Talk:Curiosity (rover)
MER length: image caption says 1.6 m, body paragraph below says 1.5 m
In the "Rover and lander specifications" section, the image caption (File:PIA15279_3rovers-stand_D2011_1215_D521.jpg) and the body paragraph immediately below it give different lengths for the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER):
- Image caption: "Sojourner is Template:Cvt long. The Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) are Template:Cvt long. Curiosity on the right is Template:Cvt long."
- Body paragraph (immediately below the same image): "Curiosity is Template:Cvt long by Template:Cvt wide by Template:Cvt high, larger than Mars Exploration Rovers, which are Template:Cvt long..." (cited to MSL/USA Today and the MER fact sheet)
The MER chassis (Spirit / Opportunity) has a single length; one of these figures is wrong. The body's "1.5 m" matches the long-standing figure on the Mars Exploration Rover article (which gives 1.6 m total length only if the wheels-extended footprint is counted, while the chassis itself is ~1.5 m). The caption also rounds Curiosity's 2.9 m to 3 m, suggesting it's the looser of the two.
Suggested fix: update the caption to "The Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) are Template:Cvt long. Curiosity on the right is Template:Cvt long" so the caption matches the cited body and the infobox. Rome (talk) 00:32, 29 April 2026 (UTC)