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Re: Mars Rover Update
What a story!
A couple of interesting details stood out as I read: (1) the rovers would make weight (sans batteries) at an FRC event, if the venue was on Mars, and (2) using 20/20 hindsight, it sure would have been nice to equip Opportunity with a winch and about 80 meters of cable, so she could abseil into Victoria Crater, making detailed observations of the exposed strata on the way.
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Richard Wallace
Mentor since 2011 for FRC 3620 Average Joes (St. Joseph, Michigan)
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 since 2003
I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
(Cosmic Religion : With Other Opinions and Aphorisms (1931) by Albert Einstein, p. 97)
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