The new software could save a lot of valuable time, as it lets the aging rover avoid the 20-minute communications delay incurred when taking orders from Earth.

这套新版软件节省了大量宝贵的时间，因为它避免了老化的罗孚在使用旧版软件与地球通信时发生20分钟延迟的现象。

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The goal is to adequately demonstrate how the system works so that the technology could be included on the next science satellite or rover.

此示范项目旨在充分展示该系统的工作模式，及其在近几年内应用于科学卫星、月球车等太空科技的可能性。

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The producer of TopGear recently took a supercharged Range Rover to the Alps so he could spend a week falling over and came back bankrupted by the V8's thirst.

一个TOPGEAR的制作人最近把一个增压的路虎搞到阿尔卑斯山上去，这样他就能开着没油的v8花一个星期从上面滑下来了。

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Tail winds might account for some of the off-target distance, NASA's Gavin Mendeck said, but the actual landing spot was well within the expected range of uncertainty, or the area where the rover could well have ended up.

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The Curiosity rover discovered that the chemistry of ancient Mars could have supported simple microbes more than three billion years ago, about the time that life first arose on Earth, scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Tuesday.

WSJ: Scientists Say Microbial Life Was Possible on Mars

If the huge rover performs as advertised, it could generate excitement among the American public and, perhaps, the politicians who hold NASA's purse strings.

MSN: Is huge Mars rover NASA's last big mission to Red Planet?