{"id":103,"date":"2006-02-05T00:47:18","date_gmt":"2006-02-05T04:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clay.blogdns.net\/?p=103"},"modified":"2022-04-10T09:51:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T13:51:22","slug":"jplnasa-still-roving-mars-after-2-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/2006\/02\/05\/jplnasa-still-roving-mars-after-2-years\/","title":{"rendered":"JPL\/NASA still roving Mars after 2 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/new\/mer-mission-patch.gif\" style=\"float:left;margin:5px;\"\/>I have to admit, few of our missions in space have captured my attention the way the Mars missions have.  When I was a kid, I remember reading about the <a href=\"http:\/\/sse.jpl.nasa.gov\/missions\/profile.cfm?MCode=Viking_01\">Viking mission<\/a> in National Geographic.  The pictures of a desolate rust-colored planet with the possibility of microbial life sparked my imagination and captured my interest for years to come.  It&#8217;s no surprise then my interest in the <a href=\"http:\/\/marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov\/home\/index.html\">Mars Exploration Rover<\/a> mission is so strong.  Nasa, Lockheed Martin and Disney have put together a <a href=\"http:\/\/disney.go.com\/disneypictures\/rovingmars\/\">40 minute IMAX documentary<\/a> that was released this month in time for the 2nd (earth) year anniversary of the mission.  Having just seen it today, I would recommend this film to anyone with an interest in space science.  While searching for more information on the history of our exploration of Mars, I came across a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars_probes\/Temp\">great resource on WikiPedia<\/a> with information on Mars missions from around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have to admit, few of our missions in space have captured my attention the way the Mars missions have. When I was a kid, I remember reading about the Viking mission in National Geographic. The pictures of a desolate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/2006\/02\/05\/jplnasa-still-roving-mars-after-2-years\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool","category-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":955,"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions\/955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}