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Re: Astronomy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15882485
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All is set for one of the most ambitious space missions ever devised.
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Nasa is about to launch its latest Mars rover, nicknamed Curiosity, from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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"MSL is an incredibly important flagship mission for this agency… as important as Hubble," observed Doug McCuistion, Nasa's Mars exploration programme director.
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MSL is being aimed at a deep equatorial depression called Gale Crater, which contains a central mountain that rises some 5km above the plain below.
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