NASA’s Curiosity shows difference between Obama and Romney

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US President Barack Obama talks on the phone with NASA's Curiosity Mars rover team aboard Air Force One during a flight to Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, Aug. 13, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
When US President Barack Obama talked to scientists behind NASA’s roving robot Curiosity, it highlighted an example of the advantages of being the incumbent. Obama personally talked to the scientists in his official role from his presidential plane while his Republican foe Mitt Romney only got to talk about them. Obama ribbed the scientists to let him know right away if they found life on Mars, while Romney cited the Mars landing while in Florida sortie. Curiosity touched down on Mars last week, after a high-risk landing, and will hunt for soil-based signatures of life on Earth’s nearest neighbor and send back data to prepare for a future human mission.


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