NASA Slips Mars Science Lab Rover Launch To 2011

Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), a nuclear-powered rover the size of a small car, will be leaving for the Red Planet in 2011 instead of 2009, as persistent technical problems have pushed its development schedule to the breaking point. NASA, which has been struggling to keep MSL on track for months...

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