LIVE FROM MARS: How Electric Ears Help Red Planet Rover Hear Mars For First Time

Roger Wiens, a planetary scientist and Mars rover expert at Purdue University with a topographical model of Mars and a photo of Curiosity.

Note: Photo from press statment . (Purdue University-John Underwood/Newsflash) Roger Wiens, a planetary scientist and Mars rover expert at Purdue University with a topographical model of Mars and a photo of Curiosity. Note: Photo from press statment . (Purdue University-John Underwood/Newsflash)
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08 April 2022
The scientists who created high-tech electric ears for the Mars rover - allowing them to hear the Red Planet for the first time - have revealed how they are helping in the search for life. Robotics expert Professor Roger Wiens of Purdue University built SuperCam, equipped with microphones...