July 24, 2004

Israeli calculations helped 'Spirit' and 'Opportunity' rovers land on Mars ISRAEL21c

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Exploration Rovers at July 24, 2004 12:18 PM

After the rovers 'Spirit' and 'Opportunity' landed on Mars in January 2004, international excitement was so great that NASA received over 6.5 billion hits on its website in less than two months. Helping the wildly popular Mars program get off the ground, so to speak, were some calculations of an Israeli scientist, Prof. Joseph Appelbaum of Tel Aviv University, along with colleagues at NASA.
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The rovers have been great in all of there acomplishments. But on another note as we explore space and man becomes more involved there is another issue that must be resolved if privately fund companies are to take part inthe exploration the the vision contains.
That topic is one of ownership. Side bar article US public land policy and applications for the Moon and Mars. Mentions just some of the issues.

Posted by: Harold LaValley at July 26, 2004 05:44 AM