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[Karlis]

news.discovery.com said:

A cliff-hanger moment will come on Aug. 6, 2012, when the 1,980-pound rover is lowered to the surface of Mars by a rocket-powered sky crane making its debut flight. "We call it the 'six-minutes of terror,'" said Doug McCuistion, director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program."It is pretty scary, but my confidence level is really high. Read more...

[27vet]

This is certainly a challenging landing, 900kg of sensitive equipment. Fingers crossed it goes as planned.

[Salt&SulphurStone]

The bigger they are... boink

[angi chiesa]

it sure looks complicated. Hope it works ok.

[HawkLord]

Well I sure hope they have their numbers right and it succeeds , but I wont be too surprised when it turns out to be the biggest and most expensive scrap heap on mars .

Wheeeeeeee....... BOOOOM....
Or maybe if it fails we can always blame it on the martians shooting it down .

[DONTEATUS]

It will land like a feather ! a quite heavy feather albeit !
Would Love to see the decent staages in real time and the un-veiling!

[Hazzard]

This is going to be awesome,... Good luck to everyone involved/interested in this mission.

Edited by Hazzard, 06 December 2011 - 12:14 PM.

[and then]

If it works I'll be VERY IMPRESSED  and,I suspect, so will they!

[27vet]

Hazzard, on 06 December 2011 - 12:14 PM, said:

This is going to be awesome,... Good luck to everyone involved/interested in this mission.

Maybe they will find exhibit A.  

[Earthling70]

Let's hope that the complex jet pack system works out fine and that the touchdown on the surface of Mars will be successful! Looking forward to the arrival next August.