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Instructions for Mars rover come from California
By MIKE TONER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution


PASADENA, Calif. -- Too many things to do and not enough time to do them. The six-wheeled robot rover hadn't budged in a day. Tempers were flaring. Fingers were pointing. And this was only a test. When it comes to driving on Mars, there are a lot of back-seat drivers.
'We are basically going to have to repeat what we did yesterday,' frustrated geologist Laurence Soderblom told the 50 or so scientists milling around NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the final test of the Mars rovers.
'We've got to keep it simple,' he admonished. 'If we are overly ambitious with the activity plan, we could be our own worst enemies.'
Not everyone agreed."
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