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I'm really hangin' for this one to succeed !
I want answers about Mars habitability !
This thing is designed to cover a lot more ground than all the others .. it has more sensitive lab equipment onboard … it has a more usable nuclear power supply, (none of this solar power nonsense) … and it is probing a question which can take the overall program much further than any of the others, in the long run.
I'm a bit concerned about the complexity of the landing stages though … being lowered from a rocket powered platform, (etc). I think that'll be the biggest hurdle ... and we won't know about this bit until August next year ... the initial launch doesn't sound like too much of a risk (unlike for Phobos-Grunt) !
Fingers crossed … 2am tomorrow for the Eastern Standard Daylight timers !
Cheers
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