Forgot your password?  Mars Rover Upgraded 132  Posted by
CmdrTaco from the everyone-likes-upgrades dept. MrShaggy writes
"According to a BBC article, NASA is upgrading their MARS
rovers. The upgrade will allow the rovers to sift through the
pictures of dust-devils, decide which is the most appropriate,
send it back. 'Clouds typically occur in 8-20% of the data
collected right now,' Castano said. 'If we could look for a much
more extended time and select only those images with clouds then
we could increase our understanding of how and when these
phenomena form. Similarly with the dust devils.' The article
also discusses upgrades to the Mars Odyssey. They plan to make
it self-reacting to events on the planet as they are happening."
Mars Rover Upgraded  Comments Filter:   • Old News (Score:3,
Informative)      by maytagman (971263) on Sunday May 28, 2006
@11:22AM (#15420510)     I heard this reported on CBC radio
SEVERAL months ago. I'm thinking it was febuary... The scientist
they were interviewing was saying