Thanks. I searched and the topic didn't show up when I had opened the thread.
Congratulations to the Curiosity Team and NASA and everyone involved. Truely it felt special to witness the broadcast of Curiosity Landing.
Originally posted by plube
Was on nasa site about 30mins ago...looking at the photo gallery...now there was 48 photos....and now when i popped back in there is only 46....I don't know what two have been removed....looking.Nasaedit on 033131p://f16Monday by plube because: (no reason given)
A few hours ago, NASA's HiRISE team announced that it had acquired an image of Curiosity during its epic descent to the Martian surface. That image has originally scheduled to be released at NASA's morning press conference, scheduled for 9:00 am PT, but Spaceflight 101 and Discover magazine are reporting that the image of Curiosity has been leaked. Here is that image, which shows the rover descending toward the surface of the planet via its massive supersonic parachute:
Originally posted by jonnywhite
reply to post by TheCaucasianAmerican
I don't BELIEVE it's staged, but it feels that way sometimes. I have to believe what's in front of my eyes. So I have to believe NASA landed Curiosity on Mars and that they're honest. But I still have this feeling back inside my mind that everything is somehow artificial or unreal. Just bits and pieces of things I read now and then lead me to wonder. Nothing substantial or empirical. This is why it's just a feeling. This is why if asked in-person I'll have to say that NASA is our most reliable source of information. And I'll admit that if they say Curiosity landed then Curiosity landed.