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Rovers on Mars

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Students explore latest Mars rovers - Spirit and Opportunity. They investigate the nature of communications with the Rovers including use of Mars Orbiters as relay stations. They research needs of future missions and design communications networks

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9th - 12th
Subjects
Math
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