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2012-08-28

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letsdolaunch:

Mars Science Laboratory (2004 Curiosity), Mars Exploration Rover (2004 Spirit and Opportunity) and Sojourner (1997). Oh, and a couple of humans too.

if you wondered why Curiosity needed the new “seven minutes of terror” landing, rather than just rolling on airbags, this picture may help.

letsdolaunch:

Mars Science Laboratory (2004 Curiosity), Mars Exploration Rover (2004 Spirit and Opportunity) and Sojourner (1997). Oh, and a couple of humans too.

if you wondered why Curiosity needed the new “seven minutes of terror” landing, rather than just rolling on airbags, this picture may help.

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    if you wondered why Curiosity needed the new “seven minutes of terror” landing, rather than just rolling on airbags,...
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    Sojourner will always be my favorite! Curiosity should rescue it! (Even though they are probably very far apart)
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    Sojourner’s like “ohmygawd that rock’s too big I’ll have to move around it after I take its picture”...
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