Mechanical Rovers to Play Role in Human Mars Exploration

Credit: Opportunity: NASA
HOUSTON—Surface rovers are expected to play a crucial role in NASA’s evolving plans to explore Mars with humans. Yet in six decades of planetary exploration—both on the Moon and Mars—all of the rovers from all of the spacefaring nations have logged less than 130 mi. in total distance driven. That...

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