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[climber]

Interesting news there : http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/spotlight/20070612.html

and as usual ...
"How long will it take for us to see other sorts of things related to temperature swings? We don't know," says Matijevic. "We know it matters over time, but we don't know how many of these swings we'll see before we lose a component.

and as usual too
"Meanwhile, we're applying for a fifth extended mission for both rovers."

[nprev]

Bozeman?!? Butte's the closest thing to Mars on Earth (click the record high & low checkboxes to add them to the plot...there have been over 150 deg F temperature swings over the course of a year), plus it's covered with mine dumps...

[ElkGroveDan]

Bozeman?!? Butte's the closest thing to Mars on Earth...there have been over 150 deg F temperature swings over the course of a year), \

Sure, but Bozeman has Mars-like temperature swings over the course of the same day