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From: Jon Kirwan
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 06:43

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On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:15:32 +1000, Don McKenzie <5V@2.5A>
wrote:

>Been there, done that :-)
>
>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-06/nasa-celebrates-successful-mars-landing/4180454

I started watching the NASA channel about 4 hours ago and
stayed with it. (Still watching, while they are doing the
news conference event and just finished congradulating each
member of the EDL team (entry, descent, and landing.)

Australia was part of this success, as well -- at least in
terms of participating in the very much needed communications
portions.

What impresses me the most is that this trip was about 350
million miles, ending in a tight coordination with two
orbiting satellites, the ODY and MRO, and deploying novel
technologies to land a 1 ton vehicle (if I heard correct.)
Hard to believe that all of this could come together as well
as it did.

Jon

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