Unlike the Russians, at least we can get our Mars missions out of Earth’s orbit. NASA launches super-size Mars rover to red planet The world’s biggest extraterrestrial explorer, NASA’s Curiosity rover, rocketed toward Mars on Saturday on a search for evidence that the red planet might once have been home to itsy-bitsy life. It will [...]
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