Mars is easily my favorite planet. In middle school, in order to get into the super fancy engineering academy high school, I wrote an essay about how much I wanted to be the first woman on Mars. And I have evey intention of one day taking a vacation to Mars (probably when I’m elevendy.) So, with that being said…
WE JUST LANDED STUFF ON MARS!!!!!!!!!!!!
(In case you’ve been living under a rock, or solely watching the Olympics (go Sarah Robles!)…. The Curiosity Rover landed today in what was a pretty huge feat in science/history/mankind. I could go on for pages about what it had to do to land on the planet, but I’m tired so just go here.
So tonight I had my TV running the Curiosity simulator (Eyes on the Solar System) and the NASATV on the laptop so I was all Mars, all the time. And it was fucking awesome.
So this is how I spend a casual Sunday night, how about you?
So congratulations NASA, JPL, and all those wonderful people who have just made this little nerd girl extremely happy. LANDED STUFF ON MARS!
I don’t know about you, but I think I need to go watch me some original Total Recall…
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I said it in one of my FB updates but I’ll say it here too, I’m not ashamed to admit that science made me cry a little tonight. This is probably one of the biggest and most amazing things that’ll happen in our lifetimes. Just… amazing.
Also… I love that most of the NerdLush crew was off in our own little corners, watching the whole thing- together in the way that the internet has helped bring people together. Science, bitches. 😉