The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job
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*The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job* is a detailed non-fiction book that explains the technology, design decisions, and operational challenges behind NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover for a general science audience.
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12542612 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job Context triple: [Emily Lakdawalla, notableWork, The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job]
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Mars Science Laboratory entry, descent, and landing modeling
Mars Science Laboratory entry, descent, and landing modeling is the suite of analytical and computational tools used to predict and optimize the Curiosity rover’s atmospheric entry, parachute descent, and landing performance on Mars.
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Methane Sensor for Mars
Methane Sensor for Mars is a scientific instrument aboard India’s Mars Orbiter Mission designed to detect and measure methane in the Martian atmosphere.
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Sample Analysis at Mars
Sample Analysis at Mars is a suite of scientific instruments on NASA's Curiosity rover designed to analyze the chemistry and mineralogy of Martian rocks, soil, and atmosphere.
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Fast, cheap and out of control: A robot invasion of the solar system
"Fast, cheap and out of control: A robot invasion of the solar system" is an influential essay by roboticist Rodney Brooks advocating for swarms of small, inexpensive, autonomous robots as a practical strategy for space exploration.
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Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars
The Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) is a high-resolution imaging spectrometer aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter designed to map the planet’s mineralogy and detect signs of past water activity.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job Target entity description: *The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job* is a detailed non-fiction book that explains the technology, design decisions, and operational challenges behind NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover for a general science audience.
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A.
Mars Science Laboratory entry, descent, and landing modeling
Mars Science Laboratory entry, descent, and landing modeling is the suite of analytical and computational tools used to predict and optimize the Curiosity rover’s atmospheric entry, parachute descent, and landing performance on Mars.
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B.
Methane Sensor for Mars
Methane Sensor for Mars is a scientific instrument aboard India’s Mars Orbiter Mission designed to detect and measure methane in the Martian atmosphere.
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C.
Sample Analysis at Mars
Sample Analysis at Mars is a suite of scientific instruments on NASA's Curiosity rover designed to analyze the chemistry and mineralogy of Martian rocks, soil, and atmosphere.
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D.
Fast, cheap and out of control: A robot invasion of the solar system
"Fast, cheap and out of control: A robot invasion of the solar system" is an influential essay by roboticist Rodney Brooks advocating for swarms of small, inexpensive, autonomous robots as a practical strategy for space exploration.
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E.
Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars
The Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) is a high-resolution imaging spectrometer aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter designed to map the planet’s mineralogy and detect signs of past water activity.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Emily Lakdawalla
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The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job
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Emily Lakdawalla
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The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job
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