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"...all these worlds..." is a blog by David Hitt. It covers space exploration, decent science fiction, humor (by its very nature), and whatever else I happen to find cool. (Formerly "You Must Fight The Bear")
Name: David Hitt About Me: Inspiring the next generation of explorers... See my complete profile
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:: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 ::
Winter On Mars
Now is the winter of our Mars roving. The team behind NASA's two MERs, which were never expected to function this long, are now faced with a new challenge--how to keep the rovers roving as the Martian winter begins. The plan: Cut back on science operations for the near term in hopes of even more exploration in the future. At this point, the whole 90-day-lifetime has been utterly forgotten, and the team is looking forward to finding out just how robust these amazing machines are. "Both are performing very well," said Dr. James Bell, a Cornell astronomer who is a member of the rover science team. "The Sun will come back strong, and if we have been careful, we've got a good chance of another year of work out of Spirit and Opportunity." And, on a related note, here's more on possible evidence of life from the rover landing sites.