Morning everyone. Sleep well? No, was way too stoked up with adrenaline from last night's excitement, so today will probably be tweeting less as I keep falling asleep!
Here in Cheshire Cat Control, the landing was enlivened by a “RIMU” confirmation at the entry interface - “Rascal Imminent Madness Unfolds” thanks to Treacle who decided to see what all the fuss was about 
Said rascality only stopped when there was an intervention and my wife decided to remove him so I could actually see what was happening at JPL
But there is a good lineage of feline mischief and famous names. Here is Patrick Moore in his study with a cat.
I wonder if his cat could recognise the constellation Felis?
I am sure Edwin Hubble could - here he is next to an orrery and his own cat who was called Copernicus (Huntington Library photo)
And finally one of the more ridiculous space stories involving a cat. In 1963, the French launched Felicette into space..... Liberte! Egalite! Felicite!
The full story is told here -- smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fel…
But I love the fact the day before she flew they couldn't find her. Did les scientifiques eminentes not have any understanding of how cats behave? There is also this footage, too - I love the voiceover which reminds me of French lessons at school.....
The full story has been written by the very fine @mars_stu and here is a link to his pages and his rather good book on Felicette -- stuartatkinson.wordpress.com/felicette-the-…
I was asked by a producer to do a treatment a while ago -, and then "The Day of The Jackal" was on TV and I thought "That's how. You do it like this. Until the point where the ministers enter a room. And the cat has gone.
And @mars_stu very kindly did what the ancients did - offer a sacrifice to the God of War.... and well, it worked. #Perseverance landed safely
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