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Explore Mars with Maestro

Posted by michael on from the sim-mars dept.

The Maestro Team writes "NASA has released Maestro, a public version of the primary software tool used by scientists to operate the Mars Exploration Rovers from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Anyone can download Maestro for free from mars.telascience.org and use it to follow along with the rovers' progress during the mission. You can use Maestro to view pictures from Mars in 2D and 3D and create simplified rover activity plans. During the mission, updates will be released for Maestro containing the latest images from Mars."

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  1. sloooow maestro by ruprechtjones · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think we just /.ed Mars...

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    Kip Hawley is an idiot.
  2. Miles Or Kilometers? by Silverkm · · Score: 5, Funny
    When creating the activity plans, is it miles or kilometers? Wouldn't want to crash into anything

    Overall Looks like an interesting idea, they should look into putting it in schools. Could be a very educational "toy" to play with.

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    "After I'm dead, I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one." - Cato the Elder, aka Marcu
  3. And here I thought... by Eberlin · · Score: 5, Funny

    All I needed to do was ssh to mars.rover.org and I can see a curses version of the 3D mars landscape. Fuel packs are depicted as % symbols. The rover is depicted as an @ sign.

    No, wait, come to think of it, that's nethack. A very good program to take up if you're one of the folks working with the Beagle2.