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Forum:	Satellites - Robotic Probes
Topic:	NASA's Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]Spaceflight Now: [URL=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0910/20titanium/index.html]Fudged titanium could threaten next Mars rover[/URL] <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]An industry-wide concern over bad titanium could add more cost to the already over-budget $2.3 billion Mars Science Laboratory mission because engineers need to check the integrity of the metal used in the structure of the spacecraft, NASA officials told an agency advisory committee. "Everybody thought we were buying a (military) standard titanium that was properly treated for use. It turns out it wasn't worked properly," said Doug McCuistion, director of NASA's Mars exploration program.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE>[/B][/QUOTE]
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