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Still blows my mind that we shot this thing out into space, it flew through the solar system for 7 whole months and then went through an elaborate series of ste
by whalesalad 6y ago
Still blows my mind that we shot this thing out into space, it flew through the solar system for 7 whole months and then went through an elaborate series of steps to slow down (from many multiples the speed of sound) and land by way of a giant parachute and a rocket propelled sky-crane. And now it is sending us data and everything just works™
I didn't know about the orbiter until today - that is also really neat. The rover's Cortana in the sky.