Opportunity has wheeled up to such an outcrop that has some rinds on it, among the best weve ever seen, ... So once we nail the cobble problem, we may go after the rinds next.
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What we have found once we've gotten up into the summit region...the driving has gotten very, very good. The ground is hard here. There is not a lot of fine-grain stuff around. What there is piled up in drifts. This is because the summit region is exposed to the wind it's very windy. In some parts of the summit region, we barely leave tracks.Steve Squyres
What field geologists typically do - and Spirit is a robotic field geologist - is you climb to the top of the nearest hill and take a look around so you get the lay of the land and figure out where you want to go,
Steve Squyres
Every time Spirit has gained altitude, we've found different rock types,
Steve Squyres
Today is day 591 of our 90-day mission to Mars.
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The British mountaineer George Mallory was once famously asked why he was trying to climb Mount Everest and his famous reply was 'because it is there.' That's a compelling argument when you are a mountaineer. But for an 850 million rover mission you better have a better reason than that.
Steve Squyres
We've got some evidence, I think, of water flowing through the rocks, and changes in chemistry, I don't think we have what any of us would consider compelling evidence for surface water yet.
Steve Squyres
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