I read a news report that NASA is planning to land "a nuclear-powered SUV on
Mars in 2009"---that should drive the environmental activists nuts! My
guess that the "nuclear power" will come from a radioisotope thermoelectric
generator and not from a nuclear reactor.
lance
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Szalay" <john.szalay@att.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 4:02 PM
Subject: E.T. Bonneville semi-LSR
> 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..
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