So while you are waiting for your veggie burgers to be done these guys are waiting to see if their Phoenix Lander will actually land on Mars! Check in to the Wired Science Blogs today they willl be covering the landing *cross fingers* live!
Barry Goldstein, NASA Project Manager on the Phoenix Mission
Mission System Manager Joe Guinn, photo by Dave Bullock
Go Lander Go! :)
UPDATE!
The Pheonix has Landed! :)
Pretty wild, I watched the live feed from NASA and saw the reactions along the way, I literally looked up knowing there was this human made machine burning through the Mars atmosphere and heard when the parachute deployed and then when it landed- right then.. here I am in NYC and way out there right at that second the Phoenix landed.. I loved it. I love when technology is good and connects us to these amazing things. Can't wait to see the pix.
One day this is going to be so old fashioned seeming. One day there will probably be a settlement on Mars and way way in the future a real home planet. For the moment I feel happy to have witnessed this step, this lander to me seems like a curious child with her shovel getting ready to dig and find out all kinds of things. They just said it's really the first step forward now, far in the future the Phoenix will be hanging in a Martian Air and Space museum and people will point and say, that was it the Phoenix! The one that made the biggest move forward. Landing with thrusters means heavier machinery can begin to land.. bigger and bigger things, one day a ship with people won't be science fiction .. hope we take care of both of our worlds. Earth and Mars.
Check in to to NASA's Live feed for all the updates!!!
Last Update, The PIX ARE IN!!! NASA is showing them and log on to your fave news source they will probably be showing them soon too. :) *Signing Off!*
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