ESA Has a Playground for Mars Rovers to Learn how to Explore the Red Planet

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A quake on Mars showed its crust is thicker than Earth’s

In 1988, Ronald Reagan approved a space policy to lead a return to the moon and manned flights to Mars. It granted permission for a program to develop 'pathfinder' technologies necessary for a return to the moon by the end of the century and for manned flights to Mars in early 21st century