When Sojourner went to Mars, Marie Curie, its less-famous twin, stayed home on Earth. NASA used Marie Curie to mimic Sojourner’s movements in a Mars-like setting, testing algorithms and strategies. https://spectrum.ieee.org/mars-pathfinder-rover

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