Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Sunset On Mars

Captured by the Phoenix Mars Lander a few days ago. Love it. [Click for full size.]

On other news, today I watched the panel discussion on the future of the web [Tetherless World Research Constellation]. Very informative, but no comments for now, as I'm still compiling a good part of it in my head.

Friday, May 30, 2008 Phoenix Lander Landed... & Thensome... =)

A lot has happened and I've been way too busy to post, and lets confess, the small little bits of time that I usually find here and there to do some blogging and similar stuff, have recently been all eaten up by Twine. =P [Yes, blame it aaallllll on Twine! =D] Oh by the way, apparently I have a new set of Twine invitations. If anybody wants to be invited, let me know. [if you "really" want it though!]

So last Sunday we watched the entire broadcasting of Phoenix's landing on Mars via the NASA JPL website. I have to admit, it was incredibly exciting. In those last 7 minutes my heart just about exploded out of my chest, and when it finally landed and sent through the "ok" signal, I had tears in my eyes. Since then I've been constantly on the watch for new pictures and data received from the lander. A large number of pictures taken by the lander can be found here. Do check it out! =)

Friday, May 16, 2008 Mars Rover Video

This video isn't thaaaat new, but I came across it today while looking for videos relevant to this article that has to do with Phoenix lander's mission to land on Mars. It's a simulation that was created last year, but I hadn't seen it before and I fell in love with it instantly. Good music for the purpose too by the way. And if you don't understand Spanish don't worry, just wait for the actual video to start.