NASA's Mars rover passes Opportunity's driving record

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNASA's Perseverance rover has passed Opportunity's record for distance driven on another world, reaching twenty-eight point one zero miles on October eleventh.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentOpportunity's record was twenty-eight point zero six.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFour hundredths of a mile. Fourteen years of driving, and it wins by a photo finish.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's real.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe original mission called for no more than twelve point four miles of driving, so it has gone more than double that, and the team says it could double its current distance again.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTwelve point four miles was the plan, and it's done twenty-eight.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMy phone was supposed to last two years and it lasted until the first drop.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentOpportunity took about fourteen years to get there.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentPerseverance has done it in about five and a half, and it drove over ninety percent of that on its own autonomous navigation.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNinety percent on autopilot? Mine drives me to the wrong exit and calls it a reroute.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentTwenty-eight miles on Mars, and your earbuds quit at the gym.