View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-curiosity-got-us-to-mars-bobak-ferdowsi In August 2012, the Curiosity rover landed on Mars. The landing itself was a huge achievement and required...
========== Translator: Andrea McDonough
Reviewer: Bedirhan CinarAbout 100 days ago,we landed a two-ton SUV
on the surface of another planet,on the surface of Mars.This is one of the first pictures
we took there with our rover,looking out at Mount Sharp.I kind of cry a little bit,choke up, when I see this picture.Why Mars and why do we look
at these other planets?Part of it is to understand
our own planet --what's the context for us?We live on this amazing planet,
but Mars is a lot like Earth.It's similar in size.During the daytime, it can
get up to 70 degrees Fahrenheit.So, it's so like Earth,
but at the same time,this is a barren landscape.You don't see any trees,
you don't see any cactuses growing,anything like that.Today I'm ...
