Touchdown - 7 Days - Mars Science Laboratory

Mornin',

So we have just about 7 days left until th' landin' on Mars.

MSL Mission page – http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html

The landin' process – http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/667454main_MSL%20EDL%20rev-1900.jpg

Real nail bitin' moment with this landin'.. The sky crane is somethin' that t' me knowledge, has no nay ne'er been done before! It’s nuts, feed the fishes One little thin' goes wrong, we lose a billion dollar rover!

Live coverage will be available on NASA TV, on a dead man's chest, me Jolly Roger http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

Should be startin' a couple o' hours before planned landin'.. Don’t forget thar is a delay in transmission time betwixt Mars an' Earth. So when we see th' landin' has been successful on NASA TV, it really took place maybe 10-20 minutes afore. That’s th' nail biter! It will have all happened, we will just be waitin' fer it t' come in

MSL/Curiosity is a new generation o' Mars Rover, Get out of me rum! It is nuclear powered, meanin' it will be able t' work year round, night an' day, Sunshine or Martian global dust storm, curiosity will press on with its 2 year prime mission t' assess Mars past an' present habitability, among other thin's… While th' rover is not specifically designed an' tasked with findin' traces o' past or present life, thar is always th' chance, as new rovers brin' new equipment an' capabilities t' th' remote surface o' Mars. It is a mobile laboratory, weather or not it answers th' “big question”, it surely will answer others, an' open new questions fer future explorers, robotic or otherwise, t' answer on our greater quest t' expan' our knowledge o' th' Solar System.

ONE WEEK!!! =)