Attn: 'über' space geeks...live play-by-play of a Mars probe entering orbit

[Paul F.]

I don't 'zactly know what catalyst bed heaters are... but I know that if thi mission had failed to make Martian orbit, there'd be guys at JPL hanging out the windows by their shoelaces...

After a somewhat mixed history in Mars probes, this was a "biggie"...
If they'd lost this one there'd be a lot of folks really upset.