Wednesday, May 31, 2006

New Rover Looking for Places to Land

This really sounds like an interesting Mars Mission. Scientists are still figuring out where the thing should land though.

When NASA next wheeled robot--the Mars Science Laboratory--rockets skyward in 2009, the mega-rover will carry the largest, most sophisticated array of science gear ever shot to the martian surface.

Far more robust and powerful than those smaller robotic look-alikes now laboring on Mars--Spirit and Opportunity--the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is intended to turn a new page in planetary exploration.

It is also nuclear powered as well which sounds pretty cool I think. They should try to land it in Mars' Polar Region to see what the deal is up there.

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