Mars the Record of Nuclear Power

Aug 05, 2012 15:00


Tonight - 10:31 Pacific Time Sunday, or 1:31 AM Eastern on Monday - the Curiosity rover will hopefully touch down safely on the surface of Mars.  The events actually take place about 14 minutes in advance, but we cannot know the results until the radio communications get from Mars to Earth. The vehicle is big. While the two famous rovers ( Read more... )

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deckardcanine August 6 2012, 13:34:06 UTC
It just occurred to me that more time has passed since the Cassini landing than it took to travel the distance.

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