[TXnMA]

One of the JPL guys has his 7-9 year-old daughter there to witness the historic moment. BRAVO ZULU!!!!!

I remember watching on Christmas eve when Apollo 8 emerged from the backside of the moon, and the crew read from Genesis 1.

This is truly another unforgettable moment!!

[JRandomFreeper]

LOL! I just figured out what the stuff was with the 5 decimal places on the numbers for each step....

They were running a pool on some of the variables.

Humans are so human.

/johnny

[21twelve]

I was at least able to pull someone in my family from the boob-tube to watch it - my 14 year-old daughter. Pretty cool to have her see scientists and explorers see the fruits of their HUGE efforts.

Ha - it sounds like they WERE betting on some of the landing parameters. (landing velocity of 0.14 g - congrats Alex)

[chessplayer]

I’m going out tomorrow night with my telescope and look at Mars knowing my name is on the planet!!!

“Send Your Name To Mars On Board NASA Mars Science Laboratory Rover”

http://www.mydigitallife.info/send-your-name-to-mars-on-board-nasa-mars-science-laboratory-rover-msl/