(via we-are-star-stuff)
MSL Curiosity is starting to look around and will calibrate her camera using the pixelated sticker mounted on her frame (in photo #3)
She may have seen her own shadow, but as Mars is near the end of summer at the moment, so it won’t be having six more weeks of winter. #joke
I love getting up in the morning and checking the Mars Science Laboratory’s website for new raw images.
I got really excited when I saw that bottom picture in the set, I can’t wait to see pictures taken with the MastCam!
Mars Rover - Challenges of Landing
Team members at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory share the challenges of the Curiosity Mars rover’s final minutes to landing on the surface of Mars.
Holy shit… I had no idea it was so crazy difficult just to land that rover… . wow.
These sorts of things should make you really ask the question, “Who is it that is polluting the 3% of our most valuable resource, commoditizing it and restricting its natural flow to all life on this planet?” Find the culprits—abolish them.