Mars Curiosity Rover... to land 10:31 pm 8/5/2012

I had heard about the "paving stone" they found, but not about the detour they now have to make.

http://www.space.com/26866-mars-rover-curiosity-driving-sand-trap.html

This earlier post discusses their goal, Mount Sharp and includes more pics of "Hidden Valley".

http://www.space.com/26734-mars-rover-curiosity-mount-sharp-rocks.html

 

Sandtraps? Keep a good wide stance and make sure the sand wedge is open and hit for the sand.

 

I gave up gold decades ago, cuz the ball just would NOT go where I wanted it to go.

They started their "Sunday drive" to Mount Sharp over a year ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vluaivJqo9w

A mere 8 kilometers away.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vluaivJqo9w[/yt]




(Cue the music) Looks like they made it!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7szg3JrNT-4&feature=youtu.be

Not really "mere", when you travel only about a 100 meters on a good day.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7szg3JrNT-4&feature=youtu.be[/yt]

 

Make that GOLF. I gave up GOLF decades ago.

Gold, on the other hand, is still a very good friend of mine.

 

Cue Shirley Bassey!

 

Golf on Mars, gold on Mars, all in good time.

And then come the gophers and gaufres...

 

I want you to kill every gopher on Mars!

 

And you thought the wheels getting eaten up were the only problems:

Curiosity ‘Lacks Science Focus’ as Cassini Gets ‘Excellent Rating’ Says Planetary Science Review Board

http://www.americaspace.com/?p=67309

Oh well...

 

Its been almost 5 years since Curiosity has landed on the red planet and in that time its traveled 9.9 miles.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/scien...all-bad/ar-BBz44hY?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=spartanntp

I didn't know/or likely forgot that our little friend has its own twitter account!

https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

I like the dust devils on 2/27/17.

Looks like it has had more malfunctions than just wheels this winter.

https://www.seeker.com/nasa-mars-cu...tion-organics-experiment-risk-2263822144.html

 

Is it a rock.... or a petrified tree?

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techn...on-mars/ar-BBAm6Li?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp





I vote for rock.

 

certainly odd looking--like something petrified. Maybe a smoker stump?