JPL/NASA: Opportunity at Victoria Crater

Rover project manager John Callas shares the challenges around the decision to send Opportunity inside Victoria Crater and the risks and discoveries that may lie down below.

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• MER
• Rover
• Opportunity
• Mars
• Space
• NASA
• JPL

[BjornPalmen]

@WERTUR112 We are looking for life and for water and water-bearing minerals, that is why it is necessary to do this exploring on Mars, not possible at home!

After the fact is easy for you to say that most minerals are earth-like! But nobody knew that before the mission.

[WERTUR112]

1.. Ни хрена НАСА не рассказывает  о интересных местах в кратере,.. да и на всей красной планете.. В частности, об конреции, подобии "выработки" на одном из его склонов. Откуда веером расходится "черника" наружу кратера..

[WERTUR112]

2.. А пичкает сознание общими фразами и классик инфой; про карбоны, оксиды, соли и пр. знакомую веЩь по Земле.. Вопрос; ну и зачем надо было тратить кучи денег, что б видеть те же знакомые по химии вещи?

[adnankab]

yeh but id like to see the exploration dat, photo n video, on the so called ruins and possibel cities like the mons crater supposedly a huge city covered up on photos there

[InversedLogic]

Agreed Wingman-- these robots are AMAZING.

[wingmanalive]

Amazing. For us to control this rover so far away is remarkable. It is indeed only the beginning for our journey deeper into space.