Stumbling across Human Artifacts on Mars and the Moon

The recent photo MER-B (Opportunity) took of its backshell and parachute on the Martian plains might remind you of a find made by Apollo 12, the second human landing on the Moon. Astronauts Bean and Conrad landed their ship about 600 feet away from the Surveyor 3 spacecraft that had arrived a couple of years before them. They were surprised to have landed so close.

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This entry was written by Bill Humphries and posted on February 9, 2004 at 12:00 am and filed under technology. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the Atom feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.