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Little Mars rover that could heads to new crater
(Reuters)

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Reuters - The aging but intrepid Mars rover Opportunity is set to embark on a two-year mission it may never complete -- a 7-mile (12-km) journey to a crater far bigger than one it has called home for two years, NASA said on Monday.
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Mars Rover FAQ: The Martian Lives of Spirit and Opportunity
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SPACE.com - At times, it seems like NASA's Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity will last forever on the red planet.
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I believe they will last long enough to see human development of the martian soil. I can see future settlers finding the robots and putting them in a museum on the planet.

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2 Mars rovers are back in action

Rovers resumed their communication tasks after a monthlong solar blackout. Ref. Source 5

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Thousands Of Miles From Shutdown Mars Rovers Keep Working


The budget negotiations in Washington are not front-page news on Mars. There, millions of miles away, NASA's rovers continue to operate, taking photographs and collecting data as they prepare for the coming Martian winter.
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Mars rover views spectacular layered rock formations

The layered geologic past of Mars is revealed in stunning detail in new color images returned by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which is currently exploring the "Murray Buttes" region of lower Mount Sharp. The new images arguably rival photos taken in U.S. National Parks. Ref. Source 8v

Image from NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.

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I'm looking at the picture and thinking why don't they try to inhabit the uninhabitable places on earth first rather than try to do it millions of miles away.

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For me, getting the Rover all the way there and be able to follow instructions from all the way here on earth is more amazing than getting humans there. Humans can correct for errors but bots can't… well most of the times not.