A hole drilled by Curiosity Rover on Mars

[JeffKeryk]

Curiosity's Mission is to determine whether the Red Planet ever was habitable to microbial life.
My understanding is, Mars samples will be shot into orbit and we will send up space crafts to pluck them outta orbit and return them to earth.

 

[Reggaemon]

Wow!! That is just so cool.

 

[supton]

Not sure why we want to go to Mars... looks like a real hole in the wall ground sort of place.

 

[andyd]

Not sure why we want to go to Mars... looks like a real hole in the wall ground sort of place.
Wabbout the ocean floor or the moon?

 

[supton]

Wabbout the ocean floor or the moon?

Have you seen those places? Talk about some real holes!

Actually have you seen some of the creatures in the deep sea? the stuff nightmares are made of...
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[supton]

On a more serious note: way cool. I'm not sure as cool as Voyager, but nearly the same magnitude.

Always thought it'd be a crowning moment in one's life to be part of the team sending space probes outside of Earth's gravity. To be part of the massive process required to design and send, and support, and decipher. No small effort.

 

[Escape08]

That makes Mars' topsoil is just covered with RED CLAY

 

[kschachn]

That makes Mars' topsoil is just covered with RED CLAY

Say what?

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

That makes Mars' topsoil is just covered with RED CLAY

Georgia Clay

 

[Eddie]

+1