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Here’s exactly where Mars Curiosity landed—and the NASA engineer who won that bet

A friend at NASA has sent us this exclusive document that reveals two things for the first time. One, it shows exactly where Curiosity landed yesterday, something that hasn’t been officially disclosed yet. The accuracy of the actual landing site compared to the target is impressive!*

And two, the NASA guys had a pool on where it would land, called Mars Madness 2012:

Because we’re nerds and don’t really know anything about basketball, our office pools look a little different around here.

via Gizmodo

Continue reading/check out the Mars Madness 2012 chart here

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