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LongTomH

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Mon Aug 5, 2013, 02:53 PM Aug 2013

Curiosity Rover: One Year on Mars



Once again, congratulations to the JPL team that built Curiosity and guided it to a successful landing on Mars.

How many people were sitting up all night watching NASA TV for the landing? I had both NASA TV and Phil Plait's Google+ meetup page open, and a bottle of sparkling wine in the fridge ready to toast Curiosity's safe landing.
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Curiosity Rover: One Year on Mars (Original Post) LongTomH Aug 2013 OP
I still have two and a half hours from the night of the landing saved. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #1
On my very limited bandwidth, 4 minutes very well spent. longship Aug 2013 #2
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