NASA's Spacecraft Glass Art Replica of the Mars Curiosity RoverThe Mars Curiosity Rover is an accurate laser rendering taken from NASA's own 3D blueprints. This intrinsically detailed cube is best viewed against a dark backdrop. The use of a LED lighted base will showcase the laser etchings optimally when on display.Mars Curiosity Fun Facts:The rover graced Mars at a speed of 13,200 mphIt weighs 1,982 (900 kilograms) pounds on earth, about the weight of a Mini CooperCuriosity got it's inspirational name from a 6th grader in Lenexa, Kansas who entered the 2008 student naming contestMay be the largest and most sophisticated rover to ever reach Mars, but the iPhone 4 is actually 4 times as powerfulWill have an average speed of less than 0.00073 mphIts built-in nuclear power plant is capable of generating electricity for up to 14 years Martian rocks won't know what hit them - Curiosity will be able to bore deeper into martian rocks than any other rover on Mars has ever achieved thanks to a handy dandy two-inch drill on the end of one of it's "arms."The Mars Science Laboratory mission cost $2.5 billion which is about $1 billion over budgetThe rover is powered by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator and lithium-ion batteriesThe MSL was launched on the 26th November 2011 from Cape CanaveralThe Mars Science Laboratory has travelled 560 million km to reach Mars a journey which has taken just over eight monthsThe Mission is expected to last for one Martian year or about 98 weeks.The MSL mission has four scientific goals:Determine whether Mars could ever have supported lifeStudy the climate of MarsStudy the geology of MarsPlan for a human mission to Mars
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