1996: NASA Returns to Mars
•Good News: Past exploration pales in
comparison to present exploration
scales.
•Bad News (also good in some sense): NASA no longer alone.
•A network of robotic missions are active RIGHT NOW at Mars.
•100s of times superior communication, cameras, sensors.
•Robust design: some missions will last decades.
•New missions keep adding to the network making it more robust.
Current
Missions of Mars
Current
Robotic Missions at Mars