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Curiosity’s Landing, the View From Those Who Built It

Water on Mars? Pretty rare. Water on my face? Definitely.

Mark Rober is a JPL engineer who has devoted most of his professional life to designing the Curiosity rover. Seven years of work came down to seven nervous minutes last week.

“… what I think makes JPL really great aren’t its robots. It’s the people who build them.”

Mark produced the video above not only to commemorate the mission and the thousands of people behind it, but also the people behind those people. Behind every great scientist are the teachers, family and friends that make all this discovery worth it.

This one’s almost enough to bring a tear to your eye.

(via The Atlantic)

Source: The Atlantic

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