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Their approach involves a communication network that would link different types of rover vehicles through a "mesh topology network." In one mode, a mother rover passively receives data transmitted by rovers as they explore Martian caves and lava tubes. In the other, the mother rover acts as the orchestrator, telling the rovers' where to go. Both modes should allow a team of rovers to navigate underground environments without ever losing contact with their "mother rover" on the surface. "The communication network approach introduced in this new paper has the potential to herald a new age of planetary and astrobiological discoveries," Schulze-Makuch said in a media release.