In late November 2011, NASA’s Curiosity rover was loaded into an Atlas V rocket and sent on its merry way to Mars—an eight- month journey through space. Armed to the teeth with an impressive array of scientific equipment, Curiosity will carry out a very specific mission: examine the Martian surface for signs of life. This [...]
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Today I was made aware of a NASA announcement which whipped me into a frenzy not seen since I was five years old and it was Christmas Eve. They dangled the possibility of microbial/methane-based life in front of me and I. COULDN’T. WAIT. I bookmarked NASA TV and giggled uncontrollably, visions of little bacteria dancing around [...]
