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Hello. This is Charlie Bolden, NASA Administrator, speaking to you via the broadcast capabilities of the
Curiosity Rover, which is now on the surface of Mars.
Since the beginning of time, humankind's curiosity has led us to constantly seek new life...
new possibilities just beyond the horizon.
I want to congratulate the men and women of our NASA family as well as our commercial and government partners
around the world, for taking us a step beyond to Mars.
This is an extraordinary achievement. Landing a rover on Mars is not easy.
Others have tried. Only America has fully succeeded.
The investment we are making...the knowledge we hope to gain from our observation and analysis of Gale Crater,
will tell us much about the possibility of life on Mars as well as the past and future possibilities of our
own planet.
Curiosity will bring benefits to Earth and inspire a new generation of scientists and explorers
as it prepares the way for a human mission in the not too distant future.
Thank you.
(applause)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology