{"id":29073,"date":"2012-08-05T23:43:38","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T05:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/05\/congratulations-and-welcome-to-mars.html"},"modified":"2012-08-14T09:32:06","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T15:32:06","slug":"congratulations-and-welcome-to-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/05\/congratulations-and-welcome-to-mars.html","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations, and welcome to Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have to confess, I thought the Curiosity landing rig was too clever by half, just the sort of &quot;Wow, that looks pretty cool&quot; thing that&#39;s prone to failing catastrophically.<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;m glad to be proven wrong. \u00a0Well done, NASA \/ JPL \/ Curiosity team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/108346613132319048764'>Thilina Heenatigala<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Keep calm &amp; stay curious&#8230; \u00a0<a class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23Mars\">#Mars<\/a> <a class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23Curiosity\">#Curiosity<\/a> <a class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23MarsHangout\">#MarsHangout<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where to watch the NASA&#39;s Curiosity Mars Rover Landing:<\/p>\n<p>NASA TV: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/nasatv\/index.html\" >http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/nasatv\/index.html<\/a><br \/>JPL&#39;s Ustream: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/nasajpl\" >http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/nasajpl<\/a><br \/>European Space Agency&#39;s livestream: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livestream.com\/eurospaceagency\/\" >http:\/\/www.livestream.com\/eurospaceagency\/<\/a><br \/>SpaceVidCast feed: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/vORFYNMi\" >http:\/\/t.co\/vORFYNMi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>JPL&#39;s alternate Ustream: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/nasajpl2\" >http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/nasajpl2<\/a> (mission audio only, no commentary)<\/p>\n<p>Virtual Landing Party for the Curiosity Rover by Universe Today and CosmoQuest: <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/cKUes\" >http:\/\/ow.ly\/cKUes<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><a href='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-QmZkhN5cT_M\/UB88XRlRitI\/AAAAAAAAD_4\/KLiLQ1lgegA\/391195_10151995191510285_138819534_n.jpg'><img src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-QmZkhN5cT_M\/UB88XRlRitI\/AAAAAAAAD_4\/KLiLQ1lgegA\/391195_10151995191510285_138819534_n.jpg' style='max-width:97.5%;clear:both;' border='0' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/YzVfpeASooQ' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have to confess, I thought the Curiosity landing rig was too clever by half, just the sort of &quot;Wow, that looks pretty cool&quot; thing that&#39;s prone to failing catastrophically. I&#39;m glad to be proven wrong. \u00a0Well done, NASA \/ JPL \/ Curiosity team. Reshared post from +Thilina Heenatigala Keep calm &amp; stay curious&#8230; \u00a0#Mars &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/05\/congratulations-and-welcome-to-mars.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Congratulations, and welcome to Mars&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[224,223,225],"class_list":["post-29073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","tag-curiosity","tag-mars","tag-marshangout"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29029,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/07\/and-already-were-littering-up-the-place.html","url_meta":{"origin":29073,"position":0},"title":"And already we&#39;re littering up the place","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 7-Aug-12 1:28pm","format":false,"excerpt":"No, actually, this is pretty cool -- the various leftover bits and bobs of _Curiosity_'s landing system can be seen from orbit.Reshared post from +NASAThe four main pieces of hardware that arrived on Mars with NASA's Curiosity rover were spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). The High-Resolution Imaging Science\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24038,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/25\/mission-to-mars.html","url_meta":{"origin":29073,"position":1},"title":"Mission to Mars!","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 25-Nov-11 12:14pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Cool animation of the Mars Curiosity mission. The landing process is clever -- but it sure seems to have a lot of moving parts, which worries me. #ddtbReshared post from +Keith BarrettHere's the NASA animation we're seeing about the new crane landing method that will be used for this Mars\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29043,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/07\/rovers-reviewed.html","url_meta":{"origin":29073,"position":2},"title":"Rovers reviewed","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 7-Aug-12 6:24am","format":false,"excerpt":"Comparing the sizes of the different rovers. \u00a0On the left is Spirit\/Opportunity, in the middle Sojourner, and on the right Curiosity.Reshared post from +Karyn TraphagenWonder how the Mars rovers compare in size? This picture will help!\u00a0This photo also clearly shows the tire tread in Curiosity. See those holes? They not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28817,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/07\/curiosity-notes-from-2012-08-06.html","url_meta":{"origin":29073,"position":3},"title":"&#8220;Curiosity&#8221; notes from 2012-08-06","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 7-Aug-12 6:16am","format":false,"excerpt":"Nothing earthshaking, or even Mars-shaking, but a few notes from yesterday. Your excuse for anything today\u00a0- Er, yesterday. Probes probing probes\u00a0- An actual picture of the\u00a0Curiosity\u00a0landing. And on the news tonight ... Mars\u00a0- Not quite where I'd plan a vacation, but I'll enjoy watching the pictures someone sends back.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Space&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Space","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/science\/space"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/curiosity.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/curiosity.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/curiosity.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":135496,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/03\/first-song-mars.html","url_meta":{"origin":29073,"position":4},"title":"The First Song on Mars","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 3-Dec-17 11:16pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy Birthday, Curiosity! Watch the video to learn about the first musical tune played on Mars. That we know of, at least. 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