More from Mars (IMAGES)

[morningfog]

Curiosity and impact site:




The wall of Gale Crater:




The path to Mt. Sharp, the goal:




Rock exposed by landing blasts:



http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html

[MichiganVote]

1. Very cool. I can't understand the lackluster excitement shown this accomplishment.

[Posteritatis]

2. I don't get it either

Well, I get it to a point - people are generally really technophobic these days, and even here are hugely, vastly ignorant about how shoestring NASA's resources are - but the lengths people go to to hang on to that mindset just boggles me.

[MichiganVote]

13. People seem more excited about some new Apple product

Its MARS, we made it to MARS!

I'm no Science head, but I just don't understand the way in which people have reacted to this. Its pretty scary to think that unless there is a TV commercial or some other hype, people are incapable of getting excited about this very cool accomplishment.

Do we need the equivalent of a NASA IDOL? A reality show with saline shot boobs? Beefcake?

Finally, people in the US wonder why students don't do as well as they should.....jeez

[MADem]

18. People would be more excited if there was jungle and blue people, I guess...!

This generation likes jazzy colors!

[Warren DeMontague]

20. I am EXTREMELY proud and excited.

I mean, this is a huge technological and engineering feat, and that's before getting into the science we could get back.

[crimson77]

21. I think if they come out with high-res video of it that would help.

[steve2470]

3. awesome pics, thanks ! nt

[MrMickeysMom]

4. Trivia question on Mars...

Red planet acquired it's color based on what element in that dirt?

[rusty fender]

6. Iron.

[MrMickeysMom]

8. good, "rusty"!

[Brother Buzz]

7. Mars is a terrestrial planet

Iron would be a good guess.

[MrMickeysMom]

9. And right... Also, I took the science quiz over in the Science group

and that was one question.

[Brother Buzz]

11. My astronomy classes were over forty years ago so I googled it

Scientists have a new explanation for what makes the Red Planet so red.

Recent experiments show that regular sand, when combined with black Martian basalt, takes on a reddish hue as it’s crushed into dust, whether or not water or oxygen is present. Researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark claim that Mars’ red dust could have formed without the water that current hypotheses hold once covered the planet.

Scientists say Mars should look black, but may have turned red through a mechanical grinding process.

[Fawke Em]

5. I hope everyone's following Curiosity Rover on Twitter.

It even tweets digs at its creative engineers!

https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity

[neverforget]

10. I love the science that Curiosity will conduct on Mars. Very cool! Thanks

for the pictures!

[Nolimit]

12. I love it!

It's so cool and surreal to see what another planet looks like up-close. It makes you realize how real the things you learn about the universe are. I still get that sense of wonder that I had as a kid.

[Mkap]

14. awesome

Now if only we can have a government that increases funding on science and research rather then bombs, religion and oil companies

[Deep13]

15. Hard to believe they are images from another planet.

Very cool indeed and worth every dime.

[Marr]

16. Fascinating stuff. It really blows the mind what they've accomplished on this mission already.

[Jack Sprat]

17. I wonder if Curiousity could seed

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some rye grass for the winter. I feel sure kudzu would thrive there. Once it starts, you can't stop it. After that, maybe try some bamboo cane for some carbon dioxide/oxygen exchange. No joke, the kudzu vegetation would cover half the planet in 10 years. It will grow through the rocks.

[Archae]

19. Did it find that blue police box yet?