Yay! We got something down in one piece! Into Gusev, no less... Nathalie is probably overjoyed, as Gusev (and paleolakebeds) was her idea and her banner since the late 90s.
(crossed fingers) that has been nerve-wracking... our German colleagues have a subsurface probe on board, and we were counting on having their results as input to our own designs. And it is such a long, grinding effort to get a spacecraft designed, built, and launched... one hopes not in vain.
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