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Curiosity
A bit over a quarter of a million km's to go. I'm as curious as the next guy, but I'll have to wait 'till morning to find out of Curiosity made it safely to Mars or augured into the red planet. Good luck to the rover and all associated with this program.
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It's been a very long time since I've gotten excited about NASA.
This is what it's about-for the public anyways. If it all works, it'll be a miracle. I figure then NASA should get into Engineering Cars to Appliances. Just put their name on a Fridge and I would buy it and use the LG as a composter.
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You betcha it made it !
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Fantastic result (so far)!
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take a good hard look at the rover. alot of techno ideas from OFF ROAD RACING were used as was DARPA technology gleamed from robotic vehicles entered into college competitions involving off road courses. when they can dump a TROPHY TRUCK(TT) up there....................i wanna go!
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Has it killed the cat yet?
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Looks like his spoon went bad.
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Just announced that it landed safely and is already sending photos back!
Congrats!!!
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Really nice 360 degree pano: Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2
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Wow! Look at that tiny Sun!
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A little dated, but a very cool animation & video of Spirit traveling to Mars: How to Get to Mars. Very Cool! HD - YouTube
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Thanks for posting that, motion.
 Curiosity only managed to travel 100 ft since yesterday. That rover is a dog! 
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Curiosity's tire tracks seen from space
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