Congratulations to NASA and The Spirit Rover

Ladies and gentelmen, I present to you the little Earth spacecraft that could, Spirit! What an amazing story this is, the dramatic and risky landing that allowed the spacecraft to bounce 28 times before coming to a stop; the ability to untangle all the wires and balloons and debris so that the rover could actually move; and of course the rover itself that can figure how to go around or over rocks and perform scientific exploration on its own. Spirit today rolled onto Martian soil. What incredible results must await the exploration of Gusev crater! I’m giddy just thinking about it.