Sunday, May 15, 2011

Mars Curiosity rover sites down to 4

Back at the beginning of 2009, I posted about the next Mars Rover, the incredibly over-budget and expensive Curiosity, and where it might land:

Looks like they can keep looking

Well, they've reduced the number of potential sites to four finalists, and Eberswalde is in this interesting Final Four:

Pictured: The inhospitable terrain where Nasa hopes to land new Mars Rover in hunt for extraterrestrial life

Great pictures, which is why I linked to Daily Mail. Physorg also has a very brief article.

Mars landing sites narrowed down to final 4

I just have a gut feeling it's going to end up being Holden Crater.

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