2012 #49
Twitter is going nuts over the mohawk guy. And congrats NASA/JPL! Fire Walk With Me Aug 2012 #23
I like the old hippie guy, too. Hissyspit Aug 2012 #32
George Takei already has an image of them saying...well, here's a link: Fire Walk With Me Aug 2012 #43
I saw that! Hissyspit Aug 2012 #48
:) Fire Walk With Me Aug 2012 #53
That was exciting! n/t LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #24
Nerds rule! uppityperson Aug 2012 #27
I wonder where they will go out to to celebrate? Kablooie Aug 2012 #28
Old Town Pasadena? GReedDiamond Aug 2012 #47
love that place uponit7771 Aug 2012 #51
Actually I just got back. Kablooie Aug 2012 #57
K and R...and off to bed! NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #29
Totally awesome! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2012 #30
They've tweeted their first pic struggle4progress Aug 2012 #31
here's a better one: struggle4progress Aug 2012 #41
first two pics together pokerfan Aug 2012 #52
+ struggle4progress Aug 2012 #71
Little Bugger has a Twitter account...... Historic NY Aug 2012 #66
Now this makes me proud to be an American al bupp Aug 2012 #34
WOO-HOO!! johnd83 Aug 2012 #35
It is not fascinating to think that Mars is a planet so close to us could be terraformed part man all 86 Aug 2012 #36
What wonderful news! Blue_In_AK Aug 2012 #38
I wish Carl was alive as well... CherokeeDem Aug 2012 #79
A blog with times from the Pasadena Sun Kablooie Aug 2012 #39
Am I the only one to break out the peanuts? Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #46
Thrilling, really Iwillnevergiveup Aug 2012 #54
That was an amazing thing to witness. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #56
AWESOME!!!! Now if only some of that money could have gone to helping improve reeds2012 Aug 2012 #59
Because the MSL's budget was so colossal, right? Oy. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #61
Welcome to DU! Fumesucker Aug 2012 #64
Agreed. Science and exploration should take a back seat until all our problems are solved at home 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #68
Oh would you just go rain on somebody else's parade, ferkrisakes? Codeine Aug 2012 #75
Realize, with these numbers, that you are barking up the wrong tree ... Akoto Aug 2012 #76
Applause! malthaussen Aug 2012 #60
@MarsCuriosity pokerfan Aug 2012 #62
Great News! trusty elf Aug 2012 #63
Nice to see we're still in business since May 5, 1961. Congrats, NASA! leveymg Aug 2012 #65
Not the self-sustaining colony we were promised by now but a great success nontheless 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #67
fyi - the tread pattern on the wheels spell out, “JPL” in Morse code, which will be left as tracks Baclava Aug 2012 #69
What a thrilling day! myrna minx Aug 2012 #70
Most excellent! CrispyQ Aug 2012 #72
This is good and all Missycim Aug 2012 #73
Way cool! hifiguy Aug 2012 #74
Wonderful comment from astronomer Phil Plait: LongTomH Aug 2012 #77
Yay! drm604 Aug 2012 #78
. . . and it still hasn't found Romney's tax returns. tclambert Aug 2012 #80
Hope I live long enough to see human beings walk on Mars Politicub Aug 2012 #81
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