ST. LOUIS SECTION APPRECIATION EVENT

摘要

The AIAA St. Louis Section held a combined Dinner Meeting/2nd Annual Member Appreciation Event on 13 December 2012 at the Moonrise Hotel in University City, MO. Mr. Todd Barber from the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, CA, gave a fascinating and detailed presentation on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), more commonly known as the Mars Curiosity Rover. He related numerous stories regarding the preparation to launch, the actual landing sequence on Mars, and the ongoing tasks that Curiosity is now undertaking.