The Mars rover Curiosity landed on the Red Planet early this morning, and the first picture just arrived:

Just a few months ago we read this:

Hey, I get it… we’ve got record numbers of EBT cards, disability claims and unemployment bennies to pay for.
But today The One is all about Mars:


Gutsy call.
Word is that Obama later called NASA to remind them “you didn’t land that!”
And now Sheila Jackson Lee eagerly awaits Curiosity’s first photo of the flag Neil Armstrong planted on Mars.