that explains ALOT........Jack......how much are the salt
flats like Mars.......
Joe :)
John Szalay wrote:
> 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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