Documentary HackGood Night OppyBy Ryan White
In a Nutshell
In this 2022 documentary by filmmaker Ryan White, the team behind two NASA rovers sent to Mars in 2003 remember the personal and scientific significance of the mission.
Favorite Quote
She becomes almost like a living thing … A real living robot that you can imagine going to Mars and doing the things that you've dreamed of doing there. To say it was like a child being born would be to trivialize parenthood, but it feels sort of like that.
Steve Squyres, principal scientist
Introduction
Has there ever been life on Mars? In 2003, twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity were sent to Mars to discover if it was once habitable.
In Good Night Oppy, a documentary film from director Ryan White, this groundbreaking Mars mission is portrayed from start to finish through footage captured inside NASA and a CGI imagining of the rovers' experiences.
Both rovers outstripped scientists' predictions of how long they would be able to function on Mars. Opportunity, in particular, surpassed all expectations throughout the mission.
In the end, Spirit and Opportunity took on lives and characters of their own.
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