John Callas is an American film and television writer, director, and producer best known for Bobby's World, Lone Wolf, and No Solicitors. (wikipedia)
If it has failed, it will be a significant hit. It is the contact arm of the mission.
Something could just break and that will be it for the rover. There could be one day when the rover has a massive stroke and it will be over.
Now we are not dealing with kids having fun. We are dealing with criminals -- the Russian mafia. And online banking risks are there if your bank offers it, even if you don't use it.
We have very much personified these vehicles. We think of them as our children, because they have very human characteristics. They see, they move, they interact, they respond to our commands, and they think on their own.
Some of our most significant discoveries came well after the initial 90-day prime mission.
The motion was very small, but it was perceptible.
Every day is like a brand new mission to us, because the rovers move. And so we are in different locations, there is different terrain, there is different geology, there is something new to explore. We're like Lewis and Clark going upriver and every day there's new phenomena to see.
It is reasonably valuable if you can convince someone to steal from other people.
There's no question there were standing bodies of water at the surface. Victoria is a potential time tunnel, allowing access to ancient martian material that otherwise would be buried deep beneath the surface.
The rovers went through all of the Martian seasons and are back to late summer. We're preparing for the challenge of surviving another Martian winter.
