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As the San Francisco Chronicle reports: Steve Squyres, a Cornell astronomer and the rover's chief scientist, said Thursday that the rugged rock is a form of breccia, jumbled fragments of minerals cemented together and apparently thrown up from beneath the planet's surface by some monstrous impact that happened millions - or perhaps billions - of years ago.

James M. Gentile: Innovations In Space Technology Are Still Key James M. Gentile 2011

As the San Francisco Chronicle reports: Steve Squyres, a Cornell astronomer and the rover's chief scientist, said Thursday that the rugged rock is a form of breccia, jumbled fragments of minerals cemented together and apparently thrown up from beneath the planet's surface by some monstrous impact that happened millions - or perhaps billions - of years ago.

James M. Gentile: Innovations In Space Technology Are Still Key James M. Gentile 2011

Having marched in a few parades (most behind horses), it sounds like the rover's "crabwalk" ability may be well tested ...

Army First, NASA Last - NASA Watch 2009

The colonist traced their name in the dust on the old rover's solar panel "and remembered the adventure that started it all."

Zoe P. Strassfield: You Never Know Zoe P. Strassfield 2011

It blamed the latest budget woes on issues that cropped up during testing involving the rover's avionics, landing radar and drill that took more time and money than expected to fix.

Cost Of Next-Generation Mars Rover Soars AP 2011

Instead, the rover's "eyes" will be digital color cameras that are three times more powerful than those aboard previous Martian surface spacecraft.

Audit: Mars mission faces hurdles before launch 2011

MSL is very limited in power (despite the non-solar power source), it can't get to the higher elevations and latitudes that NASA had asked for, some of the instruments have seen needless descopes in their science imposed by NASA, and the trade between landing ellipse size, landing elevation, and the rover's mobility capabilities still doesn't permit a mission to some of the most scientifically interesting sites on Mars.

MSL Problems Revisited - NASA Watch 2009

Knowing when the next dust devil will clean off your rover's solar panels is priceless indeed.

Bolden and Garver: Smooth Sailing - NASA Watch 2009

Instead, the rover's "eyes" will be digital color cameras that are three times more powerful than those aboard previous Martian surface spacecraft.

Audit: Mars mission faces hurdles before launch 2011

It blamed the latest budget woes on issues that cropped up during testing involving the rover's avionics, landing radar and drill that took more time and money than expected to fix.

Cost Of Next-Generation Mars Rover Soars AP 2011