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I guess I assumed that they were positioned where they were due to some sort of strategic importance which might mean curiosity was headed there for the same reason. It really is exciting, isn't it? I look forward to it's findings. Safe travels!! 9 months is a while.
The landing site is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Science_Laboratory#Landing... It's about 14 sq miles. So even if they did shoot for one of the previous rovers, they might have a very long drive ahead of them. Here's a map of the previous Mars landings, and crashes: http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/marsprobemap.html Curiosity will be closest to Spirit, but not in driving distance: http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Gale_(cr...