8th January 2014 Sol 506

Its Stargazing Live at University of Leicester today.  I am giving one of the talks about Curiosity and what we have achieved already, and what we hope to do in the coming months, when we will reach 1 martian year.

However, we need to balance science, speed and caution.  Curiosity’s wheels have a little wear and tear.  As the rover is nearly 1 tonne and has been driving over hard rocks that’s not surprising.  Its something we will all be keeping an eye on.