The Mars Science Laboratory 'Curiosity' is currently roaming the red (not pink) planet. Darren and Lizzy talk about who made this rover, how it got to Mars and how many wheels he has on martian soil.
This months time magazine for August 2012 is graced by an artist image of the Martian rover, Curiosity. "MARS" fills a fourth of the cover image, taking more space then the iconic "Time" at the top. When I pulled this periodical from the stacks it triggered an old memory. I felt that I had seen this cover before. When upon my next visit to my parent's attic storage of my youth, I was able to pull out one of my "save it" boxes. Old school papers, newspaper clippings, Star Trek Voyager TV guides and magazines filled this box.
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