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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1371035, member: 19065&quot;]<b><i><font size="3"><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0209/Why-is-NASA-sending-a-penny-to-Mars" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0209/Why-is-NASA-sending-a-penny-to-Mars" rel="nofollow">Why is NASA sending a penny to Mars?</a> <font size="2">from </font></font></i><font size="2">The Christian Science Monitor [02/09/2012]</font><i><font size="3"></font></i></b></p><p><b><i><font size="3"><br /></font></i></b></p><p><b><b><font size="2"><span style="color: #000080"><i>A US penny is on-board NASA&#039;s Curiosity rover that is scheduled to&nbsp; land on Mars in August. </i></span></font></b></b></p><p><b><b><font size="2"><span style="color: #000080"><i>The 1909 penny commemorating the centennial of&nbsp; President Lincoln&#039;s birth will act as a </i></span></font></b></b></p><p><b><b><font size="2"><span style="color: #000080"><i>calibration target to help&nbsp; scientists and the public to gauge the size of objects on Mars.</i></span></font></b></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH]161663.vB[/ATTACH]</b></p><p><b></b><span style="color: #000080">NASA/JPL-Caltech</span></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2"></font><font size="1">This&nbsp; image shows NASA&#039;s Mars rover Curiosity with an inset showing the coin&nbsp; that will act as a calibration target. </font></p><p><font size="1">NASA launched Curiosity last&nbsp; November and it&#039;s scheduled to land in August.</font></p><p><font size="1"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://images.zaazu.com/img/Astronaut-Astronaut-cosmonaut-Apollo-smiley-emoticon-001119-large.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="http://www.cristoferdelatorre.com/emoticonosgratis/emoticonos/emoticono-astronauta.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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