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By Kenneth Chang / The Bulletin
July 31, 2012
Right now, a spacecraft containing Curiosity — a car-size, nuclear-powered planet rover — is coasting at 8,000 mph toward Mars, nearing the end of a journey that began in November. With tightening budgets, it is the last hurrah for NASA’s planetary program for quite....