As NASA guaranteed, Curiosity has stopped in the quarter pole toward its first scientific location to test its robot arm and attached scientific instruments. After 100 yards of driving, the rover extended its 7-feet limb, and can now spend six to 10 days checking its predetermined positions and flexibility. Which will make sure the appendage is prepared after making it through the chilly vaccuum of space and subsequent setdown, and can let its minders observe how it truely does work within the unfamiliar Martian gravity and temps. The JPL researchers responsible for the six-wheeler will even peep the Mars Hands Lens Imager making-in-Canada Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer to warrant that they are up for the geology in the future. If all goes well, the rover will begin gathering, drilling and examining in serious if this hits Glenelg, then Mount Sharp -- so, we'd limber up first before dealing with everything, too.
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