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 DanesterAdvanced Member
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A 1909 Lincoln Cent will be touching down on the surface of Mars with the 2012 “Curiosity” NASA rover – scheduled to land at 1:17 AM EDT Monday Aug 6th (10:17 PM Sunday PDT August 5th).
The 1909 Lincoln Cent is aboard as a calibration target for the Mars Hand Lens Imager instrument. If this coin could be recovered sometime in the future and then certified by PCGS.... what a prize!
No more bouncing cushion ball landings as in the past. This rover will be landing like Buck Rogers by an eight–engine jetpack "sky crane" that will gently lower it to the surface.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BudlaGh1A0o
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 eagamesExpert Member
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DanesterAdvanced Member
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:29 am |
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I guessing it comes back by 2110..... I bid $225,000. 
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 kenSenior Member
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Location: Phila.,Pa.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:58 pm |
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Looks like they cleaned it 
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 DickExpert Member
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| Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 3:23 pm |
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(Looks like they cleaned it )
Looks like they finally discovered that we "Humans" are the cause of all the contamination of space.
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