Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He takahi poto kua kore e mahi te rover Curiosity a NASA i te wa e tirotirohia ana e nga kaipūkaha te raru. I mutu te mahi a te rover Mars i te wa i kitea ai he raru hiko i a ia e whakamahi ana i tana ringa ki te neke paura ki roto i tana ipu tauira. Kāore anō kia mōhiotia te nui o te raruraru, engari i kī a NASA e tūmanako ana rātau ka tīmata anō ngā mahi i roto i ngā rā maha mēnā ka taea te whakatau. I puta he takawaenga poto i te ringa o te rover i a ia e neke ana. Kei te tirotirohia e ngā kaipūkaha NASA i California te raruraru. Ko te rover (e whakaaturia ana i konei i roto i te whakaahua whakairoiro tata i tangohia e tona ringa) i te whakawhiti i te puehu toka ki roto i te ipu tātari tauira. 'Kei te whakahaere whakamātautau matou i runga i te waka i roto i tona whirihoranga o nāianei i mua i neke tatou i te ringa ranei puku,' ka mea Kaiwhakahaere Project Curiosity Jim Erickson, o NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory i Pasadena, California. Mā tēnei e whai wāhi pai ai mātou ki te whakatau i te wāhi o te wā poto. I puta te takahi poto i te wa e neke ana te rover i tona ringa i te 27 o Hui-tanguru. I te kitenga o te rover i te rerekētanga, ka mutu te nekehanga o tōna ringa. I kii a NASA ko taua poto poto ka iti pea te pa ki nga mahi rover, ka taea ranei te akiaki i te roopu rover ki te aukati i te whakamahinga o te miihini. Kāore anō kia mōhiotia te nui o te kino ka pā mai i te wā poto, mēnā he nui. I runga i a Twitter te pūkete mana mo te rover, @MarsCuriosity, ka mea: 'Ka karanga ahau ki a Johnny Five. Ko ētahi o ngā ope kei te tatari i te wā e tirotirohia ana e taku kapa he takawaenga poto.' Ko te tere o te rover ko 1.5 inihi (3.8 henimita) ia hēkona. Ko Curiosity te wha o nga rover i toro atu ki Mars. Tata ki te whitu meneti te wā i tae ai ki te aorangi whero. E 17 ngā kāmera kei runga i te rover. He rite tonu te taumaha ki te Mini Cooper e tata ana ki te 2,000pounds (900kg). I whakaarohia e ngā kaipūtaiao e 60 ngā wāhi taunga ka taea i mua i te whakatau i runga i te Gale Crater. I puta te hē i te wā e whakawhiti ana te rover i te puehu toka i kohia e tana pūhāhā i runga i te ringa ki nga taputapu taiwhanga i runga i te rover. I tangohia tēnei puehu i tētahi ūnga rokiroki e kiia nei ko Telegraph Peak. Ko te pākiki...
I puta he takai poto i te ringa o te rover i a ia e neke ana. I te whakawhiti i te puehu toka ki roto i tētahi ipu tātari tauira. Heoi anō he raruraru hiko i whakamutu ai i ngā mahi a te rover. Kei te tirotirohia e ngā kaipūkaha NASA i California te raruraru. Mēnā ka taea te whakatau, me tīmata anō te rover i ngā mahi i roto i ngā rā torutoru.