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Water and the Curiosity Landing Site Candidates

Posted By Ken Edgett

2009/05/28 10:09 CDT

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by Ken Edgett

NASA announced yesterday that the Mini Cooper-sized Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover -- with it's 2 meters-long (6.6 ft) robotic arm -- is now named Curiosity.

Darn. I always have trouble spelling that word. I instinctively type "Curiousity," with a "u" and then get caught by the spell-checker!

MSL is scheduled to launch in the October

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