Therefore, telomeres act as the aging clock in every cell. Telomeres are shortened as we age, but telomeres can also be shortened by stress, smoking, obesity, lack of exercise and a poor diet. Short telomeres are connected to premature cellular aging.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. The Curiosity rover is 10 feet in length, 9 feet in width, 7 feet in height, and weighs 1,982 pounds. In other words, it's about the size of a car. The Curiosity rover is 10 feet in length, 9 feet in width, 7 feet in height, and weighs 1,982 pounds. In other words, it's about the size of a car.
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is a mosaic of photos taken by the rover's Mars Hand Lends Imager taken on Sol 85, the rover's 85th Martian day, as Curiosity was sampling rocks at a stop dubbed Rocknest in Gale Crater.iew full size image. Future Mars explorers may be able to get all the water they need out of the red dirt beneath their boots, a new study suggests. NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has found that surface soil on the Red Planet contains about 2 percent water by weight.