[mu_killnine]

The Nasa person they have helping narrate what's going on is so genuinely happy the landing went well. It made me kinda tear up. It's infectious just how excited all these people are about this project. Also, I was a bit worried he was going to pass out. 10/10, would watch again (and probably will with my kids)

[shadowgovt]

The audible whew from one of the crew members after maximum deceleration when the telemetry re-established was heart-rending. Years of work, and there's nothing anyone here can do eleven light-minutes away; it was either going to work or one of the thousands of things that had to happen correctly wasn't going to happen.

Everything happened correctly. :)

[electriclove]

This guy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm0b_ijaYMQ&t=1h41m36s

That is Rob Manning, an absolute legend! Here is an interview with him from a few years back: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/people/2280/rob-manning/

He also wrote this great book: https://www.amazon.com/Mars-Rover-Curiosity-Curiositys-Engin...

[tomc1985]

I love the fact that you could hear people saying things like "yes yes yes YES YES!" in the background as data came in. Like you say, very infectious