Boing Boing » edl http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 18:16:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Mars Curiosity rover: NASA's John Grunsfeld and Miles O'Brien on PBS NewsHour http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/mars-curiosity-nasas-john-g.html http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/mars-curiosity-nasas-john-g.html#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:41:22 +0000 Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/?p=175217

[Video Link] It took just minutes for Curiosity to complete her landing sequence on Mars. But the journey to that point took years of work back here on earth. The celebration of the rover's successful landing continues, and the mission itself will continue for 2 years. On this PBS NewsHour segment, Judy Woodruff talks to science correspondent Miles O'Brien and John Grunsfeld of NASA about Curiosity and the years NASA scientists spent planning the journey to Mars.

Related: From Miles' blog, "Why the Curiosity over Mars…"]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/mars-curiosity-nasas-john-g.html/feed 4 What NASA fears most on Mars (image) http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/what-nasa-fears-most-on-mars.html http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/what-nasa-fears-most-on-mars.html#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:31:05 +0000 Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/?p=175207

"Curiosity makes me very angry, very angry indeed!"

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