Red Planet Scouts: Seeking Unexpected Discoveries on Mars

Posted by jburk to Scout Missions at April 20, 2001 12:00 PM

Mars needs spacecraft! That’s the call from NASA as it seeks to populate the Red Planet with a new class of robot explorer -- the Mars Scout. These probes are envisioned as being able to reconnoiter Mars via any number of ways – from orbit, the planet’s surface and subsurface, as well as by floating or flying at low altitude over Martian terrain.