A Tale of Two Rovers

[balouthewatz]

great video!

[thegreeensky]

nice video.. thanks fro sharing...

[KarbineKyle]

AMAZING! 5 YEARS + MORE! Sometimes, you expect a mission is only going to last for a short time, but when you put your mind to what you love, by putting these rovers to the ultimate test on how they're going to survive on Mars, and to know you must build every component, circuit, and robotic part that has to work, free of contamination with precise hardware and software testing without fail, or else the whole mission will fail, yet they achieved more than ever thought possible! THAT'S A TRIUMPH!

[marellamofo]

Oh just great! go and put junk on another planet. We do not belong on Mars. It just kills me on how all these scientist come from a world that is so full of junk yet they feel it's their business to put crap on another planet. Get your own damn house in order, before you go exploring others. Let's see, humans will end up on Mars and you will have WAR, HATE, and GREEDY ASS RICH PEOPLE who think they are entitle, running around just like you have here on Earth. Explore your own damn planet. >:-/

[SayaAensland]

@marellamofo So we should close our eyes, plug our ears and be as ignorant as possible about the universe around us? Yyyyeah, no thanks.

[marellamofo]

@SayaAensland

Yes!! Mar just like Earth has been around for over 4 billion years and man has only been on this planet for under 150 thousand years and you and the arrogant feelings of others feel because they need to know what is going on in the Universe, you have the right to dump junk on another planet? Those rovers do not belong there. Study Mars from your own backyard. If they are going to put space probes from Earth on other planets, then try to figure out how to get them back to Earth.

[buuyon]

@marellamofo God forbid a broken rover stays on Mars. Its going to affect the wildlife of a lifeless planet soooo much!

Seriously dude...whats it matter if there is "trash" on Mars? Nothing lives there, nothing is going to see it. Mars is a dead planet, learning more about the planet will bring more use than just looking at it with telescopes.

[marellamofo]

@buuyon

Well they need to figure out a way for those rovers to pack their own junk up and ET their own butts back home. And If Mars is such a dead planet and it seems like it's been that way for billions of years, then what is there for the scientist to study? There are major questions here on Earth and I pretty sure so are the answers. The probability that man will reach the end of our own solar system is ZERO. Mars is NOT OUR PLANET.

[buuyon]

@marellamofo Why though? Why does it matter if there is rovers on Mars? What harm is that? Its not messing with wildlife or plants or anything. There is no life on Mars, nothing is going to be affected by them being there. Also, they are studying the dead planet to find out more about it. To find out more about our universe. There are people working on the questions of Earth, but not every scientist on the planet cares about Earth.

[sedna69a]

Bravo JPL n NASA.

[mariel0222]

the next rover will be named "Curiosity" to be launch in 2011.

According to Reader's Digest Robots on Mars by A.J.S. Rayl, "Another US rover, Curiosity, is scheduled to launch in 2011. In the coming decade, Russia will be collaborating with China and Finland and NASA will team up with the European Space Agency to send rovers, stationary landers and vehicles capable of returning to Earth with Martian rocks and soil"- Reader's Digest August 2010 Edition

[Zurround100]

Ok these rovers are far from useless but I am NOT impressed with them anymore. I wish both NASA and the world's governments would get their goddamn acts together and work together (no way we could do this on our own like the moon missions) to send a group of PEOPLE to explore Mars. Its way time to have a manned Mars mission.

[Clarknipolo]

LOL AMERICAN... W E.S.A

[anonymousent]

WTF?.... we can build a rover that lands on Mars & roam for FIVE YEARS ... but a new home only has a 1 year warranty , a new car 5 yr / 100,000 mile warranty .... and most electronics in store 90 days manufacturer ...... ???>... WE ARE GETTIN' SCREWED !!

[Glennfalconi]

@anonymousent Obvious. So we buy new shit, and they won't go bankrupt lol.

[oomblikkies]

The next rover must have an onboard feather duster to clean the solar panels every once in a while.

[JeremyXRX]

Thats Metal

Does that mean i can move there now lol

...but really when can i

[ryuzakilawlight]

(cry) these rovers are like my favorite of them alll,these i feal like their being alive!ooh I LOVE THEMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM (hug) (cry) (party) now the Oportunity has a b-day-6 YEARSS AND 116 DAYS!the spirit is stuck and will be put to sleep till the spring (cry) I LOVE EMMM!!!!!!!!!!

[AboutHreinzi]

these robots should be the first robots to been put on human honor list

[sahab999]

under the sand is ice, there was seas but then it froze, storm came and now ice is under sand!

[davepamn]

During a sand storm, the PV only get 1 percent of the sunlight. However, the rover has been exploring for five years. The design seems to be fantastic providing exploration of Mars. The rovers have made Mars seem familar and provided a human perspective. The Rover has proven to be a very capable vehicle.

[davepamn]

How did the robotic drill work on the Mars two rovers?

Did the Mars rover design make it, prone to getting stuck in sand and rock terrain?

[TheStigsIndianCousin]

I don't know about the rest of you, but this is one of the most solid testaments to both the relevance of space exploration, and the beauty of engineering. Made my eyes water.

[archucky]

they should start planting on mars and mabe it will one day have a blue sky like ours.

[Devega33]

god we should stop looking for life in mars... nothing to see there anymore.. lets talk about the gliese 581c

[noircat]

The Gliese 581 system is 20+ light years away, and we can only observe with better and better telescopes to search for organic matter. Mars on the other hand is actually within reach of rockets and rovers, and we have only barely scraped the surface of Mars - both figuratively and literally - that there is still much to learn about Mars. Life on Mars, if it exists, would most likely be found way under the surface as endolith extremophiles.

[Devega33]

yeah i know what your saying but we know the human cannot live in unhabitable planet... beside even if we find life on mars, we will do nothing except observe their living life. I still say we study more about gliese due to habitable planet, water(might be) and might have living species

[mzdamx3rs]

considering the polar ice caps on mars are melting theres water, not to mention when it had its own satellite or "moon" it had life at least as in vegetation as it would have had a magnetosphere strong enough to keep the atmospere from blowing away in strong solar winds- which means theres oil, nat gas, not to mention other possible undiscovered fuels! there are many reasons to go...

[noircat]

The polar ice caps on Mars are solid carbon dioxide (dry ice), not water. There is likely water ice underground though for microbial life. Mars never had a large moon like Earth - only the tiny non-spherical moons Phobos and Deimos. A magnetosphere needs 3 things to exist: 1. A fluid electrically conducting interior 2. Convection of fluid 3. Relatively rapid planetary rotation. In the past Mars had a molten core but due to its small size most of its internal heat is gone - no more magnetosphere.

[mzdamx3rs]

realistically within the 5 years the rover have been there we could of sent people to mars in larger vehicles that can be maintained... and start to colonize

[noircat]

Not really...we don't have the technology or practice to sustain humans in space for the several month-long journey to Mars (the ISS gets resupplied regularly while a journey in one rocket wouldn't get that advantage). Also once we get there we would have to build a base, which would require tons of materials that one rocket can't carry. Such a journey will be tremendously more expensive and risky than sending rovers.

[Captainvideo54]

@noircat I think your mistaken. Why couldn't supplies be sent in advance of a manned mission. The manned craft would catch up to the supply ship, dock either transfer the supplys or remain docked till reaching near mars space. Then release it . There would be the opportunity to make this craft a lander as well allowing more supplies for extended stay on the surface.

[noircat]

That's a good plan, but that only solves the problem of materials. There is still the problem of expense and human safety. Sending one rocket costs billions of dollars, let alone many rockets regularly to resupply Mars for a year or more. Spacecraft spending a long time in space also risk irradiation and solar flares. Just Google or search "universe today mars landing approach large payloads" for a good article with more explanations on this subject.

[mzdamx3rs]

satellites like the ancient hubble can be upgraded to protect from solar flares why couldnt a modern rocket built of modern materials not 198o's metals and electronics... yes there would be a lot of difficulties but there were with overshooting the moon using the theory of general relativity, so what... it can be done and will be by 2025 no matter your doubts or not im just saying we should of gone sooner not the planned 2025 mission...

[noircat]

Satellites can be upgraded to protect them from the solar flare magnetic fields, but not from radiation. Note that no one lives on the Hubble telescope; human protection from solar flares is a different matter. Deadly radiation can destroy DNA and biological matter, which satellites are not made of. Currently due to financial difficulties, NASA won't have a moon-ready rocket sooner than 2020. Technology may not be a limiting factor, but the global economy and politics are.

[mzdamx3rs]

yes we do Werner Von Braun did have a rocket design that would be able to go to mars, as it is where the nazi's believed they were from and hy he wanted to get in space and pushed for a manned mars mission... not to mention a joourney to mars would cost less than the 626 billion the army got this year for afghanistan, hmmm help fight a civil war and destabilize the taliban but leave bin laden alive or go to places we havent been look for fuels,metals, building materials that arent on earth

[noircat]

There are multiple rocket designs for long-journeys: Nuclear, solar-wind, etc. Yes, if all of Earth's societies focused solely on space missions we could get to Mars sooner. But the fact is no one is solely interested in space. Wars are wasteful and costly, but that's where lots of political interest is in unfortunately. Also note that having a design does not necessarily mean it's completely feasible to produce.

[Ryoske6]

What i'm awaiting is them terraforming mars. but i think i won't live to see it.

[TimeLapseSteve]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[malscott]

too bad this video didnt show more footage of mars froom the rovers. instead of these guys yaking.

[jvicx51]

they never show real pics always animated or very little pics what happen to the pic of Victoria crater? what are they hiding ??? i guess will just imagine whats up there and pay these people are tax money to explain to us what they see

[malscott]

thanks for the comment. these guys sure get a huge chunk of our tax money dont they?!

[Ryoske6]

The real pics are on the website of NASA. don't expect it to be on youtube cause this is mainly a video site not a pictures site. and of course its an animation! don't expect it to be a real footage either cause it's not even possible

[jose95sjose95s]

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[webkinzgirl12344321]

i cant wait until the new rover gets on mars!!

[NSArachnoSniper]

How about the new one in 2016 to jupiter? It launches in 2011 :DD!!!!!!!!!!!!@EDDSADASFA

[brutaka359]

@webkinzgirl12344321 There's a new one???

[Glennfalconi]

@webkinzgirl12344321 When will it?

[PreciseArrow1]

@webkinzgirl12344321

When is that???!!!! please reply

[mariel0222]

@PreciseArrow1 around 2011. it will be named 'Curiosity' :)

[secularscholar]

I am always amazed by these efforts to explore Mars. I too hope they will land on Europa soon.

[niiidar]

I want rovers to go to Europa and Io! Now THAT would be interesting.

[Chrisjr2007]

there's a mission planned to do that..just wait :D

[alantmac]

they are electric, right? don't want to induce global warming on the red planet.

Seriously, the work of NASA simply great and inspiring.

[anchorman632]

wouldn't have been better to put crawler tracks on the rovers instead of wheels? tracks are far better for rough terrain.

[Kroder]

One broken wheel and it's still going. One broken track, and you're dead in the water. Think about it.

[anchorman632]

good point.

[SaulNo7]

Check out the two rovers on Google Mars. You can get a really good sense of their journey...

[jennielaura]

La musica que le ponen es genial

[loadedlover12]

MARS is so cool... i want to see people living on it

[oomblikkies]

NASA got excellent return on investment with the accomplishments of Hubble followed by those two never ending tough rovers, Oppy and Spirit - I just love those 2 pioneers.

[protostrike]

Go NASA.  These guys just continue to deliver.

[Yokisho2007]

could you insert substitles?

[lpark1997]

bravo nasa i love nasA

[TheMovieMaker123]

Bravo NASA, another great video.

[dmoath]

Amazing video! this mission has to be the most successful mission ever after the apollo mission. Great Work Nasa.

[MoviPro]

one day future generations are going to look back at this mission with the same kind of feeling we have when we wonder what it must have been like to live without electricity.

cool mission!

[deviletk]

Most mindblowing is that it IS another planet. Another world no matter how hostile. When you see something like that you can not doubt that there is a lot of planets out there and that one of them possibly hold life. More human like life maybe. Amazing stuff.

[prrrrr5]

I think workin' in NASA is the best experience in those people live, :P They discover something like every day this is amazing!

[swarbrickman]

horay for nasa =P

[alien8ted]

Keep on truckin' rovers!

[sirnicholson]

Fun!

[shrival]

This was exciting to watch!

[cubeforce]

Roll on the mars science laboratory!

[techdeck321]

really love this mission !!!!