One year ago today the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity made the most spectacular Entry, Descent, and Landing sequence of any spacecraft ever to set down on the Red Planet. The whole world watched and I was among those watching the real-time webcast from JPL. And even though I understood what was about to happen, I still couldn’t believe it was actually happening:
One year later, and I still can’t believe it actually worked, but I’m so happy it did!
I was with my sweetheart in our loungeroom watching the livestream. It was more than a little inspiring. Happy Birthday curiosity, hope you’re having fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIy6w_iubSs
That’s a great video, Liz! Jeri and I couldn’t watch it together because I was out of town but I was able to watch it with a friend of mine who is an astronomer as well and we had a blast. Great memories!