Mishandling On Earth Could Impede Mars Rover

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
An apparent lack of rigor in maintaining cleanliness on the Curiosity rover while it was being assembled may one day force a hiatus in its use to explore Mars, if its instruments detect the possibility that life-supporting water exists nearby. NASA's planetary protection officer, the scientist in...

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