Martian twitters

I love this - the New York Times has an article about the fact that the Phoenix lander is twittering. You can follow them on its twitter page - there's lots of interesting trivia and information.

This has been an interesting time for me, as at one point I was looking into a Master's program that would have studied the atmosphere of Mars. Instead I went to Japan. Life's funny.

I'll have to pass this along to my dad. He's been keenly interested in this lander, as he did all of the electrical engineering work on the original Viking landers way back in the 70s. Mars has always been a big deal at our house. We had to collectively hold our breaths when Phoenix landed.