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Curiosity's First Look at Mars

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Since landing on August 5th, the Curiosity rover has captured some striking images of the Red Planet. In this video, NASA scientists John Grotzinger and Joy Crisp talk about what we've seen so far, and what we might encounter in the future.

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1. wrecksdart 07:34 PM 8/23/12

Nice work on the video, Nature, et.al. And the crunching of the crispy cold Martian topsoil was smartly done.
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