Curiosity's tweets were hysterical

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4h @MarsCuriosity
2 hours to Mars, 16,300 miles away and closing fast. Velocity = 8,900 mph.

3h @MarsCuriosity
I'm inside the orbit of Deimos and completely on my own. Wish me luck!

2h @MarsCuriosity
I'm glad it's you on the line, @CanberraDSN. Thanks for being my ears on the Earth tonight

2h @MarsCuriosity
EDL main poll at @NASAJPL mission control. Nominal is my favorite word

2h @MarsCuriosity
Pass the Peanuts! Everyone's eating peanuts, right? They're an @NASAJPL good-luck tradition since Ranger 7 in 19642h

@MarsCuriosity
Way to go, Odyssey! The Mars orbiter is in position to relay my communications during landing in real-time back to Earth

2h @MarsCuriosity
Cruise stage separation complete. So long & thanks for all the navigation. 17 minutes to Mars!

2h @MarsCuriosity
I feel lighter & faster already. Cruise balance masses ejected and Mars is pulling me in

2h @MarsCuriosity
Entering Mars' atmosphere. 7. Minutes. Of. Terror. Starts. NOW.

2h @MarsCuriosity
Guided entry is begun. Here I go!

2h @MarsCuriosity
Parachute deployed! Velocity 900 mph. Altitude 7 miles. 4 minutes to Mars!

2h @MarsCuriosity
Heatshield separation. Next up: Radar must lock on ground

2h @MarsCuriosity
Backshell separation. It's just you & me now, descent stage. Engage all retrorockets!

2h @MarsCuriosity
I'm safely on the surface of Mars. GALE CRATER I AM IN YOU!!!

2h @MarsCuriosity
You asked for pics from my trip. Here you go! My 1st look (of many to come) of my new home... MARS!


2h @MarsCuriosity
No photo or it didn't happen? Well lookee here, I'm casting a shadow on the ground in Mars' Gale crater


1h @MarsCuriosity
It once was one small step... now it's six big wheels. Here's a look at one of them on the soil of Mars


1h @MarsCuriosity
Meanwhile, back on Earth, my post-landing news conference is starting @NASAJPL.

1h @MarsCuriosity
To the entire team & fans back on Earth, thank you, thank you. Now the adventure begins. Let's dare mighty things together!

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[sakabatou]

1. XD

[Zalatix]

2. In the future these probes really will tweet on their own.

Complete with humorous photoshop jobs a la George Takei.

[rfranklin]

3. I used to watch Gale Crater in that 60's sitcom on TV...

She was hot!

[TheMightyFavog]

4. I am in you?

Obviously the guy who writes the tweets for the rover follows Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation's Weseley Crusher) on Facebook and Twitter.

[xmas74]

9. I would say that's a safe bet.

I'd bet any number of people interested in space would follow his tweets, because of the pop culture references.

Geeks are up on their pop culture references, moreso than most. I say that as a proud geek raising a bit of a geek. (We're entering her teen years-hardest years for most geeks.) And we're finally coming into our own, with a society that has started to appreciate us.

[randome]

5. Curiosity's final tweet.

"Whoops!"

http://www.google.com/imgres?num=10&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=923&tbm=isch&tbnid=QHqtAlH4hNk5WM:&imgrefurl=http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-images-exploding-planet-earth-image12786479&docid=rPn5DUFVuvGvUM&imgurl=&w=400&h=286&ei=CNYfUJbHDemO0QHdhoDADQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=414&vpy=383&dur=665&hovh=190&hovw=266&tx=108&ty=104&sig=111681497343413731752&page=1&tbnh=160&tbnw=217&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:0,i:154

[flamingdem]

8. tut tut

[Kablooie]

6. Gale crater is all well and good but...

It doesn't make up for Jessie shooting Gale in the face.



-- Sorry. My mind is kind of spacy.

[pokerfan]

7. Gale had it coming

[Care Acutely]

10. loved it nt

[opiate69]

11. Loved the Douglas Adams nod

Good stuff, all around