Spirit Soars

With the successful landing of the "Spirit" spacecraft rover on Mars, we are once again, at long last, treated to the thrill of NASA getting it right. The rover beat dismal odds and landed inside an ancient Connecticut-sized crater on the planet late Saturday night. The touchdown sparks the most ambitious search yet for life on Mars and has the potential to reinvigorate NASA, which has come under stinging criticism for a string of failures.It's especially delightful since the British/EU probe "Beagle" still has not responded from the Martian surface, suggesting it was destroyed on entry.

 Posted by glenn