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Will Have a Brother on Mars by 2020 Posted By Tafline Laylin On
December 5, 2012 @ 8:12 am In carousel showcase,News | No
Comments NASA  has announced that it is building a successor to
the Curiosity rover currently roaming Mars . Building on the
success of the ongoing exploratory mission on the red planet,
the space agency will essentially replicate the existing rover’s
design in order to drive down costs and risk. The new rover is
expected to launch in 2020 and Curiosity may well be there to
welcome it. “The future rover development and design will be
based on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) architecture  that
successfully carried the Curiosity rover to the Martian surface
this summer,” NASA announced in a recent press release. In
addition to driving down costs, the new rover will feature the
proven entry, descent, landing system (EDL) and progresses the
American government’s plan