@MarsCuriosity I'm safely on the surface of Mars. GALE CRATER I AM IN YOU!!! #MSL

A next-day update to add more stuff for the sake of posterity!

Here's a neat article from The Atlantic, where the author presents his own experience of following the landing on Twitter: "For Posterity: What It Was Like Watching Curiosity's Decent On Twitter" (Search the site and also see why Mohawks make space exploration better.)

Just like the Higgs boson announcement not that long ago, I think this tweet captures my own thoughts on events like this: @boblord

During that whole experience, there's a NASA tradition (superstition?) of eating peanuts for good luck on a mission. Of course, I had some and enjoyed a bowl of 'em, as I suspect many others did too. It was just another small touch were you felt engaged with others worldwide, joined purely by, well, wonderment and curiosity.