The outcome of that rethink was a bid by the University of Arizona to take the mothballed lander, refit it, and have another go at visiting a martian pole (this time the northern one).
From Cardiff a selected exhibition will go on to tour visiting Leeds- where one of Richards' work is still on display since a major surrealist show in the 1980s - and the Glyn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea.