25 May
2008
25 May
'08
8:46 p.m.
On 25 May 2008, at 19:59, Naz & David wrote:
It will be interesting to see how NASA chooses to get the Mars Science Laboratory to the surface, it looks very heavy.
During today's Phoenix coverage one of the NASA folks mentioned "about a ton" when talking about MSL. I believe that's about twice the mass of Phoenix. BTW, MSL will be nuclear powered (RTGs) so no more worries about arrays deploying or dust or clouds blocking sunlight. patrick p.s. Next Phoenix update on NASA TV is set for 22:00 MDT.