"We're still early on in the process, " said project manager Richard Cook, in an interview with Space.com.

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When we met him as a First Mover Fellow, he already had a successful track record as a process and project engineer and an assistant branding manager for Vaseline products.

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"You could literally be in Starbucks, with your laptop and your cell phone, and be an active participant in the daily operations process for the rovers, " says John Callas, current project manager for the rovers.

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