Cold Mars Temperatures May Kill Opportunity Rover Instrument
Mars Exploration Rover managers took a long-delayed action on May 27--cutting off overnight power on the Opportunity rover to conserve large amounts of energy used to unnecessarily heat the robot arm. The heater has been stuck "on" since it landed, and could only be deactivated by turning off all...
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