Two rovers to roll on Mars again: Curiosity and Mars 2020


Science | 207263 hits | Dec 11 7:52 am | Posted by: uwish
9 Comment

Curiosity won't be NASA's only active Mars rover for much longer. Next summer, Mars 2020 will be headed for the Red Planet. While the newest rover borrows from Curiosity's design, they aren't twins: Built and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in

Comments

  1. by avatar uwish
    Wed Dec 11, 2019 4:05 pm
    So looking forward to this as well.

  2. by avatar stratos
    Wed Dec 11, 2019 5:06 pm

  3. by avatar CharlesAnthony
    Wed Dec 11, 2019 5:24 pm
    What is the most you are willing to pay for a trip to Mars?

  4. by avatar CDN_PATRIOT
    Wed Dec 11, 2019 5:39 pm
    I like the fact that the new rover will have more cameras, and even microphones for sound analysis. This is going to be fun to follow after it lands!

    -J.

  5. by avatar stratos
    Wed Dec 11, 2019 5:49 pm

    microphones for sound analysis


    That's the part I'm most interested in. I wonder if we will hear wind or maybe a clink of rocks as the rover rolls by

  6. by avatar DrCaleb
    Wed Dec 11, 2019 6:16 pm
    "stratos" said

    microphones for sound analysis


    That's the part I'm most interested in. I wonder if we will hear wind or maybe a clink of rocks as the rover rolls by



  7. by avatar PluggyRug
    Wed Dec 11, 2019 6:49 pm
    John Carter wouldn't approve of odd objects running around Barsoom.

  8. by avatar uwish
    Wed Dec 11, 2019 6:57 pm
    "DrCaleb" said

    microphones for sound analysis


    That's the part I'm most interested in. I wonder if we will hear wind or maybe a clink of rocks as the rover rolls by




    sounds like thunder!

  9. by avatar llama66
    Wed Dec 11, 2019 7:11 pm
    "stratos" said

    microphones for sound analysis


    That's the part I'm most interested in. I wonder if we will hear wind or maybe a clink of rocks as the rover rolls by

    Or the whine of the Martian Cicadas.



view comments in forum
You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news.

 Share  Digg It Bookmark to del.icio.us Share on Facebook


Share on Facebook Submit page to Reddit
CKA About |  Legal |  Advertise |  Sitemap |  Contact   canadian mobile newsMobile