Posted on 09/22/2004 6:47:56 AM PDT by huskers2004
As NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers resumed reliable contact with Earth, after a period when Mars passed nearly behind the Sun, the space agency extended funding for an additional six months of rover operations, as long as they keep working.
Both rovers successfully completed their primary three-month missions on the surface of Mars in April and have already added about five months of bonus exploration during the first extension of their missions.
"Spirit and Opportunity appear ready to continue their remarkable adventures," said Andrew Dantzler, solar system division director at NASA Headquarters, Washington. "We're taking advantage of that good news by adding more support for the teamwork here on Earth that's necessary for operating the rovers."
(Excerpt) Read more at marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov ...
See this subject too at today's APOD.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1223476/posts?page=1
"Greatest Show Off Earth"
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