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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
October 10, 2008
NASA’s next big mission is ambitious, perhaps too ambitious.
The goal is to send a robotic rover the size of a small SUV to Mars. The rover, called the Mars Science Laboratory, would be powered by a nuclear battery, and be able to roam far and wide, gathering information with a suite....