Call me an optimist, but I think it’s inevitable that Earth-folk will eventually be wandering over Mars. Eh, not sure if it will happen in my lifetime or in my children’s. I’m taking a long term view on this.
But last night, one more entry has been made in the time line: NASA set down a lander in the Mars arctic region.
I had comletely forgotten about it until I noticed an article in the Boston Globe. When I went to the mission site I found out that landing was immanent (but on the middle of my night). Of course, being the geek that I am, when I woke up the next morning I flipped open the computer to see what images were to be seen.
The one below seemed most interesting. Note the scalloped pattern to the dirt. Alas, what I hate about this pics is the lack of scale. When the first rover pics came in, things looked big and daunting, only to find out that they were tiny rocks and such. Sigh.
Nonetheless, I find this all exciting.
this is all sooo cool. i hope i’ll be still alive when humankidn actually settles on mars!