The Phoenix Mars Lander has just settled successfully, softly on the surface of of the Red Planet! Not a bouncing, rolling landing like previous probes, but standing on its own legs, like the big guys. Wow.
Congratulations to NASA and the JPL on this magnificent achievement!!!
Update: The first pictures sent back from Phoenix are now posted on the JPL web site.
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A fascinating study of online gamers. Who are they? How old are they? Do only boys play? All the stuff I’ve wondered about for years, knowing full well that at my age, and as a female, I am probably a very rare bird in the gaming world. All the more interesting because the companies that produce these games guard their player statistics like gold.
Expecting some tech support today on that annoying runtime error I’m getting. So nice to have a son in the business!