Life (Almost) on Mars: Keynote Speaker Talks Rover Mission

摘要

For Steven Squyres, Mars would be a nice place to visit but he wouldn't want to live there. The Cornell University professorand principal investigator for NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Project regaled attendees of the IES Annual Conference with stories of "Spirit" and "Opportunity"-the two original robotic rovers that drove across Mars's surface. While the mission was expected to last 90 days, it's now been going for more than 13 years.