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NASA included an acoustic speaker on the Curiosity rover.

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REFUTED
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The claim is incorrect because NASA included an acoustic microphone and speaker system on the Perseverance rover (Mars 2020), not the Curiosity rover.

The analysis

The claim specifies that NASA included an acoustic speaker on the Curiosity rover. Looking at the retrieved literature, the acoustic instrument (SuperCam microphone and associated acoustic tests using laser sparks) is part of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, not Curiosity. Therefore, the claim is refuted by attributing Perseverance hardware to Curiosity.

Evidence against · 4
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Wiens RC, Maurice S, Robinson SH, Nelson AE, Cais P, Bernardi P, Newell RT, Clegg S, Sharma SK, Storms S, Deming J, Beckman D, Ollila AM, Gasnault O, Anderson RB, André Y, Michael Angel S, Arana G, Auden E, Beck P, Becker J, Benzerara K, Bernard S, Beyssac O, Borges L, Bousquet B, Boyd K, Caffrey M, Carlson J, Castro K, Celis J, Chide B, Clark K, Cloutis E, Cordoba EC, Cousin A, Dale M, Deflores L, Delapp D, Deleuze M, Dirmyer M, Donny C, Dromart G, George Duran M, Egan M, Ervin J, Fabre C, Fau A, Fischer W, Forni O, Fouchet T, Fresquez R, Frydenvang J, Gasway D, Gontijo I, Grotzinger J, Jacob X, Jacquinod S, Johnson JR, Klisiewicz RA, Lake J, Lanza N, Laserna J, Lasue J, Le Mouélic S, Legett C 4th, Leveille R, Lewin E, Lopez-Reyes G, Lorenz R, Lorigny E, Love SP, Lucero B, Madariaga JM, Madsen M, Madsen S, Mangold N, Manrique JA, Martinez JP, Martinez-Frias J, McCabe KP, McConnochie TH, McGlown JM, McLennan SM, Melikechi N, Meslin PY, Michel JM, Mimoun D, Misra A, Montagnac G, Montmessin F, Mousset V, Murdoch N, Newsom H, Ott LA, Ousnamer ZR, Pares L, Parot Y, Pawluczyk R, Glen Peterson C, Pilleri P, Pinet P, Pont G, Poulet F, Provost C, Quertier B, Quinn H, Rapin W, Reess JM, Regan AH, Reyes-Newell AL, Romano PJ, Royer C, Rull F, Sandoval B, Sarrao JH, Sautter V, Schoppers MJ, Schröder S, Seitz D, Shepherd T, Sobron P, Dubois B, Sridhar V, Toplis MJ, Torre-Fdez I, Trettel IA, Underwood M, Valdez A, Valdez J, Venhaus D, Willis P. The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the NASA Mars 2020 Rover: Body Unit and Combined System Tests.. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00777-5

This paper describes the SuperCam instrument suite on the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, not Curiosity.

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Maurice S, Chide B, Murdoch N, Lorenz RD, Mimoun D, Wiens RC, Stott A, Jacob X, Bertrand T, Montmessin F, Lanza NL, Alvarez-Llamas C, Angel SM, Aung M, Balaram J, Beyssac O, Cousin A, Delory G, Forni O, Fouchet T, Gasnault O, Grip H, Hecht M, Hoffman J, Laserna J, Lasue J, Maki J, McClean J, Meslin PY, Le Mouélic S, Munguira A, Newman CE, Rodríguez Manfredi JA, Moros J, Ollila A, Pilleri P, Schröder S, de la Torre Juárez M, Tzanetos T, Stack KM, Farley K, Williford K. In situ recording of Mars soundscape.. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04679-0

This study analyzes acoustic soundscape recordings from the Perseverance rover.

Recorded source metadata

Murdoch N, Stott AE, Gillier M, Hueso R, Lemmon M, Martinez G, Apéstigue V, Toledo D, Lorenz RD, Chide B, Munguira A, Sánchez-Lavega A, Vicente-Retortillo A, Newman CE, Maurice S, de la Torre Juárez M, Bertrand T, Banfield D, Navarro S, Marin M, Torres J, Gomez-Elvira J, Jacob X, Cadu A, Sournac A, Rodriguez-Manfredi JA, Wiens RC, Mimoun D. The sound of a Martian dust devil.. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35100-z

This study describes audio and acoustic data collected by the SuperCam instrument on the Perseverance rover.

Recorded source metadata

Chide B, Blanc-Benon P, Bertrand T, Jacob X, Lasue J, Lorenz RD, Montmessin F, Murdoch N, Pla-Garcia J, Seel F, Schröder S, Stott AE, Stott AE, de la Torre Juarez M, Wiens RC. An acoustic investigation of the near-surface turbulence on Mars.. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0024347

This paper discusses acoustic wave experiments using the SuperCam microphone on the Perseverance rover.

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judged → REFUTED · 1201 Aug 2026
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