The Curiosity Rover and its Journey to Mars

Jan. 2, 2013 - PRLog -- On August 6th 2012, Curiosity, the NASA Mars Rover, made a successful landing in Gale Crater on Mars. This marked the culmination of many years of preparation and a journey of more than 350 million miles.

Doug McCuiston will share his experiences of a project that required huge ingenuity, continual design innovation and the management of an entirely unique set of challenges encountered when trying to land a car sized robotic rover on a planet with conditions not replicable on Earth.

Other PI 2013 speakers include Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, Prof Alfred Katzenbach, Director Information Technology for Engineering at Daimler, and Mark Chapman the Chief Engineer at the Bloodhound Supersonic Car to name just a few.

About PI 2013

Product Innovation 2013 is an event at the nexus between R&D, Engineering and IT providing insight and inspiration into product information creation, development and management.

PI 2013 builds on the years of success of the PLM Innovation (http://www.plminnovation.com/) congress, and brings it together with the exciting developments and applications in CAD, CAE and simulation.

More information: www.picongress.com