The Phoenix has Landed

The Phoenix has Landed

I’ve always been interested in exploration of space, and especially in the recent mars mission that have been occurring. The most recent is the Phoenix Mars Mission, which successfully landed on mars in the evening of Sunday May 25th. The whole landing was presented on a Discovery Channel special, which was directly connected to the control room providing instant information and “as it happened” coverage. After the “7 Minutes of Terror”, as the craft bashed against the atmosphere of Mars, the conformation came of a successful landing.

Twenty-four hours later and now the first pictures from the Phoenix are arriving. Some people will look at these photos and simply see a rocky terrain, but it should represent so much more. This shows just how far, we as humanity have advanced. We are crossing imaginable distances through an unforgiving place, and deceleration a piece of technology from 14,000 mph / 22,500 km/h to landing in under 10 minutes, while keeping sensitive systems functioning. In these projects people are forced to come together in conjunction for the mission to be a success. These projects also form cooperation between countries such as the meteorological station contributed by Canada for the Phoenix mission.

I believe that these projects are worth every penny that is spent on them. They further research in all areas of technology in direct or indirect methods, and in the process bring people together. These missions allow us to explorer the world that is “outside our world”, and in the process teach us more about ourselves and what is, and could be out there.

The first pictures from the Phoenix Mars Mission:

I’m having issues posting the pictures BUT you can still see them on their site:

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