Because waiting for permission to avoid a rock sucks. Today's Mars rovers typically drive at about 500 to 1,000 feet per hour — roughly the length of one to three football fields — and only for short stints at a time. NASA engineers say they could go so much longer and faster if they could only think mo... [5792 chars]
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