Folks at JPL are not taking the holiday weekend off. Last night, the Phoenix landed on Mars, near the north pole.
There’s reportedly been no sign of the Martian Santa Claus yet, but I am wondering: if Mars is populated with little green men, wouldn’t that make Martian Santa’s elves more like gnomes?
Seriously, the mission plan as I understand it is:
1. Find subsurface ice.
2. …
3. Profit!
