Seven Minutes of Terror

Those of you who have been reading here for a long while know of my admiration for poor little Spirit.  Opportunity keeps rolling, of course.  But …

Curiosity is coming.

And when I mean “Seven Minutes of Terror”, I don’t mean what Pres. Obama would do in signing a bad bill or what happens at Planned Parenthood.  Just to put this in perspective.

Here is a video from the JPL about what’s up with the all important, and terrifying, landing stage:

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