"A lot of water moved through this rock," confirmed Steve Squyres, the principal investigator for the rover mission. The year was 2003 when the folks at NASA were getting ready to launch a pair of rovers to Mars in what dubbed the “Mars Exploration Rover Mission”. The two rovers would be sent up separately and land on opposite ends of the planet to map the surface of the red planet and look for signs of water. Spirit was the first one up and was launch on June 10, 2003. Then Opportunity was next with a July 7, 2003 launch date. The rovers where only meant to be on a 90 day mission of exploration. They surprised NASA by continuing to live on in the harsh conditions of the Martian landscape....
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