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Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: thedoc on 07/08/2012 16:14:47

Title: What will Curiosity be doing on Mars?
Post by: thedoc on 07/08/2012 16:14:47

In November 2011, one of NASA’s most ambitious missions yet, mounted to explore Mars, blasted off destined for the red planet carrying a mini cooper-sized science mobile laboratory called Curiosity.  But how do you land something the size and weight of a car on a planet millions of miles away?
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