Off-topic, but I’m excited about it (being a big Ray Bradbury fan and all): NASA’s Phoenix lander has successfully made it to Mars! The last polar lander, uh….didn’t quite make it.

(In space, no one can hear you explode).

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/news/phoenix-20080525b.html

The Phoenix will be scooping up stuff and analyzing it to see if Mars once held water (and if it still might). I prefer to see it as NASA taking another step toward getting me to Mars before I die.