Uh . . the news anchor was a little bit off - Curiosity actually traveled more than 350 million miles to land on Mars early this morning. Here's the story of the landing and what happens next:
No wonder the folks in the control room at NASA were so excited. The task of landing the Rover was extremely complex and if any one operation in a long chain of actions had gone wrong it would not have succeeded. It's way beyond my comprehension to understand those complexities but it is pretty cool.
This is my recent post on the mission which includes a video explaining the technical challenges.
Wow, plain and simple! Anxious for the upcoming pics! dm (Mars Geek)
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