Will Curiosity Look for Life on Mars? Not Exactly...

By jmajor - July 24, 2012 at 5:37 PM UTC | Astrobiology

– John Grotzinger, MSL Project Scientist

And with these words this latest video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory begins, explaining what Curiosity's goal will be once it arrives on Mars on August 5. There will be a lot of media coverage of the event and many news stories as the date approaches, and some of these will undoubtedly refer to Mars Science Laboratory as a "search for life on Mars" mission... but in reality the focus of MSL is a bit subtler than that (if no less exciting.)

But hey, one can always

dream

...

Video: NASA/JPL