Rover's landing launches research for UH scientist

By Michael Tsai

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 06, 2012

~~<p>For someone with such an immense amount of work ahead of him, University of Hawaii geologist Scott Rowland could hardly have been happier Sunday night as he and a room full of space buffs witnessed via the Internet the successful landing of the NASA rover Curiosity on the surface of Mars.</p>
<p>Rowland, one of several geologists selected to be part of an elite camera team that will help to analyze data received from the rover, watched the feed from a classroom at the university's Pacific Ocean Science and Technology building. Joining him were Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology Director Peter Mouginis-Mark and about 20 faculty, students and community members, including Rowland's parents and son.</p>
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For someone with such an immense amount of work ahead of him, University of Hawaii geologist Scott Rowland could hardly have been happier Sunday night as he and a room full of space buffs witnessed via the Internet the successful landing of the NASA rover Curiosity on the surface of Mars.

Rowland, one of several geologists selected to be part of an elite camera team that will help to analyze data received from the rover, watched the feed from a classroom at the university's Pacific Ocean Science and Technology building. Joining him were Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology Director Peter Mouginis-Mark and about 20 faculty, students and community members, including Rowland's parents and son. Login for more...