Curiosity Rover leaving 'Mars rat' behind | Fox News

NASA's PR just kills me. Would it really hurt them to simply take a second picture from a different angle?

This is the kind of stuff that gets people interested in space exploration.

>The trek will cover about 5 miles of straight-line distance and will likely take about a year.

This is interesting to me. Does the rover just move really slow because it is collecting data the whole way? or because the terrain is hard to navigate?