Anyone else catch it? New rover, new landing system, new capsule, new parachute, and it all worked flawlessly. What are they gonna do next, pull a rabbit out of a hat?

Raw first images if anyone is interested:

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/raw/

You just know the Martians are going to steal this rover and go joy-riding.

Amazing.

Wow... awesome.

Congrats, NASA.

I want to be a miner on mars.

How to land on planets?

With a rocket crane.

How to land on planets?

With a rocket crane.

HAHAHA

THIS is the new answer to that question.