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prepare yourself for tomorrow
prepare yourself for tomorrow
It’s the hero Mars
deserves, but not
the one it needs
right now
MEAN housing a science laboratory, and a front section that’s
To kick off the ‘Summer of Mars’ events programme at
the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA recently
unveiled an 8.5m-long concept Martian rover that
wouldn’t look out of place in the Batcave.
The vehicle consists of a detachable rear section
equipped with radio and GPS. Sadly, it is only
a concept: according to the latest information on
PHOTO: NASA MACHINE appearance to Curiosity, the 3m-long rover that’s been
NASA’s website, the actual rover used in the Mars
2020 mission is likely to be similar in size and
busy exploring the Red Planet’s surface since 2012.
