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Daily Archives: August 2, 2012
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan (Cosmos, 1980) Since the dawn of civilisation, humans have gazed up at the stars and planets overhead. Even now, separated from our forebears by an expansive gulf of time, technology and knowledge, the stars remain distant, esoteric but evocative targets. Our curiosity and thirst for understanding drives us on, pushing the limits of human endurance, engineering and science to the point where 528.... |
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cu·ri·os·i·ty [kyoor-ee-os-i-tee] Definition: 1.[noun] a state in which you want to learn more about something Synonyms: wonder 2.[noun] something unusual Synonyms: curio, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity Curiosity — Robot Geologist and Chemist in One! Well, there couldn’t be a better word to describe the Mars Science Laboratory, which is on the final stages of its flight to Mars. Brush up on all your Curiosity trivia at http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/ What I learned: Curiosity weighs 900 kilograms, or about 2,000 pounds and has.... |
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Astrobiology Magazine Top Story |
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