New York Times (August 9)
2012/ 08/ 12 by jd in Global News
“This new landing — a triumph of scientific technology — tells us as much about the human imagination as it does about the fourth planet from the sun…. The spark of actuality is far more captivating than anything we can imagine. We have been seeing detailed images of Mars for years. And yet when Curiosity began transmitting from Gale Crater, it presented us with the cognitive shock of seeing Mars in something close to real time.”
