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The Hawaii Space Lecture Series Presents
The Mars Science Laboratory 'Curiosity'
Dr. Scott Rowland
Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of Hawaii
The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), recently named "Curiosity" will be a Prius-sized rover scheduled to land on Mars in late 2012. It will carry a suite of instruments for both remote and onboard analysis of rock samples, with the goal of finding evidence of times on ancient Mars when surface water was abundant. This abundant surface water perhaps could have harbored life, although the chance that a rover would find evidence of this are slim. This talk will review the MSL mission, the instruments onboard, and the geological aspects of the (currently 4) potential landing sites.
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
7:30 PM
Free Lecture
NASA Pacific Regional
Planetary Data Center
HIGP/SOEST University of Hawaii at Manoa
Pacific Ocean Science and Technology(POST) Building
Rm. 544
1680 East-West Rd
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
For more information, contact:
University of Hawaii NASA PRPDC
Phone: (808) 956-3132
Email: prpdc@higp.hawaii.edu
Web: http://www.higp.hawaii.edu/prpdc
Co-Sponsors - PRPDC, Space Grant, the Apollo Society, and the Hawaii Space Society
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