As seen from another angle
May 26th, 2008
Phil Plait is suitably impressed by a photo of the Phoenix probe descending, taken from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter:
Think on this, and think on it carefully: you are seeing a manmade object falling gracefully and with intent to the surface of an alien world, as seen by another manmade object already circling that world, both of them acting robotically, and both of them hundreds of million of kilometers away.
Never, ever forget: we did this. This is what we can do.
[Via Making Light]
astronomy, mars, nasa, space, Technology