In just a few days, NASA will land one of the more amazing pieces of equipment ever sent into outer space on the Angry Red Planet. On August 5th, at about 10:31 Pacific Time, Curiosity will land on the surface of mars in one of the more spectacularly complex space engineering feats ever attempted. You will not want to miss this.
But before that, starting on Thursday, August 2nd, there will be a series of briefs and press reports that are generally open to the public and that may be quite interesting. There is a schedule, and links, HERE at NASA's JPL site.
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I read the title and it flashed into my head that the chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one.
A million to one?.... now THATs even funnier than my posts title!
JSW, Nice ninja quote. Nearly missed that.