Celebrating Curiosity
Engineers at Nasa's mission control cheer the moment the Curiosity rover completes its ambitious attempt to land on Mars without a hitch.
While the World is distracted by sports and in the US we can't decide what to do about guns despite the increased frequency of terrifying mass murders, I hope today we all take a moment to acknowledge that NASA engineers and crews have landed what is basically a 2 ton humvee on the surface of Mars, exploiting the laws of Physics with extraordinary precision. Let us take a moment today to celebrate education, creativity, the joy of science, engineering, a sense of wonderment, design, strong work ethics, the desire to learn, the passion for discovery. Let us take a moment to celebrate the things that ignite passions within us making us want to explore. In other words, let us take a moment today to celebrate Curiosity.
This is a screen capture of the 5 minutes before, and 5 minutes after, the NASA MSL Curiosity rover landed on Mars. The entire mission control room bursts into cheers around time 5:30 upon confirmation of landing and the first images arrive around time 7:30.