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Jean Paul Santos, a graduate student in electrical engineering, holds an antenna prototype that could lead to direct communication between the Mars rover and Earth in the 2020 mission. 

https://dailybruin.com/2015/08/31/grad-student-develops-antenna-to-improve-communication-with-mars-rover/antenna/

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Grad student develops antenna to improve communication with Mars rover

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Jean Paul Santos spent nine months designing and building a lightweight antenna he could hold in his hand. Although the thin, computer chip-like device is smaller than an iPhone, the antenna has the potential to improve interplanetary communication between Mars and Earth.

https://dailybruin.com/2015/08/31/grad-student-develops-antenna-to-improve-communication-with-mars-rover/

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Grad student develops antenna to improve communication with Mars rover

By Allison Ong

Aug. 31, 2015 5:40 a.m.