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The Nasa person they have helping narrate what's going on is so genuinely happy the landing went well. It made me kinda tear up. It's infectious just how excite
by mu_killnine 6y ago
The Nasa person they have helping narrate what's going on is so genuinely happy the landing went well. It made me kinda tear up. It's infectious just how excited all these people are about this project. Also, I was a bit worried he was going to pass out. 10/10, would watch again (and probably will with my kids)
- shadowgovt 6y agoThe audible whew from one of the crew members after maximum deceleration when the telemetry re-established was heart-rending. Years of work, and there's nothing anyone here can do eleven light-minutes away; it was either going to work or one of the thousands of things that had to happen correctly wasn't going to happen. Everything happened correctly. :)
- electriclove 6y agoThis guy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm0b_ijaYMQ&t=1h41m36s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm0b_ijaYMQ&t=1h41m36s That is Rob Manning, an absolute legend! Here is an interview with him from a few years back: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/people/2280/rob-manning/ https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/people/2280/rob-manning/ He also wrote this great book: https://www.amazon.com/Mars-Rover-Curiosity-Curiositys-Engineer/dp/1588344037/ https://www.amazon.com/Mars-Rover-Curiosity-Curiositys-Engin...
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- tomc1985 6y agoI love the fact that you could hear people saying things like "yes yes yes YES YES!" in the background as data came in. Like you say, very infectious