Mars on the Web

09 January 2004 · 0 comments

“A six-wheeled rover appeared on track Sunday to become the biggest Web draw in NASA history, just hours after it safely landed on Mars. Traffic on Web sites operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration climbed steadily Sunday, as computer users around the world logged on to see the first images of Mars taken [...]

 

“A six-wheeled rover appeared on track Sunday to become the biggest Web draw in NASA history, just hours after it safely landed on Mars.

Traffic on Web sites operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration climbed steadily Sunday, as computer users around the world logged on to see the first images of Mars taken by the Spirit rover. To support the onslaught, NASA is relying on 1,300 servers around the world to host Web pages containing details of the Spirit mission.” [Via: Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes]

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