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They’ve moved the rover forward and back about 3 meters each way. They’ve fired up the laser. List of instruments here. Some more Mars facts.
Addition: Neil Armstrong R.I.P.
Related On This Site: Via The Mars Science Laboratory At NASA: ”Mount Sharp’ On Mars Links Geology’s Past And Future’…Via Youtube: ‘The Challenges Of Getting To Mars: Selecting A Landing Site
NASA Via Youtube: ‘The Martians: Launching Curiosity To Mars’…NASA Via Youtube: ‘Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity Rover) Mission Animation…Repost: Richard Feynman at NASA…
Awesome, outstanding, critically import, knowledge expanding, fun, exciting, adventuresome, kid-like…as a nation we MUST NOT abandon these marvelous efforts…our species was meant to pioneer and homestead !
It took at least 3,000 people working for sometimes as long as 10 years to get the rover there and ready to go.
Hats off to them and their hard work! Where else can we explore?