Phoenix Has Landed!

Posted by Lisa Preston

May 25, 2008

This one of the most significant events in human history. NASA broadcast the landing of the Phoenix on the north pole of Mars today at 6:00 PM EST.

What’s equally significant is the fact that it was broadcast Live On The Internet.

I just finished watching the Phoenix Landing on Mars on the NASA broadcast, and although I’ve never been overly fascinated with space travel I was utterly riveted by the human history unfolding in front of my eyes in real time.

The landing went flawlessly, a testament to all the hard work done by a massive amount of brilliant people from all over the globe. As I type this post, they await the first visual images from the Phoenix to be transmitted, and then tomorrow a team begins the scientific exploration into the depths to find ice - and water… the building blocks of possible life forms that lived on Mars in the past.

I was going to tie all this planning and hard work into a business lesson, but forget it. This event is something I’ll remember for a lifetime, and I’m so lucky to be alive during this time in history - and to have been a witness to this amazing event.