Upgrade to Mars rovers could aid discovery on more distant worlds
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 21:00
in Astronomy & Space
Mars rovers, such as Curiosity, currently can't make science decisions on their own. That has to change if future rover missions are to make discoveries further out in the solar system, scientists say. To help future rover missions spend less time waiting for instructions from Earth, scientists have developed an advanced two-lens camera, called TextureCam, that can think about the pictures it snaps and make science-based decisions.