| On November 6, 1998, we launched the Oak Grove M1 Explorer from our field base. On May 6, 1999 it landed on Mars. |
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| Our landing site was somewhere near a polar ice cap. |  |
| The challenge of the mission was to drive a rover blindly to rocks to conduct experiments. The rover must be driven blindly because of the communications delay from Earth to Mars and back again. This mission requires exceptional coordination among teams. |
The basic mission can be summarized as follows: Land on Mars |
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Concord's Mission Control We conducted the whole mission
on a stage. The simulated Martian surface was hidden behind black
curtains and seen only by the Lander team. A video camera provided
pictures to a TV monitor. Each team had their own station or
table. The full scale map was placed on the floor in front of
the stage. |
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