The Grand Entrance (William Shatner) — Curiosity landing on Mars
July 31, 2012
William Shatner and the Grand Entrance: As NASA prepares for Curiosity rover landing on Mars on August 5, William Shatner shares this thrilling story of NASA’s hardest planetary science mission to date. The video titled, “Grand Entrance,” guides viewers from entry through descent, and after landing.
Video Source: NASA
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Comments (7)
by Cybernettr
A great deal of that operation must be controlled by computer since it is so far from Earth it can’t be controlled by radio command. Artificial intelligence at work.
by Peter Simmons
He’s an actor. He played a role in a sci-fi series. Fact and fiction appear to have melded. I’d prefer hearing from a scientist though.
by Editor
This was a NASA production and it was posted by NASA: “Published on Jul 30, 2012 by NASASolarSystem.” He’s reading a script prepared by NASA scientists as part of their outreach program here: NASA’s Solar System Exploration, http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/index.cfm
by gaoptimize
I wonder if he can get me the lowest price for a room on Mars?
by GatorALLin
…..that was funny… Priceline for Mars hotels… Love it.
…you know there is a reality show to go to mars, check it out here if you have not seen this already http://mars-one.com/en/
by GatorALLin
….just a few days away now… I am very excited for the updates that the rover made it safe and can start sending us pictures and chemical data back to us here on Earth. I hope they can tell us if there was ever life on Mars.
by longnow
8 months…hope it goes well…
I’ll be seeing the dentist on the 6th.
Coincidence?-)