The Mars rovers are now going on 6 years of crawling around the Martian surface looking for evidence of life. Of the two, Spirit has had the toughest time of it, losing the use of one of it's six wheels forcing it to continue its trek backwards since 2006. In April it got stuck again, and scient...
Hans Rosling, a physician and professor of global health from Sweden recently gave a talk at the US State Dept. entitled Let My Dataset change your midset illustrated by the free software he and his son developed called Gapminder. He explains how the data (which he thanks the US for compiling...
The Mars rover Opportunity will descend into Victoria crater despite the very real risk that it might not be able to get back out of it again. Rolling down into the crater should allow scientists to investigate progressively older rock strata, an opportunity :) whose benefits far outweigh the risks...
If you haven't checked in on the Mars Rovers lately, plan to do so again soon! Opportunity's long (boring?) trek to the rim of Victoria Crater is almost over, and when it gets to the rim, there should be some fantastic views. Check in on the Rovers at their homepage.
