Amateur Astronomy Resources

If you are an astronomy hobbyist, and your are looking for some resources and information that could help you. Here is a short list of useful links that I've found so far, I hope they'll will be helpful for you too.

ASIMO - The Next Generation

Recently, Honda has unveiled the new version of ASIMO. Although, it looks quite similar to the previous model, improvements in its mobility and control systems have been done. 

Mars Rovers: Curiosity

The Mars Science Laboratory, also known as MSL, is the more recent mission that has been sent to explore Mars. Like Pathfinder and MERS missions, the MSL consist in place a rover with a scientific load on the Mars surface aiming to find more information about the past and present environmental conditions, and based on this information try to understand if Mars were capable of supporting life in the past, and also, if there is any chance to be inhabited. Curiosity is expected to arrive in August 2012 and It's been planned that the mission last one Mars year (23 Earth months).