Adventure Works: The ultimate source for outdoor equipment

Crown Capital

Management Jakarta

Indoneisa

Mars Curiosity rover scheduled for a

stopover

• Mars Curiosity rover is scheduled for a

stopover to scrutinize the pyramid-shaped

rock on the planet’s surface.The rock,

measuring around 16 inches at the base and

10 inches high is chosen for analysis due to its

unusual shape, was named “Jake” in memory

of Jet Propulsion Lab engineer-

mathematician Jacob Matijevic who died

several days after the spacecraft’s landing on

Mars.

• The science team from JPL will have Curiosity

stop for a couple of days for its first “contact

science” by analysing and photographing the

rock using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI)

and Alpha Particle Xray Spectrometer (APXS).

• Curiosity is on a 2-year mission to probe living

conditions in Mars and gain insights into its

geologic history. Its goal is to reach the base

of Mount Sharp in the midst of Gale Crater,

around 7 miles away from its current position,

by early 2013.

•