April 11, 2012 Where is NASA's Mars Science Laboratory going to
land and why? Join us either in person or virtually for a live
public talk from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Thursday,
April 12 at 7 p.m. PT (10 p.m. ET) about Gale Crater, the
landing site for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory. The mission and
its rover, Curiosity, are scheduled to arrive at Mars in August.
The speaker is JPL's Matthew Golombek, Mars Exploration Program
landing site scientist. The selection of Gale Crater as the
landing site took more than five years, involved broad
participation of the science community, and narrowed more than
50 initial potential sites to four finalists, based on science
and safety. In the final selection, Gale Crater was chosen for
its greater diversity and potential habitability. Live streaming
high-definition video of the event will be carried on Ustream,
with chat available, at: http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl Standard-
definition video will be available at:
http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2 For more informa