I went with friends last night to catch the new IMAX film, “Roving Mars.” Wow, what a ride!
The film’s based on the book, “Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet,” by Steve Squyers, and presents the dual missions of the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, which were launched in June and July of 2003. It combines interviews with mission scientists, scenes from the the trip to Mars, and the fascinating discoveries that the rovers have been beaming back to us during their unexpectedly long lives.
From the triumphs and setbacks during the mission’s development, to launch and arrival, to sweeping Martian panoramas, to the incredible machinic origami of the rovers, there’s so much exquisite geekery to savor here!