Cool little film depicting the Phoenix mission to Mars!

[gateley]

http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=080514-pheonix-landing

[shireen]

1. That was EXCELLENT!

Thanks for the link. I emailed it to someone i know who does PR for NASA. That was an example of a really good education/PR video. Very nicely done.

[gateley]

2. Cool! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I agree that it's a great educational video. Much easier to understand and appreciate than reading about it. I sent it to my niece who's a teacher. I hope her students like it and that she passes it along to the other teachers in her school.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

3. Thank you, thank you!

Even I could understand what they were saying. Great video!

[gateley]

4. I wish I would have seen this

before I watched the actual landing live on NASA. I had no understanding or reference about what they were talking about. NOW I kind of sort of get it! :hi:

[magellan]

5. Way cool!

The thought of all those intricate computations makes my head swim. It's no wonder they're so overjoyed that Phoenix made it in one piece!

Thanks for sharing that. :)

[gateley]

7. It made it in one piece and

everything was just about perfect!

I don't know if you were watching it live on NASA, but you could FEEL the excitement and tension that was in the room. It was wonderful and inspiring to watch!

And my pleasure! I'm so glad other people are enjoying this. :hi:

[magellan]

9. We missed the landing

...but tuned in to NASA tv just in time to see the images start coming in. So your link filled in the previous action for us. :hi:

Love this stuff!

[Suich]

6. Most informative 7 minutes of video EVER!

Thanks for posting!

[gateley]

8. So glad you enjoyed it, too! nt