[meteorite-list] Mars peanuts

[Paul H.]

In Re: Mars peanuts at
http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2012-August/086485.html
About the Curiosity landing, Paul Gessler wrote,

“I wish someone would have removed the bottle 
of peanuts above the altitude control station.” 

The bottle of peanuts is part of the Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory‘s “peanuts tradition” that they practice 
for good luck during a landing. Eating peanuts for 
good luck is a practice that began with Ranger 7 
and has since continued. 

Go see:

Pass the Peanuts: It's Landing Day for NASA's Mars 
Rover Curiosity by Robert Z. Pearlman, collectSPACE.com 
Augsut 5, 2012. 
http://www.space.com/16927-mars-rover-landing-peanuts-tradition.html
http://i.space.com/images/i/20138/original/mars-rover-curiosity-peanuts.jpg?1344187704
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-080512a.html

Best wishes,

Paul H.