SUCCESSFUL! – AT 3:12 P.M. ET:   The spacecraft "InSight" has landed on Mars.  Perfect.  From Fox: 

NASA’s announced that its Mars InSight lander landed successfully on the surface of the Red Planet, ending a journey that lasted nearly six months and more than 300 million miles.

The InSight lander entered Mars's atmosphere just shortly after 2:40 p.m. EST on Monday and touched the surface at approximately 2:54 p.m. EST. The last part of the journey was the most harrowing, with NASA calling it "seven minutes of terror" due to the agency's inability to control the landing of the spacecraft, which cost $828 million. Scientists determined that no additional changes were needed to the algorithm that will guide the spacecraft to the Martian surface.

COMMENT:  It was great to watch on TV.  Like the old days of the space program, where the emphasis was on pushing the envelope, discovery, and science.  Not a word about politics this time.

I did see, however, numerous NASA scientists embracing and hugging after the landing.  I assume that Kamala Harris and Cory Booker will immediately launch an investigation into whether any of the women involved were hugged without their written consent.  I want the truth to come out.  No due process. 

November 26, 2018