Re: Nailed it!
I read a pile of stuff about this mission before the landing; I knew Curiosity was well equipped: a drill for soil samples, a lab to test them, a laser and spectrometer to analyze rocks; more cameras than I could hope to own...etc. What I missed was the purpose of all this gear.
All this, for the search for evidence of organic compounds or their remnants. The site is an impact crater with a 5km mountain in the middle; ready made for examining the geological history/layers of Mars.
Am I excited!? Yes! Yes I am!!!
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