16:56 or so: Yep. That was a tense seven minutes. But it is over and they are getting signals. I watched the live feed from the JPL control room. Wow. Who knew this could be so exciting from so far away?! Anybody else watch it?
-cvj
P.S. Yes, with my choice of title, I’m clearly practicing for the commentary on the Olympic gymnastics…
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- March Fourth - 2008
- Wet and Dry - 2008
Mars, Bitches!
Er…
Yeah!
(punches air in the fashion of control room folks…)
-cvj
Watch this until the end.
There’s a link stuck in your spam-filter, but it’s a reference to Chapelle’s Show.
Yes!
This is great news - still a bit more good luck is needed for the solar panels to unfold, the cameras etc.
Aaron - found it and recovered it.. and yes - I get the “Mars, Bitches” reference now. Forgotten about that… Thanks!
-cvj