EEVblog #328 - Curiosity Mars Rover Landing

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On August 5th/6th 2012 the NASA JPL Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover called Curiosity will land on Mars using an innovative new "Sky Crane" technique. Will it be systems engineering's finest hour?, or a spectacular and costly failure?
The first photos came through minutes after the successful landing:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html

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