NASA, seven minutes of terror in two days....

[USALiberal]

[lapucelle]

1. My name is on a microchip on the rover.

You can participate in the "Send My Name to Mars" program here.

https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/future

[USALiberal]

5. Nice!! Nt

[SeattleVet]

9. Had my name on three of the spacecraft, so far!

Have the 'boarding passes' saved as .pdf.

My little version of immortality, I guess!

[lapucelle]

10. That's so cool.

I love the thought of looking up at Mars and knowing my name will be there.

You must have so many NASA frequent flyer miles!

[Tanuki]

19. And that also entitles you to a free special edition Krispy Kreme Mars donut

(only on landing day, the 18th), as pointed out by DUer Whistler 162:

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=1471311

🍩🌠

[lapucelle]

20. That looks great! Thanks for the link. N/T

[cbdo2007]

2. Really excited about this! Wonder if we will get some video this time...

of the rover driving around and stuff. I love the still pictures but could you image the first almost-live video from the surface of Mars? Amazing.

[theneworiginal]

22. Assuming some level of success, you can watch it streaming live here...

https://www.space.com/17933-nasa-television-webcasts-live-space-tv.html

Kind of a big deal.

[rusty fender]

3. What terror ???

[lapucelle]

4. That something will malfunction/go wrong in this very last stage. N/T

[rusty fender]

14. Thanks!

[USALiberal]

6. It's a term NASA uses on how hard landing is! Nt

[lapucelle]

7. I can't even fathom how smart those engineers must be.

That virtualization was a beautiful thing to watch.

Listen to the Martian wind:

[llmart]

11. My son's an engineer for NASA.

He's not working on the Mars program and he's at Kennedy Space Center, but I can attest to the fact that NASA engineers are downright brilliant!!! (I'm a bit prejudiced.)

[lapucelle]

13. You must be immensely proud.

And deservedly so.

[llmart]

18. I am immensely proud and I tell him all the time.

I knew from the time he was about four that he was extremely gifted. But you know what I'm most proud of? The fact that he is a kind, caring, peace loving Democrat just like his mother. He is also very well-rounded in more areas than just science and math. I worried when he was growing up about him remaining a "real" person and not one of those brilliant people who is unable to fit into most of society because of it.

Thank you for the compliment!

[lapucelle]

29. He must be so glad the Trump era is over.

Kudos to you for raising a nice, decent human being (who also happens to be a genius ) ... that's the most important job in life.

[llmart]

30. Oh, he is.

He actually thinks Bridenstine was one of the decent trump appointees.

[rusty fender]

15. Thanks!

[Celerity]

8. newer video

[lapucelle]

12. That's a great video. N/T

[USALiberal]

17. Thanks for posting!! Nt

[csziggy]

21. For those who have not been keeping up with NASA rovers

[electric_blue68]

23. Excited with Fingers Crossed 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

Video now or next mission would be soooo cool!

[USALiberal]

24. Looking forward to it!

[electric_blue68]

27. I just got the time 3:30 east coast (not a Lark 😄 )

[Baclava]

25. Very tricky sky crane landing, the rover is the size of a small SUV

[A HERETIC I AM]

26. "Spirit had scrawled the message 'FUCK MARS'

One of the funniest Onion articles ever!
https://www.theonion.com/mars-rover-beginning-to-hate-mars-1819568751

BTW, That looks pretty cool.

[electric_blue68]

28. Bwaaalahahahaaaaa!! Aw, poor Spirit!

Next time must build in more tolerance for repetition, and boredom!