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Space exploration has interested mankind forever. One of the more recent and famous missions launched is the Spirit and Opportunity mission on Mars. These two rovers were sent by NASA and have been on Mars’s surface since January of 2004. They continue to perform operations today and send back information about the Red Planet back to Earth. But who is behind all the operations of Spirit and Opportunity?
Steven Squyres is known as the brainchild behind the two rovers. Squyres was heavily involved in the designing and engineering of the two rovers, and he is only forty-nine years old. He is the professor of astronomy at Cornell University and the main investigator for the Mars Exploration Team, which consists of 170 members. As head of this committee, he is the one in charge of most of the actions the Spirit and Opportunity take. This mission is considered the most complex mission NASA has run so far in its history. Since he is the one that mostly designed the rovers, there are many......

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