Fleet of INL-designed Mars hoppers could swiftly explore other worlds
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 - 13:05
in Astronomy & Space
Mars is our next frontier. We'd like to know whether the Red Planet ever hosted its own life forms and where it might be able to host human explorers. The twin Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity have outlasted their planned three-month lifetime and given us our closest look yet at the Martian surface. But the solar-powered rovers have covered only 21 miles of Martian terrain in their combined 11 years of operation, leaving most of the surface unexplored.