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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Perseverance is alive on the surface of Mars." -- announcement from NASA, 18/02/2021
Huge congratulations to everyone on the project team, well done!
Cant help hoping for a similar headline about Capitol Hill.
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"Perseverance is alive on the surface of Mars." -- announcement from NASA, 18/02/2021 (Original Post)
madamesilverspurs
Feb 2021
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NRaleighLiberal
(61,698 posts)1. I just watched the last two hours at the live feed
just incredibly exciting (and moving!) when it successfully landed.
Science. scientists.
EndlessWire
(8,103 posts)2. Congratulation to NASA engineers
on the successful landing on Mars!
Laelth
(32,017 posts)3. The live feed was cool. Those are some really happy science geeks!
Congratulations NASA and JPL. Well done!
-Laelth
llmart
(17,460 posts)4. I hope President Biden makes a public statement about the success of this project.
We have seen the worst of Americans just recently and especially the "former guy", but we need to see that there are some amazing Americans who get up every day and go to work to accomplish feats such as this. These are some incredible people with incredible minds and this is the best of America.
