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Curiosity Gearing Up for Drive to Next Study Location

Posted by samzenpus on from the warming-up-the-engines dept.

Curiosity has spent most of the past 5 weeks running instrument and system checks, but on Friday that is all scheduled to change. The plan is to "drive, drive, drive" until a suitable rock for the rover's first robotic "hands-on" analysis is found, says mission manager Jennifer Trosper. The rover will head to a location about 1,300 feet away labeled "Glenelg," where three different types of rock intersect.

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  1. Ah, Ye Olden Times. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The rover will head to a location about 1,300 feet away...

    That be 12/36ths of a cubit, multiplied by four and 1/4 rods, then minus sixteen and 1/8th hogsheads.

    1. Re:Ah, Ye Olden Times. by isorox · · Score: 5, Funny

      When you put a rover on Mars, you can pick whatever units you want.

      That worked out so well for the Mars Climate Orbiter

    2. Re:Ah, Ye Olden Times. by felipekk · · Score: 5, Funny

      I know it's a different one, but still oblig:

      http://xkcd.com/695/