There are a few occasions when it is worth staying up late. I remember moon landings, launches, and other NASA highlights from when I was young.
These days, NASA is rather more hobbled it seems, at least for the near future, except when it comes to Mars landings. I'm going to try to stay up another 90 minutes for the landing of Curiousity. Technologically speaking, it should be amazing -- I'm hoping that given the way they plan to make it land they will have video of it from above. And given everything that could go wrong, I'm crossing fingers and toes and eyes and legs. Even though I know that doesn't make any difference!
Yours, on tenterhooks,
N.
These days, NASA is rather more hobbled it seems, at least for the near future, except when it comes to Mars landings. I'm going to try to stay up another 90 minutes for the landing of Curiousity. Technologically speaking, it should be amazing -- I'm hoping that given the way they plan to make it land they will have video of it from above. And given everything that could go wrong, I'm crossing fingers and toes and eyes and legs. Even though I know that doesn't make any difference!
Yours, on tenterhooks,
N.
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