11 Amazing Things NASA's Huge Mars Rover Can Do

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Submission + - 11 Amazing Things NASA's Huge Mars Rover Can Do (space.com)

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TheNextCorner

on Sunday November 20, 2011 @02:14PM

TheNextCorner writes: "NASA is getting set to launch its next Mars rover this week. The car-size Curiosity rover is the centerpiece of NASA's $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, slated to blast off Saturday (Nov. 26) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The rover will employ 10 different science instruments to help it answer this question once it touches down on the Red Planet in August 2012."

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