Video Of The Week - Why NASA's 'Curiosity' And Your Own, Matter

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On Sunday, August 5th, 2012, NASA scientists successfully landed the massive 2,000 pound Mars Science Laboratory AKA Curiosity on the surface of the Red Planet, a feat that was truly considered one of the most momentous events in the history of Space.

However, if you are like most of us, you probably applauded it for a day and maybe even wondered if given the global recession, whether a $2.5 billion USD rover to a planet that we may never visit, was really money well spent. In this video, former Rock' n' Roll artist turned NASA engineer Adam Stelzner explains why Curiosity - Both NASA's and the human kind matter, irrespective of cost!

Resource: NASA.gov

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  • Daliaover 12 years
    That is awesome!
    • gene
      geneover 12 years
      i am so happy to see what is in mars
      • Person of greenover 12 years
        The second rover on mars seriously !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
        • Naomiover 12 years
          I think that Curiosity was a great name for the NASA rover!
        • fuzzymanover 12 years
          cool things about NASA.
          • anaover 12 years
            so i think this is awesome and i want to see nasa go up into space befor the world ends.
            • chha01155
              chha01155over 12 years
              This is really cool actly cause i did think they where making another rover, but its going on a diffrent planet
              • christofferover 12 years
                so cool
                • secretover 12 years
                  that is so cool
                  • antoniom
                    antoniomover 12 years
                    im totaly doing my prodject on this. x)