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…
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