So...I actually only became privy to this about a week ago but yeah! When I crawled out of my little cave and saw that we were going to explore Mars again I got instantly excited. So aside from my nerddom from over the past year or so of getting into Star Trek- I have always had an interest in Astronomy ( while... really not knowing that much about it admittedly) Still the fact that we have an entire universe outside our dirtball has always been really really cool- as well as exploring everything outside of it!

Unfortunately Nasa keeps getting so many financial cuts it's hard for them to keep doing the awesome society building, groundbreaking, and scientific discoveries that we quite frankly NEED . So show some interest and maybe our government can cut Nasa some slack :)

http://www.npr.org/2012/08/05/15815.....and-on-its-own ( NPR's coverage)

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reaso.....mars-today_p2/ (cracked.com article)

http://www.space.com/16868-mars-rov.....-webcasts.html ( WATCH IT LIVE!!!)