Mars Goes Social Leading Up To Rover Landing Dan Koelsch, August 4, 2012August 4, 2012 NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission will hit a key moment tomorrow night at 10:30 PM PDT, when the Curiosity rover (which is the size of a MINI Cooper) lands on the planet’s surface. The last two rovers to hit Mars, in 2004, got national attention when they lasted way past…