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Spirit Rover Lands Successfully

Posted by michael on from the airbags-save-lives dept.

So, as I write this, the latest word is: the Spirit rover has landed and NASA has received a signal indicating it landed right-side up (so it shouldn't have any problems in the unfolding process) and will shortly be retracting the protective airbags which kept it from splattering all over the countryside. Y'all can fill in later news in the comments below. There's a nice site with up-to-the-minute text updates.

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  1. Martians With-holding Comment by Alt_Cognito · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Apparently they are going to ambush on the third day.

  2. Timeline by CaptBubba · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Here's a good timeline of the landing

    Watching on NASATV was a bit trying on the nerves. It went from "Holy shit, we have signal!" to "Oh shit, we don't have signal... try to remain calm" for ten mins, followed by "Woooooo! We found it again!"

  3. Awesome! by dsb · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Congrats to the team!

  4. Re:Take that Beagle 2! by Anenga · · Score: 0, Redundant
    That being said, the anti-US "u r teh fat and stupids" rhetoric does get annoying sometimes, but those posters are in the minority.
    Your new here, aren't you?
  5. first post! by Cave+Dweller · · Score: 0, Redundant

    pist frost