Curiosity on Mars (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Curiosity on Mars

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When scientists control Mars rover Curiosity, the turnaround time from deciding to examine a rock to getting the raw data back from the rover is one day at a minimum, due to the time-delay for sending a command and getting a reply from the rover. But astronaut-scientists in Mars orbit could one day control, in real-time, telerobotic landers, rovers, and other surrogates all over the Martian surface.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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