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Just after 10PM? Wikipedia gives the landing time as approximately 05:31 UTC August 6th, which is 1:31 AM EDT. I'd like to be wrong, since I'd like to stay up

Just after 10PM? Wikipedia gives the landing time as approximately 05:31 UTC August 6th, which is 1:31 AM EDT. I'd like to be wrong, since I'd like to stay up and watch, but I have work in the morning :( Also, I expect there will be quite some delay between actual landing and confirmation received by NASA, given Mars' distance from Earth.

ChuckMcM 14y ago
Aye, sorry that your EDT, in PDT its 10:31 PM, and the 'fun' starts just after 10 (as in I believe the last big retro burn is around 10 and the final descent begins) now the telemetry from that maneuver will let us know if there is a chance it will make it (did you say 3000 "feet" per second or "meters" per second?)