First, check out the "7 minutes of terror" video, which is a dramatic explanation of Curiosity's plan, complete with 90s era animation: It's a quick watch.
Then, if you're still interested (and if you aren't, we can't be friends anymore), check out the recording of the JPL flight team as they nervously track Curiosity's arrival. You can watch as much as you want, but I'd recommend 20:00 - 35:00, which will let you listen in on the team from final approach through receipt of both pictures. Here you are.
Even if you don't care about space, you really should watch these videos. This is a pretty historic event that won't soon be forgotten, especially if we make any surprising discoveries.
"I mean, if everyone had a soul, there would be no contrast by which we could appreciate it. For giving us this perspective, we thank you." - Nate
So, NASA landed a robot on Mars using a sky crane
- 06/08/2012 07:16:45 AM
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I watched it live on NASAtv, but I'm pretty sure CNN was covering it too.
- 06/08/2012 11:56:54 AM
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I suppose it may have been different in the US
- 06/08/2012 12:24:45 PM
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I just came to post that.
- 06/08/2012 02:10:37 PM
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- 06/08/2012 02:10:37 PM
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I was in bed but I read about it yesterday and CNN was talking about it this morning
- 06/08/2012 02:19:32 PM
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I found out about it on cracked.com, of all places. *NM*
- 06/08/2012 02:50:14 PM
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Really?
- 06/08/2012 03:11:14 PM
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we've had two landers which both lived beyond their missions by years
- 07/08/2012 06:27:47 AM
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For those who missed the live coverage, here are the videos you want to watch.
- 06/08/2012 07:13:47 PM
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Cool, thanks for the videos. *NM*
- 06/08/2012 07:40:18 PM
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Happy to share. I was pretty excited watching that stuff last night.
*NM*
- 06/08/2012 08:56:21 PM
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*NM*
- 06/08/2012 08:56:21 PM
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