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Originally Posted by JohnBoucher
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Unfortunately, this article is a little premature. The formal decision has not yet been made to upload the described software to the rovers. We will not be having the final software review and readiness evaluations until the middle of June.
That aside, the rovers contine trundling along. Well, almost. Spirit is basically parking in her current location for the rest of the Martian winter, so that she can maintain a power-positive condition during the periods of low solar illumination during the
winter over. Opportunity is digging her way out of another little sand trap. Once her wheels are clear of the soft soil, she should be ready to continue her journey south towards
Victoria Crater. Victoria is nearly eight times the diameter of Endurance Crater, where Opportunity spent nearly six months exploring during 2005. We expect to get there some time in August. At that point, we are likely to see some of the most spectacular scenes yet returned by the rovers.
-dave