Live Public Talk: Mars  Science Laboratory Landing Site
Join us in person at JPL,  or virtually via the Internet, on April 12 for a public talk about Gale Crater,  landing site of NASA's next Mars rover.
Where is NASA's Mars  Science Laboratory going to land and why? Join us either in person or virtually  for a live public talk from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Thursday, April  12 at 7 p.m. PT (10 p.m. ET) about Gale Crater, the landing site for NASA's Mars  Science Laboratory. The mission and its rover, Curiosity, are scheduled to  arrive at Mars in August.The speaker is JPL's  Matthew Golombek, Mars Exploration Program landing site scientist.The selection of Gale Crater as the landing site  took more than five years, involved broad participation of the science  community, and narrowed more than 50 initial potential sites to four finalists,  based on science and safety. In the final selection, Gale Crater was chosen for  its greater diversity and potential habitability.Live streaming high-definition  video of the event will be carried on Ustream, with chat available, at:http://www.ustream.tv/nasajplStandard-definition video  will be available at:http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2For more information and  viewing details on the lecture, visit:http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures_archive.cfm?year=2012&month=4