LIVE: NASA's Phoneix Mars Lander Landing

[quantass]

I know, i know, this has nothing to do with the Primaries but i thought i'd give a heads-up to those into science and space exploration ... the 10-month journey for the NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has finally arrived at Mars and will be making its attempted landing @ 7:53pm EST today. NASA is currently giving a good overview of the mission while we wait ... some really cool animations.

You can watch it live: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

Ok, Let the flame begin.

GOBAMA!

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[krispos42]

1. Sweet

Hopefully NASA's got their English-to-metric conversions on tap this time.

How many grams in a furlong again?

:-)

[intaglio]

2. Damn-it it's her new Firewall

No nomination until after Mars votes!

[sniffa]

7. But how many delegates does Mars have?

And can they even vote in the GE? Obama should just concede Mars to Hillary as it's populated with racist, gas-miners.

[gblady]

3. thanks

for the link.....it's fun to watch this amazing accomplishment....

[krispos42]

4. Looking good so far

11 minutes left


The NASA guys look happy.

[Johnny__Motown]

5. Kicking.. because here comes the good part (I have NASA TV, not watching the stream)

[sniffa]

6. If it's the Red Planet, how come Martians are typically green?

Think about it.

[Johnny__Motown]

8. Because Santa brings them here.. it's a Christmas thing

[bridgit]

9. I have no idea what you're talking about

[Johnny__Motown]

10. TOUCH DOWN

[Beaverhausen]

11. Things like this remind me why I'm proud of my country

:patriot:

[rainbow4321]

12. So do we get to see pics at the NASA link at some point?

Cuz right now it's the NASA engineers..I'm happy for them but I also want to see pics!

[tridim]

15. In about an hour and a half.

They have to let the dust settle and then open the solar array.

[bridgit]

13. Very cool!!

[greguganus]

14. Clinton just moved the goalposts to Mars. n/t

[geiger]

16. historical note

1961 - In a speech delivered this day (may 25), President John F. Kennedy challenged the American people to place a man on the Moon by the end of the decade