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Old August 6th 12, 02:51 PM posted to sci.physics,sci.astro.amateur
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Default Curiosity has landed and is alive!

On Aug 6, 8:40*am, Sam Wormley wrote:
On 8/6/12 12:34 AM, Sam Wormley wrote:

Curiosity has landed and is alive!
NASA'S CURIOSITY ROVER LANDS ON MARS
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In an unparalleled technological triumph, a one-ton nuclear-powered rover the size of a small car was lowered to the surface of Mars on the end of a 25-foot-long bridle suspended from the belly of a rocket-powered flying crane late Sunday to kick off an unprecedented $2.5 billion mission.


http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/msl/120806landing/


MISSION STATUS CENTER
http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/msl/status.html


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-Sam Wormley


I'm amazed that this landing even worked! It was so complex and
delicate, and Mars tends to eat things like this... Stunning...
 




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