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Podcaster: Casey Dreier &  Emily Lakdawalla

Title: Planetary Society:  What’s Going on with Curiosity?

Organization: Planetary Society

Link : http://planetary.org

You can watch the video in:  http://youtu.be/8wYcWkJF6ek

Description:  The Curiosity rover hit an unexpected snag last week and had to switch over to a backup computer. It’s coming out of “Safe Mode” operations later this week, but JPL engineers are still trying to figure out exactly what went wrong.

Bio: Casey Dreier is an advocacy and outreach in Planetary Society. Emily Lakdawalla is a Planetary Society senior editor and blogger.

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