In Re: Mars peanuts at http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2012-August/086485.html About the Curiosity landing, Paul Gessler wrote,
“I wish someone would have removed the bottle of peanuts above the altitude control station.” The bottle of peanuts is part of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory‘s “peanuts tradition” that they practice for good luck during a landing. Eating peanuts for good luck is a practice that began with Ranger 7 and has since continued. Go see: Pass the Peanuts: It's Landing Day for NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity by Robert Z. Pearlman, collectSPACE.com Augsut 5, 2012. http://www.space.com/16927-mars-rover-landing-peanuts-tradition.html http://i.space.com/images/i/20138/original/mars-rover-curiosity-peanuts.jpg?1344187704 http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-080512a.html Best wishes, Paul H. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
