NASA: Both Mars rovers will continue
LOS ANGELES (AP) - March 25, 2008 NASA is saying Tuesday that it has rescinded a letter that
recommended budget cuts in the Mars Rover program to cover the cost
of a next-generation rover on the Red Planet.
The move comes a day after scientists at the agency's robotics
center said they would need to hibernate one of the twin Mars
robots and limit the duties of the other because their budget was
being cut by $4 million.
That announcement was based on a letter NASA sent to the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena last week.
But NASA is saying in a statement Tuesday that neither of the
rovers will be shut down.
