• Question: do you work all day on the rover

    Asked by item130bow to Abbie, Paul M - Engineering Team on 9 Jan 2020. This question was also asked by jump130red.
    • Photo: Abbie Hutty

      Abbie Hutty answered on 9 Jan 2020:

      I used to work full time on the ExoMars Rover, yes, although I did do some other things occasionally like do some research and development, or go out to schools or universities to talk to students. Now I am starting to work on the sample fetch rover, and that will be my full time job, too.

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  • Photo: Alex - Engineering Team

    Alex - Engineering Team commented on :

    I do indeed!

  • Photo: Andrew - ESA Team

    Andrew - ESA Team commented on :

    For the moment yes, but I am starting to work on plans for future projects now that the rover instruments are all delivered.

  • Photo: Craig

    Craig commented on :

    For many people like me, it depends on what stage the mission is in. For awhile, I worked all day on the rover. When some of my tasks were completed, I worked about ½ the time on the rover and ½ on other projects. As we start planning for how we will use PanCam and the rover on the Martian surface, I’ll go back to being 100% ExoMars again (which is what I prefer!)

  • Photo: item130bow

    item130bow commented on :

    thank you!

  • Photo: John - Planetary Team

    John - Planetary Team commented on :

    For the Mars Science Laboratory rover (called Curiosity) I work in the late afternoons and evenings. Thats because we use the time zone of California (where the mission HQ is). I work on rover operations 2 or 3 times a month and do science throughout the month togetehr with my other research and teaching projects.