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Curiosity rover gives Mars the middle finger, prepares to get drilling

Robot arm to penetrate surface, get alien world’s rocks off for analysis

Pics  After an extensive summer of long, long, long-distance remote support by NASA engineers on Earth, it looks as though Curiosity on Mars is back in the drilling game.…

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