A lemmy community for scientific discussion of the Curiosity Rover and Mars Science Laboratory.
A workspace full of Polygons - Sol 4527 - 15 deBayered L-MastCam's assembled in MS-ICE - Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
Yeah, we really are entering a new phase of this mission. There is a whole world out there to investigate beyond Gale Crater, but sometimes I think one mission isn't enough for this place.
There is a whole world out there to investigate beyond Gale Crater
Fully agreed, with the expected life of a the rover's MMRTG, one mission was never going to be enough to investigate inside the crater, let alone the terrain outside the crater.