NASA's Curiousity Mars Rover Mission

I am completely amazed by NASA's new Mars' rover mission.  I watched the real-time control-room internet feed here today as the nearly 10-year-old planning and building achieved fruition.

I could not imagine, even in my dreams, the risky concepts that NASA came up with to put this car-sized rover safely down on the surface of Mars.

Watch the video from the NASA web called "7 minutes of Terror", referring to the intricate touchdown process for the rover.  Truly amazing!


  *Go to http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html

  *Find the "Curiosity's 7 Minutes of Terror" video and watch it