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Re: E.T. Bonneville semi-LSR

To: John Szalay <john.szalay@att.net>
Subject: Re: E.T. Bonneville semi-LSR
From: Joe Amo <jkamo@rap.midco.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 19:34:07 -0700
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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