Scientists look for new landing site for Mars mission
Scientists are urgently looking for an alternative landing site for a long-armed robot set to launch this summer. The original landing spot was nixed after the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter beemed back images showing lots of bus-sized boulders littered over old crater rims on flat plains. If a new landing site cannot be found soon, the mission will have to be delayed two years and two months until Earth and Mars are in the correct positions in their respective orbits. If this happens it will delay our attempt to find life on Mars.
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