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Old 06-08-2012, 02:39 PM
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Thumbs up NASA Curiosity live coverage now on

NASA live TV coverage of the Curiosity landing from the JPL control room -
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ma...ity_news3.html

45 minutes from entry.
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Old 06-08-2012, 03:30 PM
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Parachute deployed!

Vehicle slowed.

Ground RADAR detects ground.
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Old 06-08-2012, 03:30 PM
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Fabulous stuff for sure!!
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Touchdown!!!
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Awesome scenes on NASA TV!
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Watching it on ustream, it's pretty exciting stuff, it blows my mind that we can do this!
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Old 06-08-2012, 03:36 PM
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Images coming in!!
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FANTASTIC...an image!
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Old 06-08-2012, 03:37 PM
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Awsome stuff
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Hi res images now.
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They still manage to pull this stuff off with a pathetic budget!
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That was AWESOME!!

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Completely understand the jubilation, that's one incredible engineering feat there, glad I watched it live

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Inspirational stuff this. What a great achievement
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