The landing site decision

I still wanted Eberswalde (a river delta collects a lot of the stuff that comes down the river), but NASA ended up choosing Gale Crater and its sedimentary layer cake.

OK, so let's get this overpriced robot to Mars, land it, and do as well as Opportunity has been doing (latest picture below -- it is only about a klick away from the rim!)





NASA says Mars mountain will read like a great novel