[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-wshk4DYLM?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281]
I watched this live on the internet using the JPL feed and a real-time 3D Java animation of Curiosity status (thanks to dragosr). It was amazingly dramatic. I think that NASA has done an excellent job in public relations for this mission. I mean, how awesome was the 7 Minutes of Terror video?
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)