Rover
noun
A vehicle for driving over rough terrain, especially one driven remotely on other planets.
NASA deployed the Mars rover to learn more about the red planet.
Often appears as...
- mars rover
- moon rover
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Technical
noun
A person who spends their time wandering.
He was a rover, never staying in one town for long.
Often appears as...
- lone rover
- a rover of the seas
noun
A player who is free to move around the field rather than occupying a fixed position.
In Australian rules football, the rover is often the smallest player on the team.
Often appears as...
- football rover
- playing rover
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Colloquial
noun
A vehicle for driving over rough terrain, especially one driven remotely on other planets.
NASA deployed the Mars rover to learn more about the red planet.
Often appears as...
- mars rover
- moon rover
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A person who spends their time wandering.
He was a rover, never staying in one town for long.
Often appears as...
- lone rover
- a rover of the seas
noun
A player who is free to move around the field rather than occupying a fixed position.
In Australian rules football, the rover is often the smallest player on the team.
Often appears as...
- football rover
- playing rover
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Space Technology
Use 'rover' when discussing vehicles designed for space exploration on different terrains.
The space agency is developing a new rover to navigate the lunar surface.
Pro Tip 2/3Remote Operation
'Rover' implies the vehicle is operated from a distance, not with a person inside.
Operators on Earth command the rover's movements on Mars.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Mars
While 'Mars rover' is common, rovers can explore other celestial bodies too.
Scientists are planning to send a rover to explore the icy surface of Europa.
Pro Tip 1/3Space Technology
Use 'rover' when discussing vehicles designed for space exploration on different terrains.
The space agency is developing a new rover to navigate the lunar surface.
Pro Tip 2/3Remote Operation
'Rover' implies the vehicle is operated from a distance, not with a person inside.
Operators on Earth command the rover's movements on Mars.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Mars
While 'Mars rover' is common, rovers can explore other celestial bodies too.
Scientists are planning to send a rover to explore the icy surface of Europa.
Pro Tip 1/3Space Technology
Use 'rover' when discussing vehicles designed for space exploration on different terrains.
The space agency is developing a new rover to navigate the lunar surface.
Pro Tip 2/3Remote Operation
'Rover' implies the vehicle is operated from a distance, not with a person inside.
Operators on Earth command the rover's movements on Mars.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Mars
While 'Mars rover' is common, rovers can explore other celestial bodies too.
Scientists are planning to send a rover to explore the icy surface of Europa.
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The Curious Life of a...
But the reality is that the rover would sort of float over it. But we were freaked out, for a little while. So, we did some testing. And then we decided to go. But we didn't decide to go all at once. We put a toe in and then put another toe in, we drove up to the top and looked over and then we drove back. Then we said, "Okay, go." So here's the image from the other side.
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A Grumpy Shoebill...
burtles or bobo but he picked out benito panettone who was bombing doing the wing like an extra set missile man he cushioned it on his chest knocked meg george here flicked it up one of these buns one lollipop two lollipop three and then he laid it on a plate at the barbie fierce assassin emmanuel macvittie you know the new lad we got from mayor blackboard rovers for
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Nathalie Cabrol: How...
Only then will we be able to know where those signatures are hiding, and only then will we be able to send our rover to the right places where we can sample those rocks that may be telling us something really important about who we are, or, if not, maybe telling us that somewhere, independently,
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Solar System Exploration:...
there have been life how do we find it so we're taking steps in that direction now both from orbit and from from the rover's I have the privilege of working on the team that day-to-day working together scientists and engineers sets the activities of the rover we get the
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The power of creative...
it would lower the rover from high above the surface. With each invention, the engineers demonstrated an essential habit of scientific thinking - that solutions must recognize the limitations of current technology in order to advance it.
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Mars Rover: Spirit PIPE...
Hills a two-month journey four times farther than the rover was ever expected to drive Squyres thinks it's the best option but the engineers are dubious I remember he said that this is where we're going
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Robert Wood: Robotic...
not just robots but human curiosity and the advances of technology is what I would think is one of the first robot selfies which is the Curiosity rover on Mars. These are two of my favorite images
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To Mars and back, a...
video of surface of Mars taken by the Marti imager strapped to the world's largest extra s triol rover hanging underneath the largest supersonic parachute ever built two and a half
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Best Lion Moments Part 2...
open-sided land rover with the latest infrared technology to try again as usual they were sleeping i would have to wait for darkness
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Mars Rover: Opportunity...
if opportunity's mission had ended here it would have been a great success but now the rover heads for a bigger deeper
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The Curious Life of a...
But the reality is that the rover would sort of float over it. But we were freaked out, for a little while. So, we did some testing. And then we decided to go. But we didn't decide to go all at once. We put a toe in and then put another toe in, we drove up to the top and looked over and then we drove back. Then we said, "Okay, go." So here's the image from the other side.
Video examples
A Grumpy Shoebill...
burtles or bobo but he picked out benito panettone who was bombing doing the wing like an extra set missile man he cushioned it on his chest knocked meg george here flicked it up one of these buns one lollipop two lollipop three and then he laid it on a plate at the barbie fierce assassin emmanuel macvittie you know the new lad we got from mayor blackboard rovers for
Video examples
Nathalie Cabrol: How...
Only then will we be able to know where those signatures are hiding, and only then will we be able to send our rover to the right places where we can sample those rocks that may be telling us something really important about who we are, or, if not, maybe telling us that somewhere, independently,
Video examples
Solar System Exploration:...
there have been life how do we find it so we're taking steps in that direction now both from orbit and from from the rover's I have the privilege of working on the team that day-to-day working together scientists and engineers sets the activities of the rover we get the
Video examples
The power of creative...
it would lower the rover from high above the surface. With each invention, the engineers demonstrated an essential habit of scientific thinking - that solutions must recognize the limitations of current technology in order to advance it.
Video examples
Mars Rover: Spirit PIPE...
Hills a two-month journey four times farther than the rover was ever expected to drive Squyres thinks it's the best option but the engineers are dubious I remember he said that this is where we're going
Video examples
Robert Wood: Robotic...
not just robots but human curiosity and the advances of technology is what I would think is one of the first robot selfies which is the Curiosity rover on Mars. These are two of my favorite images
Video examples
To Mars and back, a...
video of surface of Mars taken by the Marti imager strapped to the world's largest extra s triol rover hanging underneath the largest supersonic parachute ever built two and a half
Video examples
Best Lion Moments Part 2...
open-sided land rover with the latest infrared technology to try again as usual they were sleeping i would have to wait for darkness
Video examples
Mars Rover: Opportunity...
if opportunity's mission had ended here it would have been a great success but now the rover heads for a bigger deeper
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Ellen Stofan
American Scientist
Humans can actually read a landscape, go through a lot of rocks - crack them open, throw them, pick up the next one. Rovers are great - they do amazing science - but it is a lot more tedious process; they go much less far than a human can cover in a day.
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Andy Weir
American Novelist
Back in the days of Apollo, sending humans to the moon was the only viable way to get the scientific data we wanted. But now, with our computer and robotics technology, there's very little an astronaut can do on Mars that a well-designed rover can't.
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Brad Sherman
American Politician
It would be great some day to have astronauts in a rover on Mars. But just about anyone except an oil company executive would say its more important to have 50 million solar powered vehicles in the United States.
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Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Writing is like driving a car. Writing the beats of a screenplay? It's like driving a rover on Mars. You have to be absolutely, extremely precise.
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Steven Squyres
American Scientist
These rovers are living on borrowed time. We're so past warranty on them. You try to push them hard every day because we're living day to day.
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Christina Koch
American Astronaut
I invented an algorithm for starting micro turbo-molecular vacuum pumps to be used in science instruments on a future Mars rover.
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Ahmed Zewail
Egyptian Scientist
Curiosity - the rover and the concept - is what science is all about: the quest to reveal the unknown.
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Megan Smith
American Public Servant
We are the only country with an operating rover on Mars. We are an amazing country on tech.
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Steven Squyres
American Scientist
We didn't know if the rover could climb up or down the hills of the crater.
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Ellen Stofan
American Scientist
Humans can actually read a landscape, go through a lot of rocks - crack them open, throw them, pick up the next one. Rovers are great - they do amazing science - but it is a lot more tedious process; they go much less far than a human can cover in a day.
Quote examples
Andy Weir
American Novelist
Back in the days of Apollo, sending humans to the moon was the only viable way to get the scientific data we wanted. But now, with our computer and robotics technology, there's very little an astronaut can do on Mars that a well-designed rover can't.
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Brad Sherman
American Politician
It would be great some day to have astronauts in a rover on Mars. But just about anyone except an oil company executive would say its more important to have 50 million solar powered vehicles in the United States.
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Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Writing is like driving a car. Writing the beats of a screenplay? It's like driving a rover on Mars. You have to be absolutely, extremely precise.
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Steven Squyres
American Scientist
These rovers are living on borrowed time. We're so past warranty on them. You try to push them hard every day because we're living day to day.
Quote examples
Christina Koch
American Astronaut
I invented an algorithm for starting micro turbo-molecular vacuum pumps to be used in science instruments on a future Mars rover.
Quote examples
Ahmed Zewail
Egyptian Scientist
Curiosity - the rover and the concept - is what science is all about: the quest to reveal the unknown.
Quote examples
Megan Smith
American Public Servant
We are the only country with an operating rover on Mars. We are an amazing country on tech.
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Steven Squyres
American Scientist
We didn't know if the rover could climb up or down the hills of the crater.
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