https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Science_Laboratory#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Science_Laboratory#Histor... Curiosity landed 8 years after th

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Science_Laboratory#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Science_Laboratory#Histor... Curiosity landed 8 years after the call for proposal. If I recall, the landing site (Gale Crater rim) was considered extremely interesting at the time.