"The new rover's going to be based on the [Curiosity] chassis, and it's really building on the tremendous success of the engineering of Curiosity," he said.
The Eye has since become as much a part of tourist London as Westminster Abbey, the Tower and Big Ben; a friendly curiosity, an urban eye-catcher, and an engineering wonder to compare with the Eiffel Tower.
And finally, there is one feat of physics and engineering virtuosity: the Curiosity rover's remarkably precise, gentle, "sky crane" landing on Mars.
It took carbon fibre a quarter of a century to go from laboratory curiosity to engineering material.
Thanks to the efforts of its drivers and the engineering team behind them, Curiosity has covered (at the time of writing) more than 300m (1,000ft), including a single push of 42m (138ft), its biggest roll to date since landing on Mars two months ago.
SAM Labs' kits are not entirely unlike LittleBits' offerings in this space, but the addition of the computer-based programming and the freedom of Bluetooth wireless means that SAM Labs kits are particularly well suitable as starting points for children who have a curiosity for electronics, engineering and technology.
In essence, over the past few decades this material system has steadily moved from a laboratory curiosity to an engineering material, both for fusion structural applications and other high performance application such as aerospace.
Their approach also strikes me as particularly British with their old-fashioned curiosity and enthusiasm for engineering".
Coyle must have done from an early age, when his curiosity took him into mining engineering from a family background in face-working for coal.
Jim Erickson said the next three weeks offered some important downtime for engineering and science teams, especially on the Curiosity project.
