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Mars Curiosity Rover, One Year Later, Fascinates Youth at a UNESCO Summer Academy of Learning in Romania
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Fe, New Mexico, USA - August 21, 2013World Genesis Foundation Headquarters
 Romanian students asking questions to Ravi Prakash about NASA's Mars Curiosity Program |
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 Ravi Prakash sharing updates about what has been learned in the first year of Mars Curiosity's exploration of Mars |
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 Ravi Prakash speaks with students about his new projects |
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 Students listening to Ravi Prakash during evening program in outdoor amphitheater at Atlantykron 2013 |
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 The World Genesis Foundation, leave no child without hope for the future. |
An appropriate name, “Curiosity” for the rover. Mars Science Laboratory mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet. Curiosity was designed to assess whether Mars ever had an environment able to support small life forms called microbes. In other words, its mission is to determine the planet's "habitability." Participants had the chance to ask questions and learn what has been explored and discovered over the past year. One of the exciting things learned was Mars Curiosity has already achieved its main science goal of revealing ancient Mars could have supported life. We learned how time and distance plays into controlling the Rover and getting information. What the distance Mars Curiosity has traveled over the past year? Well only one and 1 ½ kilometers.
"It was so great to have Ravi back with us this year and he was definitely a highlight of the Academy. The discussion sparked so many questions, from everybody. Space exploration, brings out much wonder and attention, no matter what your age or experience so all eyes and ears were engaged with excitement,” said Heather Caton MSW, World Genesis Foundation President and CEO. So what is in the future for Mars Curiosity? Sorin Repanovici, Atlantykron coordinator and co-founder of World Genesis Foundation says, “We hope to stay connected and find out. There are so many things to be discovered and learned and we are happy to share this with youth and spark their curiosity.”
A movie made with Hazard-Avoidance Camera images from Curiosity's first year, titled "Twelve Months in Two Minutes," is available at http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/1yearin2mins
Links to video excerpts from these presentations and discussions can be found below.
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NASA Mars Curiosity Rover News
NASA Mars Curiosity Rover Video
Ravi Prakash - Bio
Ravi Prakash at IDEO
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