JACOB R. MATIJEVIC

I thought of Jake and the rest of the rover team when I watched "The Martian" last week which featured Pathfinder and Sojourner. Jake was a key member and leader of the team.

-Just Caricaturist and illustrator from the UK who's always looked to the stars. Thanks for helping me do that.

Bog te blagoslovio.

My condolences to the friends and family. I went to high school w/ Jake at Mt. Carmel. I had not seen him since then, but I remember him as being so intelligent and a most decent young man.

Hi

Never met you Jacob,thank you for helping us explore the stars

As a colleague of Jake's at JPL, I was honored to work with him during the development phase of the MSL (Curiosity) mission. I learned a tremendous amount of technical info from his vast experience in robotic Mars mission development. He was very approachable and always willing to spend time to impart his knowledge to me.
I will always be grateful for his contributions and I'll miss him very much. He is well deserving to have features on Mars named after him.

The latest tribute to Jake is that the Opportunity Rover team operating the 2003 rover has named a hill that they are exploring after Jake. He is now memorialized at two places on Mars.
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/20120928a.html?CFID=362de36f-c39b-46f0-9196-5dd52fa52005&CFTOKEN=0
Donna Shirley

May you, the people of America, continue your exploration and pursue the outer boundaries of the universe, in the same way that brave explorers have done on Earth and put this knowledge to the good of mankind, in the generous way that your country has done in the past.

It is sad that Jake had such a short life yet he did so much good with it. It is befitting that he name is borne on Mars.