PERs in the press.

Carnegie Mellon Press Release (December 22, 2003)
NASA Press Release on the Personal Exploration Rovers (December 22, 2003)
CBS 5 San Francisco article video (December 29, 2003)
FutureTense radio interview, Minnesota Public Radio (Go to January 2, 2004 archive show).
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article (January 5, 2004)
KDKA TV2 news story on Jan 5, 2004 (25 MB)
Washington Post article archive on Smithsonian installation (Jan 6, 2004) Click here for front-page image (600 kb).
WTAE TV4 news story on Jan 6, 2004 (22 MB)
Carnegie Mellon News (January 6, 2004)
USA Today second-page picture on Jan 9, 2004 (55kb)
Intel Exploratory Research report, January 2004
National Science Center PER web page
Our World radio interview, Voice of America (text) RealAudio (4MB) MP3 (10 MB) Interview begins 5 minutes in to the show. (March 30, 2004)

Links to information on the MER mission, the PERs and NASA educational materials.

Excel chart comparing PER and MER technical details: click here

Mars Exploration Rover Mission Homepage: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/
      MER Launch Press Kit
      MER Fact Sheet

NASA education homepage: http://www.education.nasa.gov/
NASA Online Resources: http://core.nasa.gov/olr.html
Robotics Education Project: http://robotics.nasa.gov/a_educators.htm

Space Link
      Mars Lithograph
      Is There Water on Mars
      Humans and Robots

ARES Education and Outreach
      Destination: Mars Activity Packet
      Classroom Activities: Searching for Life