Comments on: Curiosity, NASA’s Most Advanced Rover Yet, Is About to Land on Mars

By: Cynthia LaVelle-Pahl

Cynthia LaVelle-Pahl — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:12:35 +0000

Can you direct me to news about the landing on Mars on Monday? Thanks! CLP

By: Rodney Porter

Rodney Porter — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:30:23 +0000

Well done lets keep it going. Australia with you all the way!

By: Ken Sweetman

Ken Sweetman — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:18:43 +0000

Congrats on a perfect landing!

By: pat jones

pat jones — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:51:27 +0000

I wish I were young enough to be one of the first humans on Mars…good luck with this mission and all the great info your going to get…I am excited and I hope the rest of the world is…Hey maybe one of my grandkids will get the bug and be on one of these missions..good luck all who worked to get it going on its journey

By: Preston Keusch, PhD

Preston Keusch, PhD — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 01:56:03 +0000

I became interested in aerospace when Sputnik was launched and I was in high school. Working with friends we built a rocket to answer the Russians. We had to answer to the fire department and our parents as our rocket rose to an elevation of about 5 feet and caused the woods to catch fire. I remained interested in aerospace. When in college I was a member of the American Rocket Society. After graduation, I worked for a small aerospace company developing materials for passive communications satellites for NASA. While we know what happened to passive communications satellites. Nonetheless I have always remained enthusiastic about our aerospace endeavors after developing over 20 products and some 50 years later I am just as excited about Curiosity as if I were just graduating from college.

By: Stephanie Daly

Stephanie Daly — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 01:14:06 +0000

Is there somewhere we can watch it live?

By: Emma Lou Martin

Emma Lou Martin — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:14:23 +0000

I still remember reading a science fiction book about landing on Mars and what was found there when I was in high school 60 years ago. Fiction then! It stirred great imaginative visions then, and now, I have created a series of collage/watermedia paintings celebrating the great achievements of the historical events of space explorations. How wonderful it has been to witness the fiction of my youth become reality!

By: Joe Gowdey

Joe Gowdey — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:59:03 +0000

As one of the many system and subsystem “managers” on Viking, back in ’76, I know what you are going through right now; been there, done that. We did develope a pretty good technique for getting the payload from orbit to the proximity of the surface; you’re still using it. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you – hope your sky-crane works as advertised!

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:57:45 +0000

Cool! I hope that everyone’s Sunday is going great and safe!

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:56:09 +0000

Cool!

By: David Myhr

David Myhr — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 18:35:21 +0000

I recall my participation in another landing (well crash) on the moon back in the 60′s. I worked at General Precision and JPL asked us to make a video scan converter that would display on NTSC TV the 1 frame per 6 seconds scan of the Ranger satellites used to survey potential moon landing sites for Apollo. I was the technician that wired the electronics to show the Ranger crashing into the moon on live television. I remember how excited I was to see the live coverage. I can well imagine the tension and excitement of Curiosity team right now.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 17:55:14 +0000

Can’t wait to see the footage of the landing tomorrow! It will be exciting read about the findings this rover will bring to the table. Great article!

By: Victoria Smith Downing

Victoria Smith Downing — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:58:45 +0000

GOOD LUCK and BEST WISHES to CURIOSITY, our friends at the Smithsonian, and the Great NASA/JPL Teams, including Kilby Laureate, Jennifer Trosper, on this momentous Mars landing and exploration!

Victoria Smith Downing, Chairman, ScholarCHIPS Broadcasts, the Legacy Project of the Kilby International Awards

By: Paul R. Farrell

Paul R. Farrell — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:49:08 +0000

One of the most incredible engineering projects I have ever seen. I hope all systems are GO! and the craft lands safely and sends the data we are all hoping for.

By: ADNK

ADNK — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 12:16:48 +0000

Is there a place we can watch the landing live?