Mars Rover Lands Safely

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 48•32 • Aug 6, 2012

The NASA rover Curiosity touched down safely on the Martian surface following a complex descent and landing procedure that scientists had dubbed the "seven minutes of terror." What do you think?

“Yeah, if by ‘safely’ you mean it will never again return home to see the scientists who made it. Poor Mars rover.”
Veronica Forchion –
Systems Analyst
“Didn’t we dissolve the space program? No? All right, let’s collect some more dirt samples, I guess.”
Joey De Young –
Jack Setter
“Wake me up when this leads to an invention like Velcro.”
Paul Hesseman –
Orthotics Technician

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