Saturday, March 13, 2004

Meanwhile, back on Mars. If you haven't kept up on the Mars Rovers, give JPL a visit. The Spirit Rover - the one that had to be reflashed - has just peeked over the edge of a good sized crater (that's the image). Today at lunch I sat next to a JPL technical manager on the autonomous navigation software - visiting DARPATEch to show off other robotics work - who told me that in the extended mission period (Sol 90+), geologists hope to have Spirit make a run to the 'East Hills' (the far right background in the image), several miles away. At a top speed of 5cm per second, it will be quite a trek. [Due Diligence] 2:22:05 AM    comment []

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