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[Drkskywxlt]

Thought it would be interesting to get a sense of how MSL is being covered in the popular media, particularly since the board's residents cover so many different cities and countries!

CNN covered the landing live, which I was pleased to see. NBC has also had some semi-regular coverage on the evening news for the last few days. The NBC Today Show this morning mentioned the rear hazcam anomaly and how the crazies on the internet are abuzz over it (also mentioned the likely true cause/s of the "blob").

[djellison]

Having now seen Mars Landing 2012:The New Search for Life ( from Discovery ) And Martian Mega Rover ( from NatGeo ) - I am appalled at Discovery, and Mark Davis just did exactly what I expected for Nat Geo.

I could sit here and type 50 things wrong with the animation in the Mark Davis documentary - but it doesn't matter..the story they told, and how they told it were real, accurate and fascinating.

Discovery were treating it all like a reality show - and got the story itself wrong, and told it in a patronizing, superficial way.

So - full marks for NatGeo. Discovery...yeah - not so much.


Also - Gentry was not in it a lot - not at all. And what others have said about him is right. He is sharp, quick, and finds holes, errors and gaps in engineering very very very quickly. He is, in short, brilliant.

[dvandorn]

I could sit here and type 50 things wrong with the animation in the Mark Davis documentary - but it doesn't matter..the story they told, and how they told it were real, accurate and fascinating.

Yeah -- for example, the approach shots had the sun on completely the wrong side of Mars. But you're absolutely right, the animations felt extraordinary accurate overall. I was highly impressed.

-the other Doug