MIT researchers develop software that can choose better landing sites for space rovers

Lee Bell
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Automatically produces maps of favourable landing sites using data on geology and terrain

MIT researchers have developed a software tool for computer-aided discovery that could help mission planners decide on a landing site for vehicles such as the Mars rovers. The tool automatically...

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