NASA Issues Arbitrary Deadline to Reawaken Mars Rover

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Sep 6, 2018 · 4 min read

by Joel Hruska

The dust storm on Mars is over, but Opportunity has yet to wake back up. Earlier this summer, the rover was forced into hibernation mode by an extreme Martian dust storm that darkened the skies of the Red Planet to a level we’ve literally never seen before. Most of the time, Mars has a tau — a scientific term that refers to the opacity of the Martian…

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