I started a liveblog thingy for the higgs, no one was on, so I spent this one in google chat
with these guys. I find it awesome that we had to invent a rocket-crane for this mission. A ROCKET-CRANE. (It was really a rocket-winch, but that doesn't sound as awesome).
Fun fact: In 2010, NASA's budget was about $8.7 billion. In its entire history from 1958 to 2011, the total budget was $526.18 billion. In 2010, the U.S. military budget was $663.85 billion. That means that in one year, the military spent $137.67 billion more than NASA has in more than 50.
I can't post the first image from Curiosity due to an internal server error (KAO!), but
here's a link. Edited, Aug 6th 2012 2:16am by Omegavegeta
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