So the most recent mission to Mars was, by all accounts, a complete success yesterday.  It was the Phoenix mission, which was to put the Phoenix Mars Lander in the Martian Vastitas Borealis (northern polar) region, so that it can dig up dirt and ice and analyze the samples and see what the contents are.

So, why hasn’t this been front page news?  This is important stuff, people!  They could find traces of organic compounds and stuff.  You know, proof that life exists outside of our planet.

Don’t even answer that.  I know the reasons why it’s not blasted on the front of every news paper and news website.  But dammit, it should be!

Props to the excellent work done by the scientists and engineers for many years getting this ball rolling, and indeed landed on the surface of Mars in complete success.

Congrats to the NASA team!  I’ve been looking forward to the first pictures to come from Phoenix.  They aren’t remarkable, other than they are new images of a previously unexplored region of another planet!

Do you think they settled on English or Metric units this time???  Recall, the last attempt used a mix of units which resulted in the total lost of the craft.

Now I can’t wait for the results of the various tests to be run over then next 90 days!  Is there water?  Is there any sign of microbial life?  Did my Great^65,000,000 Grandfather come from Mars?