I wonder if we may actually find something there this time seen as there's a lot better equipment on board.
It would be great if there was a welcome party waiting for us,
Would that make us the aliens,

It also allows you to view the Solar System from (nearly) any point in space and time. You can also "visit" many other probes. Try looking back at the Solar System from Voyager 1!

Awesome find,

Screenshot from my end:



Not long now......shame I'm in the UK, landing time will be just after 5am so will be tucked up in bed!

Mars Lander aside, this is some pretty nifty technology Nasa have constructed for our exploring pleasure...it blows the socks off Google Sky, period!

You can put it in free mode, hike a ride and plot how long it would take to get from point A - to - Point B. compare any object to a Bus, I'm only just scratching the surface!

Cool link...
Thanks for posting this...
This is a very exciting mission...
I hope everything goes as planned...

Surface entry in 5 minutes!

I caught the landing about 20 minutes out and watched it live!

Thanks for posting the link!!!!

First image:

That was great fun to watch. I wasn't sure how much they were going to animate it but i was quite impressed

Its really cool that she made it down in one piece, hope the pics she sends back are a lot better than the black and white stills we have seen so far from the hazcam, i know there only 50% res but come on its 2012! I want Hi Res 1080p vid, lol, even if it does take 15 mins to get back here!

I have high hopes for this baby, i really thought the rocket delivery system was going to crash and burn! Well done all scientist, engineers and other peeps that accomplished this achievement. Now find me some alien architecture please!

And leave the red tint filters of the colour images this time, we all know Mars is blue and not red! LoL

I cannot get over the fact how cool this software is, similar to Google Earth this is something i could spend hours and hours with. Amazing.