05-30-2008, 03:18 AM | #21 |
Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint
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Yup, that 'splains it; I'm not sure that most of the reporters realized that they were completely redundant missions. The folks at JPL wanted to make sure they got at least one really good rover on Mars, and they both worked!
Besides getting to tour a bit on opposite sides of the planet, it meant they could work on whichever one was in in daylight at the time. Mars's day is just a bit longer that Earth's, so it worked out really well!
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