On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 5:59 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Was something left in orbit to relay radio > signals?
Yes, Odyssey: "Odyssey and Curiosity Odyssey now acts as a relay for UHF radio signals from the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity [9]. Several days before the MSL's landing in August 2012, Odyssey's orbit was altered to ensure that it would be able to capture signals from the rover during its first few minutes on the Martian surface[10]." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Mars_Odyssey All Curiosity parts are on the surface. T
