Mars in a Minute: How Do Rovers Drive on Mars?

The "keys" to NASA's Mars rovers are in the capable hands of the official rover drivers. Learn how they operate the vehicles from millions of miles away in this 60-second video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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[Adrian Serghei]

This was like Mars rovers for dummies...

[Taraalcar]

Fact: if you don't think space stuff is cool, you're an idiot. That's a fact. Proven by science.

[David Bergman]

Sorry for the late response, new youtube doesn't give me any alerts to responses.

Yes, radio waves travel at the speed of light.

[Denis Lazarenko]

7 guys have some other theory of what we call "space". Probably some genious?!

[xFLAMeHD]

ok

[Kali Tantra]

A question I wanted to get answered, Thanks ;)

[Tai Viinikka]

Along with the transmitting power, do you not also want to know the aggregate size of the parabolic dishes receiving the signal back on earth, and the typical noise level on the carrier frequency?

Suggest you read:

Wikipedia:

Deep_Space_Network

[Dcodexlol]

Stephen Hawking reference? ;)

[Angga Putra]

REALLY?! I WANT ONE!

[alienkishorekumar]

I'm workin' on it.

[sidewallfusion]

Some cool info there JPL.

At millions of miles away the rover is a less than a microscopic spec on a planet that looks like a reddish pixel of light. I was wondering what type of radio wave is used and its transmitting power. Because the inverse square law is telling me that there is super technology at work here that seems to be achieving the impossible.