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.
A Rover's Playground. With a top speed of only 1.5 inches per second on flat, hard ground, Curiosity needs a landing spot on Mars that doesn't require it to travel long distances to do its most important investigations. It took five years and 150 Mars scientists to narrow down a landing site from 60 possibilities.