MARS ROVER "CURIOSITY" APPROACHING AUGUST 5TH LANDING

I'm getting pretty pumped up. NASA'S Rover "Curiosity" will touch down on the surface of Mars on August, 5th. The rover will explore the surface, and try to determine if the planet ever had the compositions in it's soil that could have produce life.
The EDL for this mission is just psychotic! The craft will bust through the atmosphere traveling roughly 13,000 MPH. It will undergo a series of stages, all of which have to work perfectly before it ever touches the ground. The craziest part of this landing is the last step.
The rover will go from 14,000 MPH to about 2MPH at which time it will be lowered to the ground by a hovering crane. Once the Rover's wheels touch the ground, the sensors will detect touchdown, and the crane will fly off to a safe distance, and crash to the surface.
NASA will stream the EDL on it's website NASA.GOV