NASA to Athletic Mars Rover - 'Stick the Landing' - NYTimes.com:
"During its two-year exploration, the plutonium-powered Curiosity will climb the lower mountain flanks to probe the deposits. As sophisticated as the rover is, it cannot search for life. Instead, it carries a toolbox including a power drill, rock-zapping laser and mobile chemistry lab to sniff for organic compounds, considered the chemical building blocks of life. It also has cameras to take panoramic photos."
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Right now there is no plutonium on Mars. This man made plutonium will be on the surface of Mars, no matter how successful Curiosity lands, for twenty thousand years, which is plutonium's lifetime.
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