Topic: Mars Rover Driver (Maxwell, Chambers kids book)
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 08-08-2013 01:12 PM
Mars Rover Driver by Scott Maxwell and Catherine Chambers
No one has yet visited Mars – at least, no humans have. Robot rovers have explored the surface of the Red Planet, and it's the job of people on Earth to control their every movement. Find out what's involved in being a rover driver, the tools and skills you need, and the difficulties of controlling something that's millions of miles away.
Scott Maxwell (@marsroverdriver on Twitter) is the former lead driver for the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Spirit and Opportunity at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (he now works for Google).