There is little doubt that the airline and aircraft industry have benefited tremendously from their brother, the space industry. I, among many engineers, are thrilled that the Mars rover, Spirit, continues to dazzle us with results and images from the Mars surface. Areo-News Net report, “NASA’s Durable Spirit Sends Intriguing New Images From Mars”, says:
Working atop a range of Martian hills, NASA’s Spirit rover is rewarding researchers with tempting scenes filled with evidence of past planet environments.
“When the images came down and we could see horizon all the way around, that was every bit as exhilarating as getting to the top of any mountain I’ve climbed on Earth,” said Chris Leger, a rover planner at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif.
The images are amazing. While Hurricane Katrina smashed into the Southern Gulf Coast of the United States, NASA released animated images of another storm of dust devils spinning around on the Mars surface.
You can keep up with the lastest news from the Mars Rovers from the NASA website.
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