The curiosity rover has just successfully landed on the Martin surface and the very first pics have come in.

I'm looking forward to seeing what comes from this.

It was oddly intense to watch the crowd, felt bad when the older bearded man cried

Man, it looked like it was so intense for everyone there. As far as I'm concerned, they earned those tears.

damn straight, I mean it was an accomplishment that the sky crane worked, and this is by far the biggest and most advanced piece of machinery we have ever sent. me and few friends just cheered and laughed at the ye haw that we heard.

I am so excited. My laptop and desktop at work both have backgrounds from either Opportunity or Spirit. When they first landed I went to the JPL website daily to see thier progress and check for news. I will be doing the same now that Curiosity is online. After 8 years Opportunity is still operational. This has been a program that just keeps over deliverying.

I'm just excited that every time we send a new one, it is leaps and bounds better then the previous. I mean the laser, the lack of need for a base to recharge. Amazing information should start pouring in

And Bobak Ferdowski hit "Internet Famous" going at high speed. When I first found out who "that guy with the mohawk" was, he had 900-some followers on Twitter. Now he's got more than 10k, he's got a tumblr dedicated to him, and he was too busy landing a multi-ton robot on mother-truckin' MARS to notice.

He's officially Too Cool To Ditch School.

that is officially the nerdiest thing I've heard all night, and I've been lectured by a mechanical engineer on how we can send people to mars and back right now

Nerds just put a nuclear-powered laser-armed truck that's bigger than my car on MARS, intact, using a rocket-powered crane, and it emailed us pictures from the other side of the frakking sun.

Fuck yeah, nerds.

Yes and you out nerded them congrats, I hand you your nerd reward of thick glasses and orthopedic shoes.
(not meaning any offense man, just been a while since I've heard a phrase like that)