Mars Rovers on New Missions

mycro writes "According to CNN, the Mars rovers are on a brand new mission. Because the Mars Spirit and Opportunity rovers are in such great condition and 'keep going and going', NASA will be using them for a longer period of time to study water, rocks, and formations on Mars." An anonymous reader writes "Today NASA has given its Opportunity rover a green light to enter the steep Endurance crater. Looking at deeper martian bedrock layers is considered now a rich enough science payoff to weigh favorably against the real chance that the rover cannot get back out of the crater."

Comments

NASA should have consulted Q

[Alain Williams]

Looking at the picture of the crater, the rover presumably may not have enough grip to get out.

If only NASA had fitted the tyre grips used by James Bond in 'Die Another Day', it is not as if they cost a lot .

Re:Worth It

[AndroidCat]

People being people, by that time we'd also have protests and demonstrations by the Free Mars Movement over the removing of historic artifacts of Mars' past from their native land.