Nicky Phillips reports in the Sydney Morning Herald that in two weeks time, Mars Curiosity
will drill into a rock and take a sample for the first time.
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Originally Posted by Nicky Phillips, Sydney Morning Herald
"Drilling into a rock to collect a sample will be this mission's most challenging activity since the landing," said project manager Richard Cook, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
"It has never been done on Mars," he said
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Story here -
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci...#ixzz2I7tvhT00
Mars Curiosity preparing to drill rock for first time
