It appears we may have a LSR fan at NASA JPL
or at least a geology type that knows the Salt flats.
The Mars rover SPIRIT ( with front & rear wheel steering.)
is heading to a crater named "BONNEVILLE"
"
In coming weeks, scientists and engineers plan for Spirit to drive up to the
rim of a crater dubbed "Bonneville," still more than two football-field lengths
away, in hopes of peering inside and seeing rock layers that could tell the
geologic history and the potential role of water at the Gusev site. "
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html
In other news releases, there are several references to
the Bonneville Salt Flats and now a mars feature has been named
by the exploration team..
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2004/54.cfm
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