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Curiosity

August 7, 2012, 3:50 pm

I will give a rare kudo to a government agency.  I am sure it cost way too much, but I must say the Curiosity landing and the way it was done is extraordinarily cool.  These concept images help bring it to life.

Category: Technology

6 Comments

  1. Anonzmous:

    Warren,

    Thanks for pointing this out. After looking at the pix, I found a very nice description at wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Science_Laboratory

    August 8, 2012, 6:00 am

  2. BlogDog:

    There is no such thing as "a kudo." "Kudos" is not a plural word. To steal from Wikipedia: (from Greek κῦδος, meaning 'glory') is a singular English word meaning acclaim or praise for exceptional achievement.

    August 8, 2012, 6:10 am

  3. caseyboy:

    Kudo to you BlogDog,

    August 8, 2012, 7:39 am

  4. me:

    Finally a fraction of my taxes are used for something I approve of. It's just depressing where the rest goes.

    August 8, 2012, 11:03 pm

  5. Dale:

    I thought it was really cool too, however I have to say I don’t think we should be spending money on this kind of thing right now. Other than being really cool I don’t see any real benefit.

    August 9, 2012, 9:37 am

  6. Lawrence:

    $2.5B, but worth it. Worth it at least compared to other ways that Uncle Sam would find to spend it on (e.g., even more food stamps).

    August 12, 2012, 3:22 pm