"Well, just when you thought the whole space program was going down in a blaze of glorious apathy, we're given this little tidbit from NASA, and I hope you're paying attention: Honing in on landing site for new Mars Rover Let's stop and notice again what was just said. First, there's this: "Curiosity -- NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mobile robot -- will investigate the red planet's past or present ability to sustain microbial life and will examine ideal soil and rock sample targets for collection and analysis." Then,  there's this: "NASA's new Mars probe, a $2.5 billion, … [Read more...]