Scott Maxwell (engineer)

Scott Maxwell

Maxwell at a rover planning workstation
Born 1971[1]
North Carolina
Nationality American
Occupation software engineer
Known for Mars rover driver

Scott Maxwell is an American engineer and former lead mars rover planner driving the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Spirit and Opportunity at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.[1][2]

During early periods of the MER mission, Maxwell and other rover drivers lived on Mars time which is an additional 37 minutes, 23 seconds longer than Earth days while his wife continued to live on Earth time.[3] He published an Android app that helps keep track with Mars time at the respective landing sites. He also authored the Mars and Me blog [4] On February 8, 2013, he resigned from Nasa JPL[5] to pursue a career at Google.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Doody, Dave (2009). Deep space craft : an overview of interplanetary flight. Berlin: Springer. p. 270. ISBN 3540895094.
  2. ↑ A postcard from Mars: NASA rover sends stunning panorama - CSMonitor.com
  3. ↑ I am totally hooked on Scott Maxwell's new Mars Exploration Rover blog | The Planetary Society
  4. ↑ Mars and Me
  5. ↑ https://plus.google.com/112648317373638762082/posts/3zFf2neouLN
  6. ↑ https://plus.google.com/112648317373638762082/posts/Bt7TfjhCaSX
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